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labwork [276]
3 years ago
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How did al-Qaeda get its start?

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charle [14.2K]3 years ago
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<span>Wright's research suggests that al-Qaeda was formed at an August 11, 1988, meeting between "several senior leaders" of Egyptian Islamic Jihad, Abdullah Azzam, and bin Laden, where it was agreed to join bin Laden's money with the expertise of the Islamic Jihad organization and take up the jihadist cause elsewhere after ...</span>
Vladimir [108]3 years ago
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The group was founded in 1988 by Osama bin Laden. The group is of a fundamentalist-Islamic nature and mainly opposes the influence of the Western world, in particular the United States, in the Islamic world.  

Al Qaeda originated from a resistance group during the Afghan War (1979-1989). At that time, all Islamic fundamentalist groups in Afghanistan united to the Mujahideen. The United States supported them financially through the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), the security service of Pakistan.  

During this war, the Mujahideen and had the common goal of expelling the Soviet troops and the communist government. The victory in Afghanistan of the Mujahideen over the Soviet Union in 1989 gave Osama Bin Laden the inspiration for the creation of Al Qaeda because apparently large Western countries could be overcome. The situation in Afghanistan remained uneasy until 1994, when the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan. They offered a safe haven for Al Qaeda, from which it launched and controlled all its operations, including the September 11 attacks.

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