Al-Qaeda | History, Meaning, Terrorist Attacks, & Facts
WEB4 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.
Al-Qaeda - Wikipedia
WEBAl-Qaeda aims to establish an Islamic state in the Arab World, modelled after the Rashidun Caliphate, by initiating a global Jihad against the "International Jewish-Crusader Alliance" led by the United States, which it sees as the "external enemy" and against the secular governments in Muslim countries, that are described as "the apostate ...
Al Qaeda: Facts About the Terrorist Network and Its History of …
WEBDec 4, 2018 · The global terror network, al Qaeda, founded by Osama bin Laden, has been responsible for thousands of deaths on 9/11 and several other deadly attacks across the globe.
9/11 attacks: What's happened to al-Qaeda? - BBC
WEBSep 10, 2020 · On the 19th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks in the US, the perpetrator - the then-Afghan based jihadist group al-Qaeda - is in a state of disarray. Its branch in Syria was silenced in June by a...
What now for al-Qaeda? - BBC
WEBAug 2, 2022 · It took America another 10 years before it tracked down and killed al-Qaeda's elusive leader, Osama Bin Laden, in May 2011. So what's happened since then and what state is al-Qaeda in now?
WEBMay 6, 2022 · Al Qaeda (AQ) is a transnational Sunni Islamist terrorist organization and network of affiliates that the U.S. intelligence community described as of early 2022 as one of the groups that “probably pose the greatest threat to U.S. persons and interests abroad” and a potential source of inspiration to domestic violent extremists.
History of al-Qaeda - Wikipedia
WEBThe 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.
National Counterterrorism Center | Groups - DNI
WEBUsama 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 ...
EXPLAINER: What was, and is, al-Qaida? | AP News
WEBSep 8, 2021 · DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Born out of the 1980s war against the Soviet Union's occupation of Afghanistan, the terror group al-Qaida under Osama bin Laden grew into a generational threat to America that culminated in its Sept. 11, 2001, attack that brought down the World Trade Center in New.
al-Qaeda (a.k.a. al-Qaida, al-Qa’ida) - Council on Foreign Relations
WEBJun 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...
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