Al Qaeda timeline
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The Lebanon War
Osama bin Laden dates his hatred of America to the Lebanon War of 1982. During the war the American Sixth Fleet helped the Israelis invade Lebanon... Read more
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Suicide Car Bombing on US Embassy and US Marine Corps
After bin Laden had decided that there was only one main enemy, the West, he was able to bring together the two main groups of Islam to destroy it.... Read more
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Ali Abdelsoud Mohammed Makes His Mark
Ali Abdelsoud Mohammed, a double agent for the United States and Egypt, had served as the guide for Ayman Zawahiri when he came to America to... Read more
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Formation of al-Qaeda
With the Afghan jihad winding down, Osama bin Laden gathered his most loyal followers together to discuss their future. They were determined to... Read more
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Abdullah Azzam is Assassinated
On this day in 1989, Azzam and his two sons, Ibrahim and Mohammed were killed by a twenty kilogram roadside bomb in Peshawar, Pakistan. Allegations... Read more
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Al-Qaeda Bombs Yemen Hotel
The first attack ever performed by al-Qaeda took place in Aden, Yemen in the Movenpick Hotel, and another nearby hotel named the Goldmouhr. A bomb... Read more
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Gold Mihor Hotel Bombing
This bombing would widely come to be considered bin Laden's first. Two people were killed and seven injured at the Gold Mihor and Movenpick hotels... Read more
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Yemen Hotel Bombings
On December 29, 1992 American troops were targeted in two bombings in Yemen. The bombs failed to kill any Americans but bin Laden still accepted... Read more
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The Other World Trade Center Bombing
Abdul Basit Mahmoud Abdul Karim, or Ramzi Yousef, as he was more commonly known, detonated a massive bomb in the World Trade Center underground... Read more
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World Trade Center Bombing
A large rising of an Islamic radical group during the early 1990's in the United States brought forth the first plan of a terrorist attack on the... Read more
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Ayman al-Zawahiri Starts Soliciting Money for al-Jihad
Soon after the World Trade Center bombing, Ayman al-Zawahiri entered the US and started soliciting American Arabs and American Afghans for money to... Read more
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King Fahd Revokes Osama Bin Laden's Citizenship
Under pressure from the Algerian, Yemeni and Egyptian governments, King Fahd sent an emissary to Sudan to revoke bin Laden's passport. Bin Laden's... Read more
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Osama Bin Laden Declares War Against The United States
With this declaration of war, Osama bin Laden had appointed himself spokesman for Muslims disaffected with the west across the globe. Following as... Read more
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US Embassy Bombings
Al-Qaeda launches a a two-pronged bombing attack on United States embassies in Nairobi,Kenya and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.The bombing in Kenya left... Read more
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The attack on the USS The Sullivans Spoiled
Members of al-Qaeda attempted an attack on The Sullivans while in port at Aden, Yemen on 3 January 2000 as a part of the 2000 millennium attack... Read more
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Joh O'Neill and the USS Cole Investigation
John O'Neill was the on-scene commander of the FBI investigations of the USS Cole attack. He was removed because of the problems between him and... Read more
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USS Cole is Bombed
The USS Cole bombing was a suicide attack against the United States Navy destroyer USS Cole on October 12, 2000, while it was harbored and refueled... Read more
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Al Qaeda Group Claims Responsibility for Airline Bombing Attempt
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, the branch of the extremist group based in Yemen, appeared to claim responsibility for the Christmas Day... Read more
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Moscow Metro Bombings
With a pair of powerful blasts on Moscow subway cars that killed at least 38 people Monday, two female suicide bombers shattered Prime Minister... Read more
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Al-Qaida Selects New Leader Saif al-Adel
Al-Qaida has chosen a former Egyptian Special Forces officer as interim leader of the violent extremist group in the wake of Osama bin Laden's... Read more