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Al-Qaeda's leaders: (From left) Ayman al-Zawahiri, Osama Bin Laden and Mohammed Atef ... Al-Qaeda, meaning "the base", was created in 1989 as Soviet forces withdrew from Afghanistan and Osama Bin Laden and his colleagues began looking for new jihads.
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The Rise of al-Qaeda ... Al-Qaeda in Iraq ... Al-Qaeda has its origins in the uprising against the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. Thousands of volunteers from around the Middle East came to Afghanistan as mujahideen, warriors fighting to defend fellow Muslims.
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www.infoplease.com/spot/al-qaeda-terrorism.html
www.infoplease.com/spot/al-qaeda-terrorism.html
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Other accounts of Al Qaeda drastically differ from that of the US. The PBS show FRONTLINE cites an unnamed source close to bin Laden as explaining the origin Al Qaeda.
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www.angelfire.com/ak2/binladen/alqaeda.html
www.angelfire.com/ak2/binladen/alqaeda.html
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This is a clip from the 3-part BBC series "The Power of Nightmares." Here, the origins of the name "al Qaeda" are explained, as is the my... ... Re: The Origin and Myth of 'Al Qaeda' Good Morning America l...
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNvqm_qgM5U
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It has become synonymous with the terrorist attacks of September 11 - but what is the origin of the name al-Qaida? Giles Foden on how Bin Laden may have been inspired by Isaac Asimov's Foundation ... In the Arab newspaper al-Hayat, the Muslim intellectual Yussuf Samahah put it like this: "Anyone who believes that his [Bin...
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www.guardian.co.uk/books/2002/aug/24/alqaida.sciencefic...
www.guardian.co.uk/books/2002/aug/24/alqaida.sciencefictionfantasyandhorror
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Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network was originally not a terrorist organisation but as part of the ragtag group of warlords and Islamic religious fanatics trained and funded under the auspices of the CIA to fight against the left-wing, secular government of the Peoples Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA),
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www.greenleft.org.au/2004/578/32681
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From where did Al-Qaeda come? While its actions are well known, its intellectual origins are not. Many scholars and analysts depict the group as a new phenomenon. ... He also claimed to have the endorsement of Sheikh ‘Abd al-Aziz bin Baz, head of the Council for Senior Ulema, the highest religious authority in Saudi...
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www.meforum.org/999/al-qaedas-saudi-origins
www.meforum.org/999/al-qaedas-saudi-origins
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The Al-Qaeda-Hezbollah Relationship; By Eben Kaplan; Backgrounder; August 14, 2006 ... Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) or L'Organisation Al-Qaïda au Maghreb Islamique (Formerly Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat or Groupe Salafiste pour la Prédication et le Combat); By Andrew Hansen and Lauren Vriens;
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www.cfr.org/publication/9126/
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The true roots of Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network stem from the decade-long conflict that plagued Afghanistan from 1979-1989. After Afghanistan was invaded by the Soviet Union, the Afghan Islamist extremists found a rallying call for their cause, as young Muslims from around the world came to Afghanistan to volunteer...
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www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/07272007/alqaeda.html
www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/07272007/alqaeda.html
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