Al-Qaeda | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-05-10

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00:03:12 1 Organization
00:05:46 1.1 Leadership
00:05:55 1.1.1 Osama bin Laden (1988 – May 2011)
00:06:37 1.1.2 After May 2011
00:09:00 1.2 Command structure
00:12:36 1.3 Field operatives
00:13:48 1.4 Insurgent forces
00:14:57 1.5 Financing
00:17:07 1.5.1 Allegations of Qatari support
00:22:03 2 Strategy
00:26:20 3 Name
00:28:42 4 Ideology
00:30:58 5 Religious compatibility
00:32:11 6 History
00:32:47 6.1 Jihad in Afghanistan
00:36:18 6.2 Expanding operations
00:38:27 6.3 Gulf War and the start of US enmity
00:39:48 6.4 Sudan
00:42:44 6.5 Refuge in Afghanistan
00:46:07 6.6 Call for global Salafi jihadism
00:47:12 6.7 Fatwas
00:48:58 6.8 Iraq
00:51:11 6.9 Somalia and Yemen
00:54:05 6.10 United States operations
00:57:29 6.11 Death of Osama bin Laden
00:59:48 6.12 Syria
01:02:10 6.13 India
01:03:47 7 Attacks
01:04:21 7.1 1992
01:05:41 7.2 Late 1990s
01:07:19 7.3 September 11 attacks
01:09:47 8 Designation as a terrorist group
01:10:05 9 War on Terror
01:13:45 10 Activities
01:13:54 10.1 Africa
01:15:54 10.2 Europe
01:18:23 10.3 Arab world
01:20:34 10.4 Kashmir
01:28:03 10.5 Internet
01:30:28 10.5.1 Online communications
01:30:53 10.6 Aviation network
01:31:56 10.7 Involvement in military conflicts
01:32:16 11 Alleged CIA involvement
01:36:03 12 Alleged Saudi and Emirati involvement
01:36:50 13 Alleged Pakistani involvement
01:37:11 14 Broader influence
01:37:39 15 Criticism
01:41:07 15.1 Other criticisms
01:42:57 16 See also



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Al-Qaeda (; Arabic: القاعدة‎ al-Qāʿidah, IPA: [ælqɑːʕɪdɐ], translation: "The Base", "The Foundation" or "The Database", alternatively spelled al-Qaida and al-Qa'ida) is a militant Sunni Islamist multi-national organization founded in 1988 by Osama bin Laden, Abdullah Azzam, and several other Arab volunteers during the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.Al-Qaeda operates as a network of Islamic extremists and Salafist jihadists. The organization has been designated as a terrorist group by the United Nations Security Council, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the European Union, the United States, the United Kingdom, Russia, India, and various other countries (see below). Al-Qaeda has mounted attacks on non-military and military targets in various countries, including the 1998 United States embassy bombings, the September 11 attacks, and the 2002 Bali bombings. The United States government responded to the September 11 attacks by launching the "War on Terror", which sought to undermine al-Qaeda and its allies. The deaths of key leaders, including that of Osama bin Laden, have led al-Qaeda's operations to shift from the top down organization and planning of attacks, to the planning of attacks which are carried out by associated groups and lone-wolf operators. Al-Qaeda characteristically employs attacks which include suicide attacks and the simultaneous bombing of several targets. Activities which are ascribed to al-Qaeda involve the actions of those who have made a pledge of loyalty to bin Laden, or to the actions of "al-Qaeda-linked" individuals who have undergone training in one of its camps in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq or Sudan. Al-Qaeda ideologues envision the removal of all foreign influences in Muslim countries, and the creation of a new caliphate ruling over the entire Muslim world.Among the beliefs ascribed to al-Qaeda members is the conviction that a Christian–Jewish alliance is conspiring to destroy Islam. As Salafist jihadists, members of al-Qaeda believe that the killing of non-combatants is religiously sanctioned. This belief ignores the aspects of religious scripture which forbid the murder of non-combatants and internecine fighting. Al-Qaeda also opposes what it regards as man-made laws, and wants to replace them wit ...