From absence to presence: understanding Bin Laden's and Al-Zarqawi's Recent Recordings

• Main Author: Silm, Bouchaib
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/82222; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/39924
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In an audio tape released on May 2006, Osama bin Laden for the first time admitted his involvement in the attacks of September 11th. This release follows the leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq Abu Mus'ab al-Zarqawi's first ever appearance on video. Both events raise the interesting question: Why n...