Security documents conflate general Islamic jihad with Bin Laden’s specific campaign

Evidence

Bin Ladin’s ‘jihad’ is not distinguished in the text from ‘jihad’ in general as described earlier in the statement as a duty of all Muslims. Importantly, ‘Membership in the Bin Ladin network is defined by an adherence to a shared ideology.’ It is ‘an association of individuals linked by a common past,’ a past of anti-Soviet ‘jihad.’ — Sherene Razack, Casting Out, 99

Categorization

• QUESTION: The conflation of a general religious duty with a specific terrorist network is a rhetorical move worth tracing across other security cases.
• XREF: connects to: A former CIA officer documents a dramatically inflated terrorist threat