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'''The Manchester Manual'''  (also known as the Jihadist encyclopedia) is a document prepared in the late 1990s, that western [[counter-terrorism]] analysts have described as a manual for terrorism.<ref name=DefenseLinkManchesterManual>
{{Image|Cover of 'The Manchester Manual'.jpg|right|350px| Cover of "The Manchester Manual" -- also known as "the Jihadist encyclopedia".}}
'''The Manchester Manual'''  (also known as the Jihadist encyclopedia) is a document prepared in the late 1990s, that western counterterrorism analysts have described as a manual for terrorism.<ref name=DefenseLinkManchesterManual>
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| url=http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=16270
| url=http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=16270
| title=Al Qaeda Manual Drives Detainee Behavior at Guantanamo Bay
| title=Al-Qaeda Manual Drives Detainee Behavior at Guantanamo Bay
| publisher=[[American Forces Press Service]]
| publisher=[[American Forces Press Service]]
| author=[[Donna Miles]]
| author=[[Donna Miles]]
| date=[[June 29]], [[2005]]
| date=[[June 29]], 2005
| accessdate=2007-10-28
| accessdate=2007-10-28
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Spokesmen for the [[George W. Bush|Bush]] [[United States President|Presidency]], and the [[United States Department of Defense]] attribute the unwillingness of the captives held in [[extrajudicial detention]] in [[Guantanamo]] to their training from this document.<ref name=DefenseLinkManchesterManual/>   
Spokesmen for the [[George W. Bush Administration]] attributed the resistance to [[interrogation]] of suspected [[al-Qaeda]] members to instructions in this document.<ref name=DefenseLinkManchesterManual/>   
They say that the document tells its readers to lie about their identities, to lie about being tortured.


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Cover of "The Manchester Manual" -- also known as "the Jihadist encyclopedia".

The Manchester Manual (also known as the Jihadist encyclopedia) is a document prepared in the late 1990s, that western counterterrorism analysts have described as a manual for terrorism.[1][2]

Spokesmen for the George W. Bush Administration attributed the resistance to interrogation of suspected al-Qaeda members to instructions in this document.[1]

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