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UPADATE 1-Miami man gets 13-year sentence for Sears Tower plo...the men in Miami's poor and predominantly black Liberty City neighborhood in June 2006. But the men, accused of conspiring with al Qaeda to wage holy war, insisted on their innocence and two mistrials were declared before a jury finally... In this article: Sears Tower, Miami, Florida, Al Qaeda, and Miami Police Department |
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Winston-Salem Journal | 1 day ago
Web sites spread al-Qaida doctrine - in English
RIYADH,Saudi Arabia - Increasing numbers of English-language Web sites are spreading al-Qaida's message to Muslims in the West. They translate writings and sermons once largely out of reach of English readers and often include charismatic...
In this article: Al-qaida, Islam, United States, Jihad, Ideology, Web-based, and Ayman al-Zawahri
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AP Online | 1 day ago
Al-Qaida suspect promises NY trial boycott
NEW YORK (AP) - A U.S.-trained scientist accused of shooting at FBI agents and helping al-Qaida vowed Thursday to boycott her January trial. Aafia Siddiqui interrupted lawyers at her pretrial hearing in U.S. District Court in Manhattan to...
In this article: Al-qaida, Richard M. Berman, United States, Delusional disorder, Depression, Brandeis University, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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200 Web sites spread al-Qaida's message in English
...like al-Awlaki are "more dangerous than any other group." And if these clerics are jailed, "it's no big loss for al-Qaida because they don't belong to the network," he said. Many of the sites post speeches by English-speaking clerics...
In this article: Al-qaida, Islam, United States, Jihad, and Ideology
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Reuters | 4 days ago
Obama says al Qaeda still greatest threat to U.S.
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Monday that al Qaeda remained the biggest threat to U.S. security, as his aides stepped up pressure on Afghanistan and Pakistan to cooperate with Washington's strategy in the troubled...
In this article: Barack Obama, James Jones, Asif Ali Zardari, United States, Afghanistan, Thomson Reuters, Shanghai, Pakistan, and Hillary Clinton
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FACTBOX: Qaeda's resurgent Gulf wing stirs security fears
...in neighboring oil superpower Saudi Arabia. Here are some facts about the group behind the attacks, al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). * Al Qaeda's wing in Yemen, where Osama bin Laden's father was born, announced in January it...
In this article: Yemen, United States, Saudi Arabia, Arabian Peninsula, Suicide, and Osama bin Laden
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Al-Qaeda (pronounced: /ælˈkaɪdə/ or IPA: /ælˈkeɪdə|/; Arabic: القاعدة, al-qāʿidah, "the base"), alternatively spelled al-Qaida and sometimes al-Qa'ida, is an Islamist group founded sometime between August 1988 and late 1989/early 1990. It operates as a network comprising both a multinational, stateless arm See also:
* and a fundamentalist Sunni movement calling for global jihad.
Al-Qaeda has attacked civilian and military targets in various countries, the most notable being the September 11 attacks in 2001. These actions were followed by the US government launching the War on Terrorism. Between three thousand and four thousand members of the network have been captured and many thousands more killed on the front in Afghanistan.
Characteristic techniques include suicide attacks and simultaneous bombings of different targets. Activities ascribed to it may involve members of the movement, who have taken a pledge of loyalty to Osama bin Laden, or the much more numerous "al-Qaeda-linked" individuals who have undergone training in one of its camps in Afghanistan or Sudan but not taken any pledge.
Al-Qaeda ideologues envision a complete break from the foreign influences in Muslim countries and the creation of a new Islamic caliphate. Reported beliefs include that a Christian-Jewish alliance is conspiring to destroy Islam, and that the killing of bystanders and civilians is religiously justified in jihad.
Its management philosophy has been described as "centralization of decision and decentralization of execution." Following the War on Terrorism, it is thought that al-Qaeda's leadership has "become geographically isolated", leading to the "emergence of decentralized leadership" of regional groups using the al-Qaeda "brand name."
- Name:
- al-Qaeda
- Location:
- Global
- Alliances:
- Taliban, Hamid
- Ideology:
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- Sunni Islam
- Islamism
- Qutbism
- Islamic fundamentalism
- Pan-Islamism
- Salafi
- Status:
- Designated as terrorist group by EU Common Foreign and Security Policy
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