Al-Qaeda - Wikipedia
WEBMohamed Atta, the pilot hijacker of American Airlines Flight 11 and leader of the September 11 attacks. The September 11 attacks on America by al-Qaeda killed 2,996 people – 2,507 civilians, 343 firefighters, 72 law enforcement officers, 55 military personnel as well as 19 hijackers who committed murder-suicide.
Al-Qaeda | History, Meaning, Terrorist Attacks, & Facts
WEB3 days ago · Al-Qaeda, broad-based militant Islamist organization founded by Osama bin Laden in the late 1980s. It began as a logistical network to support Muslims fighting against the Soviet Union during the Afghan War and transformed into the active terrorist organization known for carrying out the September 11 attacks of 2001.
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.
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.
9/11 attacks: What's happened to al-Qaeda? - BBC
WEBSep 10, 2020 · Al-Qaeda's attacks on US soil were the deadliest in its history. On the 19th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks in the US, the perpetrator - the then-Afghan based jihadist group al-Qaeda -...
National Counterterrorism Center | Groups - DNI
WEBOn 11 September 2001, 19 al-Qa‘ida suicide attackers hijacked and crashed four US commercial jets—two into the World Trade Center in New York City, one into the Pentagon near Washington, D.C., and a fourth into a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania—leaving nearly 3,000 people dead.
What now for al-Qaeda? - BBC
WEBAug 2, 2022 · By Frank Gardner,BBC security correspondent. CNN via Getty Images. Osama bin Laden (right) and his successor Ayman al-Zawahiri (left) have now both been killed by US forces. The sudden, violent...
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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