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[[Image:al_qaeda.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Osama bin Laden with Al-Qaeda members]]

[[Image:al_qaeda.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Osama bin Laden with Al-Qaeda members]]

International Islamist [[terrorism|terrorist]] organization founded in the late 1980s, and 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> Al Qaeda 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]].

International Islamist [[terrorism|terrorist]] organization founded with the help of the CIA in the late 1980s to fight the Russians in Afghanistan. It is 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]].

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