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Mustafa Abu al-Yazid, a high-ranking member of Al-Qaeda, issued a statement after the bombing, claiming that the attack was a response to the 2005 publication of the Muhammed Cartoons. [ 25 ] The Battle of Wanat occurred on July 13, 2008, when forces including Al-Qaeda and Taliban guerrillas attacked NATO troops near the village of Wanat in the ...
Experts debate the notion that the al-Qaeda attacks were an indirect consequence of the American CIA's Operation Cyclone program to help the Afghan mujahideen. Robin Cook, British Foreign Secretary from 1997 to 2001, wrote in 2005 that al-Qaeda and bin Laden were "a product of a monumental miscalculation by western security agencies", and claimed that "Al-Qaida, literally 'the database', was ...
Al-Qaeda (/ æ l ˈ k aɪ (ə) d ə / ⓘ; Arabic: القاعدة, romanized: al-Qāʿidah, lit. 'the Base', IPA: [alˈqaː.ʕi.da]) is a pan-Islamist militant organization led by Sunni jihadists who self-identify as a vanguard spearheading a global Islamist revolution to unite the Muslim world under a supra-national Islamic caliphate.
Al-Qaeda United States Canada: Defeat Operation Jacana (April, 2002–July, 2002) Taliban Al-Qaeda United Kingdom, United States, Australia, Norway: Defeat Battle of Wana (March 16–23, 2004) al-Qaeda Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan: State of Pakistan: Defeat First Battle of Fallujah (4 April – 1 May 2004) al-Qaeda. Jama'at al-Tawhid wal ...
May 1: The number one Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is killed by U.S. Navy SEALs in Abbottabad, Pakistan, just miles from Islamabad. May 23: 4 U.S. soldiers (2nd Battalion 27th Infantry Regiment) die and 1 wounded following an improvised explosive device attack in Kunar province.
It was not until after 220 people died in al Qaeda bombings of the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in August 1998 that Clinton responded with cruise missile strikes. Those failed to stop bin ...
By EMILY CEGIELSKI September 11, 2001 is a date that will forever be burned into the collective American psyche. Everyone who was old enough to remember the day can recall exactly where they were ...
Events January Al-Qaeda in Yemen/Islamic Jihad of Yemen and al-Qaeda in Saudi Arabia merged to form Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). January 30 The Somalia War (2006–2009) ends after Ethiopian forces withdraw from Somalia. January/February The Somali Civil War (2009–present) begins. February 28