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The Al-Qaeda Triangle
Presenters Include:
Daniel Benjamin, Bruce Hoffman, Peter Bergen, Ahmed Rashid, Hamid Mir, Michael Scheuer, Stephen Ulph, Brynjar Lia, Hassan Abbas, Zuhair Humadi, Marc Sageman, Reidar Visser, and a keynote speech by Ahmed Rashid.
* We regret to inform you that Iraqi Vice President Adel Abdul Mahdi will be unable to attend the conference due to an unforeseen scheduling conflict.
Ahmed Rashid, the best-selling author of Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia and Jihad: The Rise of Militant Islam in Central Asia, will deliver the keynote address.
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
8:30 A.M. - 4:45 P.M.
The Capital Hilton
The Presidential Ballroom
1001 16th Street NW
Washington, DC 20036
As space is limited, reservations are required. Please e-mail your name and affiliation to: rsvp-dec5@jamestown.org or fill out the registration form at the bottom of this page.
Revised Agenda
8:30 AM: Registration
9:00 AM: Introduction - Daniel Benjamin
9:20 AM: Panel 1 - Al-Qaeda's Ideology
- Stephen Ulph (Salafi-Jihadi Ideology)
- Marc Sageman (Radicalization Process)
10:30 AM - 10:45 AM: Coffee Break
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM: Panel 2 - Methods, Financing and Recruitment
- Brynjar Lia (Al-Suri Doctrine)
- Michael Scheuer (al-Qaeda Doctrine and Media Doctrine)
- Hamid Mir (Financing)
12:30 PM: Luncheon and Keynote Address
- Ahmed Rashid
The Crucial Nexus: Pakistan, Afghanistan & The Tribal Areas
1:30 PM: Panel 3 - The al-Qaeda Triangle
- Hassan Abbas (Pakistan-U.S. Relations and War on Terror)
- Ali Al-Ahmed (Al-Qaeda’s Recruitment in Network in Saudi Arabia)
- Reidar Vissar (The Impact of Al-Qaeda on Iraqi society)
- Abdulkareem Abdulsaheb Mohammed Hassan (Iraq)
3:00 PM - 3:15 PM: Coffee Break
3:15 PM: Panel 4 - The Future of al-Qaeda
- Peter Bergen
- Bruce Hoffman
- Zuhair Humadi
4:30 PM: Closing Remarks
As space is limited, reservations are required.
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