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has declared
holy
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lands" and
has issued
sanctioned opinions
declared the
duty of
military, wherever U! The
and reportedly
atotal
on civil
of three
or religious
every Muslim
Usama Bin Laden, "occupation of
fatwas religiously matters!, in
to kill
which it
Americans, civilian
or
possible. name AL-QAEDA,
originated from
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or "the
Base," dates
the term
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seeder/Noronu/oncon of Usama Bin Laden&#39;s UBL! guesthouses, where the Mujahidin that came to fight inAfghanistan were required to register. These registration records later provided extensive contacts to Islamic fighters around the world. AL-QAEDA includes, in addition to the warriors present at Usama Bin Ladenls camps, aloose network of terrorist cells throughout the world. The most outstanding features of AL~QAEDA are its international outreach and vast financial &#39; resources, derived mainly from Usama Bin Laden s personal wealth and financial dealings. , U! Usama
Bin Laden
wealthy, high his radicalization
profile, family dates
Saudi Arabia,
where he
Brotherhood, Later,
the Soviet During this
was raised
back to was linked
to members
his involvement
occupation played experience, he
in the
against
asecular
superpower. The
radical Islamic make him
to, and
aserious
Afghanistan, in
threat to
U! AL QAEDA which it
militants. These countries. Some undetected among
a
of the
Muslim
Afghan struggle
combination of his fervent
U.S. national
against
his ideology. and became deeply
contacts with in avictorious
command over
militants, and
Arabia in
a major role inshaping found asense of purpose
religious. Usama Bin Laden also made from around the world and participated wealth, connection
in Saudi
of Yemeni origins. The beginning of his university studies in Jeddah,
Islamic fighters struggle
Usama Bin_Laden&#39;s
experienced, motivated,
and
anti U.S. orientation, security. &#39;
operated approximately 12 training camps in has reportedly trained as many as 5,000
militants have of these trainees local populations.
allegedly created cells in may be "sleeper" agents,
50 who live
U! AL QAEDA members are familiar with modern communications and have been reported to use encrypted e-mail,
cellular phones,
satellite communications,
CD-ROMs. The group emphasizes making its selection, e.g., military barracks, USS Cole,
U! many recent
The U.S.
State Department
terrorist attacks,
bombing O2/1993!; O6/1996!, Saudi President Mubarak
among them
the attacks Arabia; the in Ethiopia
bombings of the U.S. Tanzania O8/1998!; 1/2000!.
the symbolic U.S. embassies, etc.
and training
manuals on
value of targets when World Trade Center,
currently links the World
AL QAEDA to Trade Center
in Riyadh ll/1995! and Dhahran assassination attempt on Egyptian O6/1995!; the near simu1taneous
embassies in Nairobi, Kenya, and the bombing of the USS .
and Dar-es Salaam, Cole in Yemen
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for
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includes, among
to several
or umbrella
thousand
organization
others, many
Sunni
Islamic extremist groups such as EGYPTIAN ISLAMIC JIHAD, some members of AL-GAMA AT AL ISLAMIYYA, the ISLAMIC MOVEMENT OF UZBEKISTAN, and the HARAKAT UL MUJAHIDIN. AL QAEDA has a worldwide reach, has cells in anumber of countries, and is reinforced by its ties to Sunni extremist networks. Usama Bin Laden and his key lieutenants resided in Afghanistan, and the group maintained terrorist training camps there. Due to law enforcement activities and the military campaign, entitled "Operation Enduring Freedom," AL-QAEDA has suffered a
significant disruption, hierarchical members Bin Laden
including the of AL-QAEDA.
demise or The current
capture of whereabouts of
Usama
is unknown.
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