This in an overview of the 11-volume Encyclopedia of Jihad, or holy war, reputedly stolen from the headquarters of bin Ladens fighters in Kandahar, Afghanistan.
Principal Subjects Addressed Specific Topics
Book 1 Eight chapters with diagrams and How to disarm explosives; scientific theories;
Explosives formulas to handle, manufactured and industrial terror; the use of liquid explosives.
detonate explosives.
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Book 2 Methods of first aid including the handling Describes the handling of several medical
First aid of psychological shock, the treatment of needs including delivering a child.
burns and electrical shocks.
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Book 3 Illustrated guide to the care and use of Where to keep guns in the house and how
Pistols, pistols, revolvers and specialized hand- to use silencers.
revolvers guns.
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Book 4 Illustrated manual on grenades, bombs, Recipes for mines made of raw materials;
Bombs, mines, mine fields and mine war. How to pass through a mine field.
mines
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Book 5 How to spy; kinds of security; military Punishment of spies, Muslim and non-Muslim;
Security intelligence; sabotage; communications; interrogation; analyzing information;
intelligence security within Jihad; secret observation; psychological war; poison use; opening locks;
assassination; brainwashing; protection U.S. military training; assassination by riding
of leaders; laws of sabotage; arms use. a motorcycle.
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Book 6 Principals of war including battle Muslims are urged to follow the Jihad,
Tactics organization, reconnaissance, established in Afghanistan against un-Islamic
infiltration, ambush; elaboration states and stated where true Islam is not practiced.
on incursion.
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Book 7 The book consists mostly of diagrams of On the manufacture of bullets and silencers;
Weapons machinery for the manufacture of arms. metal casting; the use of steel files.
making
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Book 8 The anatomy and history of tanks, their Cost of maintenance of tanks; how to drive a tank.
Tanks effectiveness and descriptions of different
types.
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Book 9 Physical fitness; ackedo and other forms How to attack with knives, chairs; methods
Close of self defense; how to overcome a rival. of releasing oneself from a grip.
fighting
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Book 10 Natural directions; using a compass; This book looks at the estimation and measurement
Topography topography; following directions on maps; of distance, height, and speed for military use.
area survey military area survey; area survey apparatus.
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Book 11 Use of small arms including antiaircraft Reviews mostly Russian weapons; offers practical
Armament arms, machine guns, rifles, antitank arms details on the assembly, cleaning, and use of
and artillery. weapons.
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source - Associated Press, October 2, 2001