1. Ibrahim Haqqani, the brother Jalaluddin, has been making appearances in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan. Below he (left) is seen with Hamid Karzai. A file recovered in Osama bin Laden compound shows that he acted as a "guarantor" for a $5 million ransom payment AQ received. 
2. Al Qaeda took an Afghan ambassador hostage and, in the spring of 2010, agreed to set him free for a $5 million ransom payment. Several of Osama bin Laden's files discuss the ransom, which was split into two increments: $2 million and then $3 million.
3. The Haqqanis mediated the ransom payment. Al-Haji Ibrahim Haqqani is listed as a key guarantor for the exchange:
4. The passage above comes from a Nov. 2010 memo from Atiyah Abd al-Rahman to bin Laden: longwarjournal.org/wp-content/upl…
Rahman was bin Laden's key manager. He funneled communications to bin Laden from Al Qaeda figures around the globe during the final year of OBL's life.
Rahman was bin Laden's key manager. He funneled communications to bin Laden from Al Qaeda figures around the globe during the final year of OBL's life.
5. The ransom payment is discussed across a few memos similar to the one in the tweet above. Ayman al-Zawahiri received a good portion of the funds. Bin Laden was worried that the U.S. was tracking the cash as part of plot to find him.
6. Other files recovered in Abbottabad discuss al Qaeda's close cooperation with Sirajuddin Haqqani -- the new interior minister in the Taliban's regime. AQ worked with Siraj to conduct operations in Afghanistan and also to pressure the Pakistani government into a truce.
7. Here's another photo of Ibrahim Haqqani, at a meeting/ceremony involving his brother Khalil, who is now the minister of refugees in the Taliban's regime.
8. Khalil Haqqani "has also acted on behalf of al Qaeda and has been linked to al Qaeda military operations. In 2002, he was deploying men to reinforce al-Qa’ida elements in Paktia Province, Afghanistan."
treasury.gov/press-center/p…
treasury.gov/press-center/p…
9. Here's a twist: @allmattnyt reported in 2015 that at least part of the $5 million ransom paid by the Afghan government to AQ came from a secret CIA fund. This is the same ransom discussed above that was brokered by Ibrahim Haqqani. nytimes.com/2015/03/15/wor…
10. I hate when I do threads like this and inadvertently delete a word in the first tweet! Ibrahim Haqqani is the brother [of] Jalaluddin...
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