'Al Qaeda discussed strategies to combat Climate Change, IPR'
March 29, 2015 18:10
Al Qaeda, responsible for numerous terror strikes across the globe, once discussed surprising agendas like combating climate change and intellectual property, newly-emerged documents and letters show.
A trove of documents that were among those seized in the 2011 raid on then Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, were presented recently during the trial of Pakistani national Abid Naseer at a Brooklyn court.
The documents, which consist of correspondence between Osama and senior Al Qaeda leaders, show the state of the global terror operation in the months leading up to his death.
They paint a picture of an organisation crippled by the US drone campaign, blindsided by the Arab Spring and struggling to maintain control over its affiliates and yet still chillingly resolute in its mission to strike the US.
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