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History of al-Qaeda

al-Qaeda is a terroist group known worldwide. Their former leader was Osama Bin Laden (1988-2011). al-Qaeda's current leader is Ayman al-Zawahiri (2011-present). Started August 11, 1988-present day. The members of the group believe in strict sharia laws. Sharia law means moral code and religous law of Islam. They believe in going against man made laws. al-Qaeda has had five major terroist attacks. Their 1st attack took place in 1992 when they bombed Aden, Yemen. The goal of the bambing was to eliminate US soliders on their way to Somalia for Operation Restore Hope. No one was killed. In 1993 they had the World Trade Center bombing. Ramzi Yousef used a truck bomb to the building. He only killed 6 people instead of the planned 250,000. In 1998 they commited the US embassy bombings in East Africa. This caused 300 deaths. Then there was the September 11, 2001 attack into the World Trade centers and the Pentagon. Killings exactly 3,000 people. On March 16, 2012 Bin Laden planned on killing Barack Obama. Bin Laden wrote a leter that stated:

The reason for concentrating on them is that Obama is the head of infidelity and killing him automatically will make Biden take over the presidency, … Biden is totally unprepared for that post, which will lead the U.S. into a crisis. As for Petraeus, he is the man of the hour … and killing him would alter the war’s path.

—Osama Bin Laden

 

The spread of al-Qaeda has currently declined ever since the US killed Osama Bin Laden and key communicater Anwar al-Awlaki.

 

I believe that al-Qaeda will still try to attack, even after the death of Bin Laden.

 

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