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Al-Qaeda (/ æ l ˈ k aɪ d ə, ˌ æ l k ɑː ˈ iː d ə /; Arabic: القاعدة, romanized: al-Qāʿidah, lit. 'the Base', IPA: [alˈqaː.ʕi.da]) is a pan-Islamist militant organization led by Sunni Jihadists who self-identify as a vanguard spearheading a global Islamist revolution to unite the Muslim world under a supra-national Islamic ...
3 days ago · al-Qaeda, broad-based militant Islamist organization founded by Osama bin Laden in the late 1980s and became one of the world’s most notorious terrorist organizations after carrying out the attacks of September 11, 2001.
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During the 1979-1989 Soviet-Afghan War in Afghanistan, in which the Soviet Union gave supportto the communist Afghan government, Muslim insurgents, known as the mujahideen, rallied to fight a jihad (or holy war) against the invaders. Among them was a Saudi Arabian—the 17th child (of 52) of a millionaire construction magnate—named Osama bin Laden, w...
Exiled by the Saudi regime, and later stripped of his citizenship in 1994, bin Laden left Afghanistan and set up operations in Sudan, with the United States in his sights as enemy No. 1. Al Qaeda took credit for the attack on two Black Hawk helicopters during the Battle of Mogadishu in Somalia in 1993, as well as the World Trade Center Bombing in N...
After September 11, 2001, when four passenger airplanes were hijacked by al Qaeda terrorists, resulting in the mass murder of 2,977 victims in New York, Washington, D.C. and Somerset County, Pennsylvania, Bin Laden was named as the orchestrator and prime suspect. The attacks led to the U.S. War in Afghanistan, a.k.a. Operation Enduring Freedom, lau...
While al Qaeda was weakened, the group began “quietly rebuilding” following instability in the wake of the Arab Spring,according to the Council on Foreign Relations.“… It appears that al Qaeda was among the regional forces that benefited most from the (2011) Arab Spring’s tumult,” the nonpartisan think tank reported. Ayman al-Zawahiri, who went int...
The 9/11 Commission Report, July 22, 2004, The 9/11 Commission “’Black Hawk Down’ Anniversary: al Qaeda’s Hidden Hand,” October 4, 2013, ABC News "Islamic State, the Taliban and Al Qaeda: How Are They Different?” August 22, 2017, Forces Network “Osama bin Laden Fast Facts,” (updated) June 6, 2017, CNN “Al-Qaeda’s Resurrection,” March 6, 2018, Counc...
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Usama Bin Ladin formed al-Qa‘ida in 1988 with Arabs who fought in Afghanistan against the Soviet Union, and declared its goal as the establishment of a pan-Islamic caliphate throughout the Muslim world. Toward this end, al-Qa‘ida seeks to unite Muslims to fight the West, especially the United States, as a means of overthrowing Muslim ...
The origins of al-Qaeda can be traced to the Soviet War in Afghanistan (December 1979 – February 1989). [2] The United States viewed the conflict in Afghanistan in terms of the Cold War, with Marxists on one side and the native Afghan mujahideen on the other.
Aug 2, 2022 · With the death of al-Zawahiri, al-Qaeda may now decide to revive its flagging fortunes with a new leader and a new strategy. It would be a foolish intelligence agency that concludes that...
Jun 6, 2012 · Al-Qaeda, Arabic for "the Base," is an international terrorist network founded by Osama bin Laden in the late 1980s. It seeks to rid Muslim countries of what it sees as the profane influence of...
