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al-Qaeda is an international Islamist [[terrorism|terrorist]] organization founded with the help of the CIA{{fact}} in the late 1980s to fight the Soviet Union in Afghanistan. It is currently led by [[Osama Bin Laden]]<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/world/2001/war_on_terror/default.stm BBC Profile of Al-Qaeda]</ref> and is predominantly composed of fanatical [[Sunni]] [[Islam|Muslim]]s.  Al Qaeda is responsible for the September 11, 2001 attack on the [[World Trade Center]] and [[Pentagon]], the bombings of American embassies in [[Kenya]] and [[Tanzania]] in 1998, the October 2000 bombing of the [[U.S.S. Cole]], and numerous smaller attacks. The group's wing in Iraq is believed to be responsible for many of the attacks and bombings there. "Al Qaeda" is roughly equivalent to "the base" ( القاعدة) in [[Arabic]].

al-Qaeda is an international Islamist [[terrorism|terrorist]] organization founded with the help of the CIA{{fact}} in the late 1980s to fight the Soviet Union in Afghanistan. It is currently led by [[Osama Bin Laden]]<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/world/2001/war_on_terror/default.stm BBC Profile of Al-Qaeda]</ref> and is predominantly composed of fanatical [[Sunni]] [[Islam|Muslim]]s.  Al Qaeda is responsible for the September 11, 2001 attack on the [[World Trade Center]] and [[Pentagon]], the bombings of American embassies in [[Kenya]] and [[Tanzania]] in 1998, the October 2000 bombing of the [[U.S.S. Cole]], and numerous smaller attacks. The group's wing in Iraq is believed to be responsible for many of the attacks and bombings there. "Al Qaeda" is roughly equivalent to "the base" ( القاعدة) in [[Arabic]].