Al Qaeda was founded sometime around August of 1988 until the early 1900s. It is an Islamist group. A bad, bad islamist group. Al Qaeda functions as both a network and a fundamentalist Sunni movement calling for global jihad, which is basically just a term for Muslim religion.Al Qaeda has attacked many various countries; a very popular known attack by Al Qaeda was on September 11, 2001. The U.S. Government responded to these attacks on that day by launching the War on Terrorism. Al Qaeda is known for suicide attacks are simultaneous bombings of different targets.All members of the Al Qaeda movement have pledged their loyalty to Osama bin Laden. Other individuals who have helped in the attacks have not taken a pledge of loyalty to bin Laden, but they have been trained in either Afghanistan or Sudan.On December 19, 1992, Al Qaeda performed its first major attack in Aden, Yemen, where two bombs were detonated. The two targets were the Movenpick Hotel and the parking lot of the Goldmohur Hotel. The purpose of the bombing was to eliminate American soldiers, but no Americans were killed. Only two people died from the attack, and seven were injured. In 1993 the World Trade Center was bombed by Al Qaeda. They hoped to kill 250,000 people, but luckily only six died, but 1,024 people were injured and the attack caused about $300 million in property damage. In 1998 Al Qaeda bombed the U.S. embassy in East Africa, resulting in 300 deaths. In October of 2000 Al Qaeda’s militants bombed the missile destroyer U.S.S. Cole in a suicide attack. This attack killed 17 U.S. service men. On September 11, 2000 the most devastating attack on the U.S. in history took place. Two commercial airplanes were intentionally flown through the World Trade Center Towers, and a third was flown into the pentagon. This attack killed approximately 3,000 people.Al Qaeda has been labeled a terrorist organization by numerous organizations including the United Nations Security Council, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Secretary General, the Commission of the European Communities of the European Union, the United States Department of State, the Australian Government, Government of India, Public Safety Canada, the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan's Diplomatic Bluebook, South Korean Foreign Ministry, the French General Secretary For National Defense, the Dutch Military Intelligence and Security Service, the United Kingdom Home Office, Russia, the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Turkish Police Forces, and the Swiss Government.
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