Originally posted at Current Intelligence
I recently shared a document entitled, The West in the Eyes of the Egyptian Islamic Movements, over at my other blog. It was a surprisingly popular post. It got me thinking about the enduring importance of primary source media in counterterrorism analysis, and about how very little of it is reliably available. Jihadist websites come and go, and forums vanish. For US-based spooks there is always the Open Source Center's website; however, it is cumbersome and incomplete. That is why I rely on a personal collection of jihad media -- mostly documents. I pulled The West in the Eyes of the Egyptian Islamic Movements from it.
I am considering developing a list of primary source material with the aim of slowly making it publicly available to readers. However, like any good librarian, I am more interested in knowing what my readers want to read. So, what do you think? Any special requests? Be as specific as possible.
Please, no requests for documents on jihad. They're all on jihad.
I'm doing something I rarely do here. I'm opening the comments section for any suggestions.
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