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What is al-Qaeda?
Al Qaeda means the Base. It is a stateless (meaning without a country) terrorist organization. It is led and financed by Osama bin Laden, a radical Sunni Muslim.
Bin Laden, and the Arab Afghans, fought the Soviet Union in Afghanistan
The Soviet army left in 1988.
Iraqi tanks
Saudis choice
Osama bin Laden, back home from Afghanistan, offered the Saudis the use of his soldiers to fight the Iraqi army because Infidel armies have no place in the holy land of Islam.
USA in Somalia
Dec. 4, 1992, George H.W. Bush sends 28,000 American troops to Somalia. Bush wanted to help the Somali people since all attempts to send food to them were intercepted by war lords.
al Qaeda?
We think al Qaeda operatives taught the Somalians how to shoot down helicopters just like they did in Afghanistan against the Soviets.
May 1996 ---Sudan expels bin Laden, and he returns too Afghanistan
Afghanistan Was Run by the Taliban, A Violent Local, Afghanistani Group Led By Mullah Omar
The Taliban Did Not Plan the 9/11 Attacks, But They Let Bin Laden Operate in Afghanistan and Refused to Turn Him Over to the US
Fatwa
In August of 1998, Al Qaeda, led by bin Laden and Ayman Zawahiri declare war on American.
Clinton responds.
President Clinton, risking Wag the Dog criticism during the Lewinsky scandal, decided to attack al Qaeda in response.
US sends missiles against Qaeda training camps in Sudan and Afghanistan----to little effect.
2819 people were killed 343 firefighters and paramedics were killed
Khalid Sheik Muhhamad was the central Planner of the 9/11. Most terrorists (at right) were from Saudi Arabia.
Flight 93
Review Quiz
1. The Soviet Union invaded what country in 1979 where al Qaeda formed? 2. In the first Gulf War, what was bin Ladens objection regarding American troops in Saudi Arabia? 3.Was Osama bin Laden friends with Saddam Hussein of Iraq? 4. How was the WTC attacked in 1993? 5. What American embassies were bombed in 1998? 6. What Navy ship was bombed in 2000? 7. How many planes were hijacked on 9/11/2001, and what happened to each of them? 8 Name 3 Al Qaeda leaders.