Al-Qaeda

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Al-Qaeda is an international alliance of Islamic militant terriost organizations founded in 1988 by Azzam after the Soviet War in Afghanistan. Al-Qaeda has attacked many military and cilivian targets all over the world, most notably the September attacks in 2001.

Recent Terrorist Attacks.

More than two dozen nations have labeled Al-Qaeda a terriost organization.

Al-Qaeda characteristics include use of suicide attacks and simultaneousness bombings of different targets. Due to its secrecy, it's size are difficult to establish.

1 Invented Name
2 Actual Name
3 Chain of Command
4 External Links
5 Related Discussion Threads

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Invented Name

The orgins of the name Al-Qaeda is still in dispute. Writer Adam Curtis contends that the idea of Al-Qaeda as a primary organization is primarily an American invention. He states that Al-Qaeda was first brought to American attention in 2001 trial of Osama Bin Laden and the four men accused of the 1998 United States Embassy bombings in East Africa.

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Actual Name

The name appears in an Executive Order in 1998 by President Bill Clinton but with the spelling al-Qaida. It was part of the organizations listed associated with Osama Bin Laden. Documents seized from the Sarajevo office show that the organization was August 1988.

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Chain of Command

The organizational structure is still unknown. But testimony from a former member sheds some light on command. Osama Bin Laden is the Senior Operations chief who is guided by a oversight council. The number of people in the organization is also unknown. But, the nationality of mostly all of the members is Arab.

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