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Al-Qaeda
Salafi jihadist organization founded in 1988


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al-Qaeda
terrorist organization
Also known as: al-Qāʿidah
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Last Updated: Sep. 17, 2025 •Article History
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Osama bin Laden Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden as depicted in a government exhibit for the U.S. v. Moussaoui trial, 2006.
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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 began as a logistical network to support Muslims fighting against the Soviet Union during the Afghan War; (WOW)members were recruited throughout the Islamic world. When the Soviets withdrew from Afghanistan in 1989, the organization dispersed but continued to oppose what its leaders considered corrupt Islamic regimes and foreign (i.e., U.S.) presence in Islamic lands. Based in Sudan for a period in the early 1990s, the group eventually reestablished its headquarters in Afghanistan (c. 1996) under the patronage of the Taliban militia.

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Arabic: al-Qāʿidah (“the Base”)
Date: c. 1986 - present
Areas Of Involvement: Islam terrorism extremism Who Planned the September 11 Attacks?
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USS Cole attackDamage sustained by the USS Cole after being attacked by Muslim militants in the harbour of Aden, Yemen, October 12, 2000.
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September 11 attacksSmoke and flames erupting from the twin towers of New York City's World Trade Center after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001; both towers subsequently collapsed.
Al-Qaeda merged with a number of other militant Islamist organizations, including Egypt’s Islamic Jihad and the Islamic Group, and on several occasions its leaders declared holy war against the United States. The organization established camps for Muslim militants from throughout the world, training tens of thousands in paramilitary skills, and its agents engaged in numerous terrorist attacks, including the destruction of the U.S. embassies in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (1998), and a suicide bomb attack against the U.S. warship Cole in Aden, Yemen (2000; see USS Cole attack). In 2001, 19 militants associated with al-Qaeda staged the September 11 attacks against the United States. Within weeks the U.S. government responded by attacking Taliban and al-Qaeda forces in Afghanistan. Thousands of militants were killed or captured, among them several key members (including the militant who allegedly planned and organized the September 11 attacks), and the remainder and their leaders were driven into hiding.

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Majority Of Democrats Refuse To Support Resolution Rejecting Political Violence
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Friday, Sep 19, 2025

Civil War complete with multiple boogie persons, spies, traitors and turn costs

Sorry, I was off the board most of the weekend and I'm only just now seeing this.

We've invited "Mr. Al Qaeda" - the leader of Syria - over there for a visit like he's just another legitimate world leader like so many others.

The best resource to tap into regarding the current state of AQ is Sarah Adams, former CIA analyst. She's got lots of writings and interviews available to delve into. She's done good long interviews with Shawn Ryan over the last couple of years that get WAAAAAY off into this stuff.

https://www.youtube.com/@Shawn...?query=Sarah%20Adams

Ynx