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HISTORY
WHAT: It is a global militant Islamist and
takfiri
organization.
FOUNDER: Abdullah Yusuf Azzam
Osama bin Laden
LOCATED: Peshawar, Pakistan
WHEN: August 1988 and late 1989
Origins
-The Soviet War in Afghanistan
-Thousands of volunteers
from Around the “middle East”
(To defend fellow Muslims)
Operations
As a network
-For global Jihad & a strict interpretation of sharia
law
Multinational &Stateless army Radical Sunni Muslim
The Rise of al-Qaeda
August 1996
-Bin Laden issued a "Declaration of War" against
the U.S.
-Forge alliances with other radical groups
Bin Laden
- Moved his base of operations to Afghanistan
-The "guest" of the Taliban
-Until Nov. 2001 - U.S. drove them from power
Al-Qaeda
-Set up terrorist training camps in the war-torn
nation
The Rise of al-Qaeda
Ideology and Goals
The aims of al-Qaeda
-To drive Americans and American influence
out of
all Muslim nations :
>> Saudi Arabia
>> Destroy Israel
>> Topple pro-Western dictatorships
around the Middle East
Meaning
Means : The base
Intention of making “Holy war”
-create a chaotic and violent situation
Expand : Quickly
Known and Feared :From the planning and
implementation on 11 Sep 2001 (deadly wreck in
U.S.)
“six” major terrorist attacks
Osama Bin Laden
Full name: Osama bin
Mohammed
bin Awad bin
Laden
Born: 10th March 1957
(Saudi Arabian)
Death: 2nd May 2011
1988 - Formed Al–Qaeda
("Basically an organized Islamic faction, its goal is
to lift the word of God, to make his religion victorious"
)
1992 - Banished from Saudi Arabia
(shifted to Sudan)
1996 - US pressure forced him to leave Sudan
(new base in Afghanistan)
Osama Bin Laden
Death: 2nd May 2011
- Shot and killed inside a private residential
compound in Abbottabad (Pakistan)
- After 1:00 am. Local time
Osama Bin Laden
- By members of the United States Naval
Special Warfare Development Group and
Central Intelligence Agency.
- Code-named: Operation Neptune Spear
Osama Bin Laden
U.S. President
Barack
Obama
Full name: Mohammed Atef Al-
Masri
Born: Either 1944 or 1953
(Egypt : village of Quenna)
Death: 16th November 2001
“military chief of Al –Qaeda”
Mohammed Atef
-Police officer & member of the group
Egyptian
Islamic Jihad
-Moved to Afghanistan
-11th August 1988 : Meeting between Atef and
Bin Laden- Followed bin Laden to Saudi Arabi and
Sudan
Mohammed Atef
Mohammed Atef
- U.S. air-strike on his home near Kabul
- During the U.S. Invasion of Afghanistan
(During November 14–16, 2001)
Location: Aden, Yemen
Date: 29 Dec 1992
Direction: Change from fighting armies to
killing
civilians
Dead: 2 people
(Australian tourist and a Yemeni hotel worker)
The first terrorist attack
The biggest terrorist attack
Location: New York and Washington DC
Date: 11 Sep 2001
Dead: Nearly 3,000 people
Survivor from the plane : Zero
-Rob 4 planes
The biggest terrorist attack
2 Planes
The twin towers of the
World Trade Center
1 Plane
The Pentagon building in
Arlington
1 Plane
Field near Shanks Ville
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