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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 ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Pages in category "Al-Qaeda activities" ... This list may not reflect recent changes. * Timeline of al-Qaeda attacks; 0–9.
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 in Yemen (AQY), [a] also known as al-Qaeda in the Land of Yemen (AQLY) [b] and al-Qaeda in the Southern Arabian Peninsula (AQSAP) [c] in its later iteration, was a Sunni Islamist militant organization which existed between 1998 to 2003, and 2006 to 2009.
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.
The escapees would end up rebuilding al-Qaeda's footprint within the country over the next few years. [44] [31] Al-Qaeda maintained a presence in Yemen, evident by multiple high-profile attacks in the country such as the 2007 Marib car bombing [45] and the 2008 attack on the United States embassy in Sana'a. [46]
Glod said a U.S. intelligence agency later assessed that the plot was set up at bin Laden's behest by al Qaeda operatives and the Abu Sayyaf Group, Filipino Islamists widely considered an arm of ...
Free Press. ISBN 0743234952. Bergen, Peter (2006). The Osama bin Laden I Know: An Oral History of Al-Qaeda's Leader. Free Press. ISBN 0743278925. Bergen, Peter (2011). The Longest War: The Enduring Conflict between America and Al-Qaeda. Free Press. ISBN 978-0743278942. Bergen, Peter (2012). Manhunt: The Ten-Year Search for Bin Laden--from 9/11 ...