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Apparently possession of this book is illegal in some countries? Where? What language is it written in (English or Arabic)? The Jade Knight 22:14, 7 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Move to Al Qaeda Handbook

This article seems to largely be about the "Al Qaeda Handbook"; it seems to me this should probably be moved there, pending possible future expansion of its scope. Alai 21:10, 10 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

A handbook is not the same thing as an encyclopedia. The Al Qaeda Handbook is not an encyclopedia and isn't called one. Rlitwin 14:00, 4 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Who wrote it?

The article currently says it was "...allegedly written by al Qaida." I read an article about it that specified an author of the "Manchester Manual" -- he wasn't a member of al Qaida. It named an estimated date too. Late 1990s as I recall.

Without a source to substantiate that the manual was written by al Qaida I think it should be renamed.

Cheers! Geo Swan (talk) 09:09, 12 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I had asked in Talk:Encyclopedia of Afghan Jihad (but never got a response there):

Does anyone know if this is the same "Encyclopedia of Jihad" that Moazzam Begg and Khalil al-Deek were suspected of working on, as said in this NY Times article?

-- Randy2063 (talk) 23:51, 7 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The manual was written by a man named Ali Mohamed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Mohamed He worked for, among others, the Central Intelligence Agency. It was published on the USDOJ website, and indeed is still available there. Even more absurd, it's available on Amazon. http://www.amazon.com/Qaeda-Manual-Government-Printing-Office-ebook/dp/B00EDQIG62/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1404766872&sr=8-1&keywords=al+qaeda+manual. You'll have to ask someone with less sense than a houseplant to explain just how it can be illegal to own something published and made freely available by the government. I'm sure Khalid Khaliq would like to know, too. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.219.170.95 (talk) 21:14, 7 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

responsible use of tags...

I excised a bogus tag. Geo Swan (talk) 20:21, 30 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

apparent confusion

The one that the Nottingham Two got in trouble over was written by factions connected with the Muslim Brotherhood at various times from the 1930s to the 1980s, and actually has little ascertainable connection with al-Qaeda. It is apparently quite different from the "Encyclopedia of Afghan Jihad" and real al-Qaeda Anarchist Cookbook type manuals... AnonMoos (talk) 19:15, 20 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I'm reading Kurt Eichenwald's "500 Days," and he pretty much demolishes the notion that the Manchester Manual (as he calls it) was written by or for al-Qaeda. If, as it appears, this article is about that document, then the article title & contents aren't NPOV. --Tbanderson (talk) 19:11, 10 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

agreed

agree with the above * 500 days seems well written but very nonsensational * if all these things are true then more than the title needs changing * the both the brit and American govs employed this rather innocuous paper for propaganda * the chemical warfare section suggests cultivating rotten food * not high tech * 74.78.15.101 (talk) 16:20, 22 May 2014 (UTC)grumpy[reply]

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