Adam Gadahn lashes out against al-Qaeda affiliates, jihadist forums

The documents consist of electronic letters or draft letters written between September 2006 and April 2011, authored by bin Laden and other al-Qaeda leaders.
Some of the letters highlight the tense relationship between some al-Qaeda leaders and their regional affiliates and allies. Many leaders were displeased with the actions of al-Qaeda in Iraq and the Pakistan Taliban.
The documents also show significant divergence between al-Qaeda's leadership and the forces on the ground over the targeting of civilians and waging war against local targets.

A 'split in the ranks'

In a letter addressed to an unidentified recipient in late January 2011, Adam Gadahn, an al-Qaeda spokesman and media advisor, criticised the tactics of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Pakistani Taliban and advocated for al-Qaeda to publicly dissociate itself from both groups.
Commenting on the attack on a Baghdad church in 2010 by the Islamic State of Iraq, Gadahn wrote:
"Praise to God, where is the stand of the Islamic State of Iraq on Christians, from the stand of sheikh Osama in his speech (The Solution) three years ago?
Strange, I swear the conflict between the statements of our leaders and scholars, and the acts of those allied with them, or you may say: those claiming to follow them!