CIAO DATE: 02/2010

CTC Sentinel

A publication of:

The Combating Terrorism Center at West Point

Volume: 3, Issue: 1

January 2010

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• The Facade of Allegiance: Bin Ladin's Dubious Pledge to Mullah Omar (PDF)

  Contents

  FEATURE ARTICLE
  1 The Facade of Allegiance: Bin Ladin's
  Dubious Pledge to Mullah Omar
  By Vahid Brown

  Reports
  6 Assessing the Al-Qa`ida Threat to
  the United States
  By Martha Crenshaw
  9 The Pakistan Military's Adaptation
  to Counterinsurgency in 2009
  By Sameer Lalwani
  13 Karachi Becoming a Taliban
  Safe Haven?
  By Imtiaz Ali
  16 Uighur Dissent and Militancy in
  China's Xinjiang Province
  By Chris Zambelis
  19 Ninawa Province: Al-Qa`ida's
  Remaining Stronghold
  By Andrea Plebani
  22 The French Approach to
  Counterterrorism
  By Charles Rault
  26 Recent Highlights in Terrorist Activity
  28 CTC Sentinel Staff & Contacts