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Just FYI...About al Qaida

by Del McMullen Feb 23, 2004 7:03AM PST

Established by Usama Bin Ladin in the late 1980s to bring together Arabs who fought in Afghanistan against the Soviet Union. Helped finance, recruit, transport, and train Sunni Islamic extremists for the Afghan resistance. Current goal is to establish a pan-Islamic Caliphate throughout the world by working with allied Islamic extremist groups to overthrow regimes it deems "non-Islamic" and expelling Westerners and non-Muslims from Muslim countries. Issued statement under banner of "The World Islamic Front for Jihad Against the Jews and Crusaders" in February 1998, saying it was the duty of all Muslims to kill US citizens?civilian or military?and their allies everywhere. Merged with Egyptian Islamic Jihad (Al-Jihad) in June 2001.

http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/pgtrpt/2001/html/10252.htm#alqaida

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