The History of Al-Qaeda
Osama bin Ladan
the direct translation into english means The Base. Al-Qaeda is a global military group (islamic) founded by Osama bin Laden somewhere between August 1988 and late 1989, and it has been named a terrorist organization by the United States. (especially after 9/11) Their leader from 1988 to 2011 was Osama bin Laden until he was shot by US troops in 2011. Their leader is currently Ayman al-Zawahiri. (2011-present) Al-Qaeda has attached various (civilian and military) targets in many countries. (the September 11 attacks, 1998 US embassy bombings and 2002 Bali bombings, ect.) I think that many US citizens really only know AL-Qaeda from 9/11, i believe that it was the most tragic attack that they have placed on us. But the power of this group and the ability to make other countries fear them has gone down sharply because of the death of their leader Osama bin Ladan and one of their key communicators Anwar al-Awlaki. Some of their techniques include suicide attacks (9/11) and simultaneous bombings of different targets. Their beliefs have been reported to be that a Christian-Jewish alliance is conspiring to destroy Islam. And they believe that the killing of citizens is okay. (They ignore the scriptures that forbid it)
I think that Al-Qaeda is less of a threat now (without Osama bin Ladan) then they were, but we still need to be ready for anything like 9/11.
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