Biography - Al Qaeda
Biography turns its award-winning lens on the organization behind the deadliest attack on American soil. While al-Qaeda's terrible achievements are well-known, its origins remain unclear and its motivations are more complex than commonly perceived.Take an astonishing journey around the globe and into the heart of this terrorist organization's secret world. From their beginning as "Arab Afghans" fighting under the banner of Islam against Soviet Communism in the 1980's, to this very moment in Iraq and elsewhere, BIOGRAPHY examines their origins, aims, atrocities and history. Delve into the personality of their leader Osama Bin Laden, as well as his closest associates, and discover the reasons why he and the group he leads are the implacable enemy of America.