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A History of Al-Qaeda

Behnam T. Said

While it may have seemed that the terrorist organization Al-Qaeda had become a thing of the past in the wake of the secession of the Islamic State, the reality is that it continues to wage war on many fronts, from South Asia to North Africa to Europe. Using newly available materials, Behnam T. Said reveals the whole story behind this secret network, which now has become the refuge for thousands of jihadists since the fall of ISIS.

When the Afghan Mujahideen fought against the Soviet Union, they were supported not only by the United States, but also by fighters from Saudi Arabia. Osama Bin Laden, the son of a wealthy businessman, set up a base camp called Al-Qaeda for these Saudi Arabian fighters and they viewed the withdrawal of the Russians as their victory. Then their goal became liberating more countries in the name of true Islam. Said describes how this terrorist organization was formed in 1988, drew attention to itself through spectacular attacks and sparked an international “War on Terror” after the devastating events of 9/11. Since then Al-Qaeda has generated many offshoots, from ISIS, the Al-Nusra Front and the Al-Shabaab militia to Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. This unsettling study shows just how dangerous it would be to underestimate the on-going presence of this terrorist network.

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