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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 planned to attack USS The Sullivans on January 3, 2000, but the effort failed due to too much weight being put on the small boat meant to bomb the ship. Despite the setback with USS The Sullivans, al-Qaeda succeeded in bombing a U.S. Navy warship in October 2000 with the USS Cole bombing, killing 17 sailors.
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 ...
Al-Qaeda attacks U.S. military forces for the first time in the Yemen hotel bombings in Aden. 26 Feb 1993 World Trade Center. New York City, New York, U.S. Ramzi Yousef carries out the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. 3-4 Oct Mogadishu, Somalia, Horn of Africa: 18 American servicemen are killed by al-Qaeda-trained forces in the Battle of ...
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 ...
"Before 9/11" - the background of Osama bin Laden and the beginnings of al-Qaeda; early assessments by intelligences agencies concerning the possibility of a large scale attack. "The Terrorists" - profiles the al-Qaeda cell in Hamburg, Germany, the mastermind of 9/11, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, and the other terrorists who were involved with the plot.
USAID reportedly fully funded al-Qaeda terrorist Anwar al-Awlaki's tuition in the early 1990s to attend Colorado State University, unearthed document purport to show.