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Although Zarqawi is often alleged to be associated with al Qaeda, even appointed the
director of the Al Qaeda organization in Iraq, some independent experts believe that in fact
he is not connected to al Qaeda, that his group is autonomous and a rival of Bin Laden.
Reports about him differed. He had or had not one leg. He had or had not been arrested. A
photograph circulated by BBC News in 2004 did not resemble a picture published in a United
Arab Emirates daily newspaper in the spring of 2005.
I found no evidence that firmly justifies or repudiates the designation "charismatic cult
leader."
GPA of Iraqi Insurgents
Please look at Exhibit B2. Compliance =3.4 Exploitation =4.1 Mind Control =4.1
Dependency =3.3 Total GPA =3.8 (Can not say items =46%).
Bearing in mind that my knowledge of the Insurgents is limited, mixed and contradictory,
that I was unable to rate almost half the GPA item scales, I scored these terrorists, like their
predecessors in Iraq, as most characteristic of a psychologically abusive group in respect to
Exploitation and Mind Control.
Exhibit B2
Dole’s Ratings on GPA Subscales for Iraqi Insurgents
Psy Abuse
Rating
Complia
nce
Exploita
tion
Mind
Control
Depend
ency
5 very
characteristic
4.1 4.1
4
characteristic
3.4 3.3
3 can‘t say
2 not
characteristic
1 not at all
characteristic
Al Qaeda
After the suicide bombings of the Twin Towers, available evidence (Dole, 2002) suggested
that al Qaeda was a killer cult and that Osama bin Laden was its charismatic leader.
Wahabism (On Islam and its relation to Wahabism see especially Armstrong, 2000 Carr,
2002 Coll, 2004 Esposito, 2002 and Gregorian, 2003) originated in the Middle East as a
fundamentalist Islamic sect. Islamic teachings were twisted by extremist imams to glorify
suicide and the killing of infidels as the path to paradise. Holy war, or jihad, demands the
destruction of Christians, Jews, Crusaders, and atheists. When the Russians set up a
communist regime in Afghanistan, a coalition of warlords and dedicated Muslims, covertly
supported by the United States, eventually forced them to withdraw.
Osama bin Laden, a wealthy, educated Saudi Arabian industrialist, who had provided
funding and leadership during the war, became a hero. In an insecure world torn by
economic and political conflicts, he had a special appeal for educated youth with limited
prospects. He returned to Afghanistan (See especially Coll, 2004 for his relations with the
Although Zarqawi is often alleged to be associated with al Qaeda, even appointed the
director of the Al Qaeda organization in Iraq, some independent experts believe that in fact
he is not connected to al Qaeda, that his group is autonomous and a rival of Bin Laden.
Reports about him differed. He had or had not one leg. He had or had not been arrested. A
photograph circulated by BBC News in 2004 did not resemble a picture published in a United
Arab Emirates daily newspaper in the spring of 2005.
I found no evidence that firmly justifies or repudiates the designation "charismatic cult
leader."
GPA of Iraqi Insurgents
Please look at Exhibit B2. Compliance =3.4 Exploitation =4.1 Mind Control =4.1
Dependency =3.3 Total GPA =3.8 (Can not say items =46%).
Bearing in mind that my knowledge of the Insurgents is limited, mixed and contradictory,
that I was unable to rate almost half the GPA item scales, I scored these terrorists, like their
predecessors in Iraq, as most characteristic of a psychologically abusive group in respect to
Exploitation and Mind Control.
Exhibit B2
Dole’s Ratings on GPA Subscales for Iraqi Insurgents
Psy Abuse
Rating
Complia
nce
Exploita
tion
Mind
Control
Depend
ency
5 very
characteristic
4.1 4.1
4
characteristic
3.4 3.3
3 can‘t say
2 not
characteristic
1 not at all
characteristic
Al Qaeda
After the suicide bombings of the Twin Towers, available evidence (Dole, 2002) suggested
that al Qaeda was a killer cult and that Osama bin Laden was its charismatic leader.
Wahabism (On Islam and its relation to Wahabism see especially Armstrong, 2000 Carr,
2002 Coll, 2004 Esposito, 2002 and Gregorian, 2003) originated in the Middle East as a
fundamentalist Islamic sect. Islamic teachings were twisted by extremist imams to glorify
suicide and the killing of infidels as the path to paradise. Holy war, or jihad, demands the
destruction of Christians, Jews, Crusaders, and atheists. When the Russians set up a
communist regime in Afghanistan, a coalition of warlords and dedicated Muslims, covertly
supported by the United States, eventually forced them to withdraw.
Osama bin Laden, a wealthy, educated Saudi Arabian industrialist, who had provided
funding and leadership during the war, became a hero. In an insecure world torn by
economic and political conflicts, he had a special appeal for educated youth with limited
prospects. He returned to Afghanistan (See especially Coll, 2004 for his relations with the
