AL - QAEDA

HISTORY

WHAT: It is a global militant Islamist and

takfiri

organization.

FOUNDER: Abdullah Yusuf Azzam

Osama bin Laden

LOCATED: Peshawar, Pakistan

WHEN: August 1988 and late 1989

Origins

-The Soviet War in Afghanistan

-Thousands of volunteers

from Around the “middle East”

(To defend fellow Muslims)

Operations

As a network

-For global Jihad & a strict interpretation of sharia

law

Multinational &Stateless army Radical Sunni Muslim

ANTI - AL QAEDA

United Nations

Security Council NATO European Union

ANTI - AL QAEDA

United Kingdom United States

The Rise of al-Qaeda

August 1996

-Bin Laden issued a "Declaration of War" against

the U.S.

-Forge alliances with other radical groups

Bin Laden

- Moved his base of operations to Afghanistan

-The "guest" of the Taliban

-Until Nov. 2001 - U.S. drove them from power

Al-Qaeda

-Set up terrorist training camps in the war-torn

nation

The Rise of al-Qaeda

Ideology and Goals

The aims of al-Qaeda

-To drive Americans and American influence

out of

all Muslim nations :

>> Saudi Arabia

>> Destroy Israel

>> Topple pro-Western dictatorships

around the Middle East

-Unite all Muslims

Ideology and Goals

Meaning

Means : The base

Intention of making “Holy war”

-create a chaotic and violent situation

Expand : Quickly

Known and Feared :From the planning and

implementation on 11 Sep 2001 (deadly wreck in

U.S.)

“six” major terrorist attacks

Osama Bin Laden

Full name: Osama bin

Mohammed

bin Awad bin

Laden

Born: 10th March 1957

(Saudi Arabian)

Death: 2nd May 2011

1988 - Formed Al–Qaeda

("Basically an organized Islamic faction, its goal is

to lift the word of God, to make his religion victorious"

)

1992 - Banished from Saudi Arabia

(shifted to Sudan)

1996 - US pressure forced him to leave Sudan

(new base in Afghanistan)

Osama Bin Laden

Death: 2nd May 2011

- Shot and killed inside a private residential

compound in Abbottabad (Pakistan)

- After 1:00 am. Local time

Osama Bin Laden

- By members of the United States Naval

Special Warfare Development Group and

Central Intelligence Agency.

- Code-named: Operation Neptune Spear

Osama Bin Laden

U.S. President

Barack

Obama

- Identification at Afghanistan

- Burial at sea 24 hours after his death

Osama Bin Laden

Full name: Mohammed Atef Al-

Masri

Born: Either 1944 or 1953

(Egypt : village of Quenna)

Death: 16th November 2001

“military chief of Al –Qaeda”

Mohammed Atef

-Police officer & member of the group

Egyptian

Islamic Jihad

-Moved to Afghanistan

-11th August 1988 : Meeting between Atef and

Bin Laden- Followed bin Laden to Saudi Arabi and

Sudan

Mohammed Atef

Mohammed Atef

- U.S. air-strike on his home near Kabul

- During the U.S. Invasion of Afghanistan

(During November 14–16, 2001)

- A strike on an “al Qaeda safe house”

- Death: 16th November 2001

Mohammed Atef

Location: Aden, Yemen

Date: 29 Dec 1992

Direction: Change from fighting armies to

killing

civilians

Dead: 2 people

(Australian tourist and a Yemeni hotel worker)

The first terrorist attack

-2 Hotels

The first terrorist attack

The Movenpick HotelThe parking lot of the

Goldmohur Hotel

The biggest terrorist attack

Location: New York and Washington DC

Date: 11 Sep 2001

Dead: Nearly 3,000 people

Survivor from the plane : Zero

-Rob 4 planes

The biggest terrorist attack

2 Planes

The twin towers of the

World Trade Center

1 Plane

The Pentagon building in

Arlington

1 Plane

Field near Shanks Ville