Editing Al-Qaeda

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{{Evil Organization

|Box title = Evil Organization

|image = Image:Flag of Al-Qaeda.png

|alias = Al-Qaida<br>Al-Qa'ida

|headquarters = Unknown

|commanders = [[Ayman al-Zawahiri]]<br>

[[Osama bin Laden]] (deceased)<br>

[[Mohammed Atef]] (deputy leader, deceased)

|agents = [[Nasir al-Wuhayshi]]<br>[[Saif al-Adel]]<br>[[Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah]]<br>[[Asim Umar]]<br>[[Hani Hanjour]]<br>[[Khalid Sheikh Mohammed]]<br>[[Saeed al-Masri]]<br>[[Mohamed Atta]]<br>[[Fayez Banihammad]]<br>[[Ziad Jarrah]]<br>[[Adam Yahiye Gadahn]]<br>[[Anwar al - Awlaki]]<br>[[Hamza bin Laden]]<br>Many more

|goals = Destroy Western nations and other enemies(failed)<br>Continuously kill people who do not believe in their twisted political and religious agenda (ongoing)<br>Destroy various monumental buildings and heritage sites<br>Achieve world conquest and establish a Wahhabist system worldwide (failed)

|crimes = [[War crimes]]<br>[[Crimes against humanity]]<br>[[Terrorism]]<br>[[Sectarianism]]<br>Mass murder<br>[[Suicide Bombing|Suicide bombings]]<br>Propaganda<br>[[Genocide]]

|type of villains = Hegemonic Terrorists

}}

{{Quote|The terrorism we practice is of the most commendable kind for it is directed at tyrants, the traitors who commit acts of treason against their own countries and their faith and their own prophet and their own nation. Terrorizing those and punishing them are necessary measures to straighten things and to make them right.|[[Osama bin Laden]], May 1998}}

'''Al-Qaeda''' ( /ælˈkaɪdə/ al-ky-də; Arabic: القاعدة‎ al-qāʿidah, Arabic: [ælqɑːʕɪdɐ], translation: "The Base" and alternatively spelled '''al-Qaida''' and sometimes '''al-Qa'ida''') is a global [[militant Islam]]ist organization founded by [[Osama bin Laden]] at some point between August 1988 and late 1989. It operates as a network comprising both a multinational, stateless army and a radical Sunni Muslim movement calling for global [[Jihad|jihad]] and a strict interpretation of sharia law. It has been designated as a terrorist organization by the United States, the United Kingdom, various other countries, the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, and NATO.

The origins of al-Qaeda can be traced to the Soviet War in Afghanistan (December 1979 – February 1989). The United States viewed the conflict in Afghanistan in terms of the Cold War, with Marxists on one side and the native Afghan mujahideen on the other. This view led to a CIA program called Operation Cyclone, which channeled funds through Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence agency to the Afghan Mujahideen. The US government provided substantial financial support to the Afghan Islamic militants. Aid to Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, an Afghan mujahideen leader and founder of the Hezb-e Islami, amounted to more than $600 million. In addition to American aid, Hekmatyar was the recipient of Saudi aid. In the early 1990s, after the US had withdrawn support, Hekmatyar "worked closely" with bin Laden.

Al-Qaeda has attacked civilian and military targets in various countries. For example, it carried out the [[9/11|September 11 attacks]], 1998 US embassy bombings and the 2002 Bali bombings. The US government responded to the September 11 attacks by launching the War on Terror. With the loss of key leaders, culminating in the death of Osama bin Laden, al-Qaeda's operations have devolved from actions that were controlled from the top-down, to actions by franchise associated groups, to actions of lone wolf operators. With the death of key communicators, like [[Anwar al - Awlaki]], the ability of al-Qaeda's "brand" to inspire, motivate and instill fear has sharply declined.

Characteristic techniques employed by Al-Qaeda include [[Suicide Bombing|suicide attacks]] and simultaneous bombings of different targets. Activities ascribed to it may involve members of the movement, who have taken a pledge of loyalty to Osama bin Laden, or the much more numerous "Al-Qaeda-linked" individuals who have undergone training in one of its camps in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq or Sudan, but who have not taken any pledge. Al-Qaeda ideologues envision a complete break from all foreign influences in Muslim countries, and the creation of a new world-wide Islamic caliphate. Among the beliefs ascribed to Al-Qaeda members is the conviction that a Christian–Jewish alliance is conspiring to destroy Islam. As Salafist jihadists, they believe that the killing of civilians is religiously sanctioned, and they ignore any aspect of religious scripture which might be interpreted as forbidding the murder of civilians and internecine fighting. Al-Qaeda also opposes man-made laws, and wants to replace them with a strict form of sharia law.

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