An al qaeda field commander and spokesman, abu laith is an outspoken leader of al qaeda, appearing in videos and on the internet. The late abu ebeida elbanashiri established the training camps for our mujahedeen against russias terrorism. This series of al qaeda intelligence operation is the biggest lesson for the u. Mauritania the world factbook central intelligence agency. Giles foden on how bin laden may have been inspired by isaac asimovs foundation. It is alleged that attribution needed the central intelligence agency cia had ties with osama bin ladens al qaeda and its afghan arab fighters when it armed mujahideen groups to fight the soviet union during the sovietafghan war about the same time as the soviet deployment into afghanistan, the united states began giving several hundred million dollars a year in aid to the. Bin laden explained the origin of the term in a videotaped interview with al jazeera journalist tayseer alouni in october 2001. I have to look a little closer into this, but this article indicate some cia involvement in the syrian civil war. September 11, 2001, to the mixture described above is one of decentraliza tion. This was admitted in an article by former british foreign secretary, robin cook. Al qaeda, literally the database, was originally the computer file of the thousands of mujaheddin who were recruited and trained with help from the cia to defeat the russians.
Terrorism and homeland security final exam quizlet. Al qaeda international al qaeda the base was developed by usama bin laden and others in the early 1980s to support the war effort in afghanistan against the soviets. Caution ayman al zawahiri has been indicted for his alleged role in the august 7. Jul 12, 2017 in the days leading up to the attack, al qaedas amir, ayman alzawahiri, focused his annual 911 message on the drone war, eulogized allibi and called on libyan brothers to avenge the loss. Why would alqueda call themselves the database in 1988. The onehour documentary follows the trail of al qaeda from the afghan border areas into pakistans cities as u. The truth about al qaeda global public square blogs. There was a conflict between the soviet union and the united states which spanned the globe and affected the lives of billions of people. Al qaeda s name can also be transliterated as al qaida, al qaida, or elqaida. Sep 19, 2014 cook explained that al qaeda, which literally means an abbreviation of the database in arabic, was originally the computer database of the thousands of islamist extremists, who were trained. Allegations of cia assistance to osama bin laden wikipedia. Global network of terror this is one of the best accounts written of the al qaeda network. Gematria value of al qaeda cia g bush is 422 english. Apr 29, 2015 yet even in its early days the group bickered with the al qaeda leadership.
In other words, the socalled al qaeda, which has been promoted by the media cartel as the cause of all bombings and terrorism since the destruction of the world trade center in new york on september 11, 2001, is simply a database of cia trained terrorists or freedom fighters, depending on your perspective which has become a convenient. Cook explained that al qaeda, which literally means an abbreviation of the database. Alqaeda bin laden al ciada false flags fear inc alqaeda is a n obvious cia mossad mi6 operation all the bin laden tapes come via site, an obvious mossad front, similar to gladio. Aug 22, 2009 cia used mock execution on alqaeda interrogators from the us central intelligence agency used a handgun and an electric drill to try to frighten a captured alqaeda commander into giving up. Former british foreign secretary, robin cook, told the house of commons that al qaeda was unquestionably a product of western intelligence agencies. Todays release of recovered al qaeda letters, videos, audio files and other materials provides the opportunity for the american people to gain further insights. Al qaida,sic literally the database, was originally the computer file of the thousands of mujahideen who were recruited and trained with help from the cia to defeat the russians, admits former british foreign secretary robin cook, whose foreign office portfolio included control of british intelligence agency mi6 and the government communications headquarters gchq, in a. The cia being what it is, the ties between alqaeda and the cia are not likely severed, because the cia doesnt just break things off and alqaeda serves the bush administrations policy goals eg generating public support for invading iraq 911, distracting the public from the downing st memos that establish that false pretext was created. Al qaeda, broadbased militant islamist organization founded by osama bin laden in the late 1980s. The al qaeda is said to be the force behind the september 11 attacks that killed thousands of people in the us, as well as other terrorist attacks in different countries. Cook will give no explanation as to how he might know this. On 30 december 2009, a jordanian physician named humam khalil al balawi arrived to much anticipation, at a cia base near khost, afghanistan. They were supported by britains mi6 who also conducted their own covert actions.
Riyadh, saudi arabia, in november of 1995, the cia s al qaeda began its long ascent as the premier terrorist group in a series of violent events that would culminate in the attack of september. Pdf an insight into the philosophical dynamics of alqaeda. Its an umbrella name for all the radical islamist panglobalist paramilitary and terrorist organizations who had descended from the radical islamist mujaheddin usa had imported into afghanistan to have them fight secular afghan government and sovi. Al qaeda in the tribal areas of pakistan and beyond. A bipolar cia operative becomes convinced a prisoner of war has been turned by al qaeda and is planning to carry out a terrorist attack on american soil. Robin cook wrote that the word alqaeda should be translated as the database, because it. Pbs nova al qaeda begins using an important communications hub and operations center in yemen. It was first named allegations of cia assistance to osama bin laden then moved to cia osama bin laden controversy and the to cia al qaeda controversy. When ayman al zawahiri, bin ladens then deputy and now successor, formally fused his own group egyptian islamic jihad with al qaida the full name of the group was al qaida al jihad or the base. Since the fall of the taliban, alqaeda has established operations worldwide, including in syria, the gulf, north africa, west africa, east africa, and the indian subcontinent. Counterterrorism after al qaeda central intelligence agency. Al qaeda in yemen aqy was the yemeni affiliate of al qaeda, formed in 2000. In a 2005 article, cook will write that bin laden was a product of a monumental miscalculation by western security agencies. Now, with breathless momentum and rare inside access, pulitzerprize winning reporter joby warrick takes us deep inside the cia s war against al qaeda for an unforgettable portrait of both humam khalil al balawi and the veteran agents whose fierce desire to avenge 911 led to a terrible miscalculation.
Aug 24, 2002 it has become synonymous with the terrorist attacks of september 11 but what is the origin of the name al qaida. The al qaeda mole who infiltrated the cia, joby warrick, new york. For the soviets, this conflict reached its low point in afghanistan in the late 70s and throughout the 80s. The secret history of the cia, afghanistan, and bin laden, from the soviet invasion to september 10, 2001. The official name of al qaeda led by osama bin laden and his deputy dr. The base to global database a history of strategic virtualisation73. Jnim is an umbrella coalition of alqaedaaligned groups, including.
Cook explained that al qaeda, which literally means an abbreviation of the database in arabic, was originally the computer database of the thousands of islamist extremists, who were trained. The name al qaeda was established a long time ago by mere chance. Cia use mock execution to get info from alqaeda report. Jan 10, 2014 the kla was for years considered a terrorist organization by the us, the uk, and france, with numerous reports of the kla having contact with al qaeda, getting arms from them, having its militants trained in al qaeda camps in pakistan, and even having members of al qaeda in kla ranks fighting against serbia. Al qaeda is a large militant sunni islamist multinational organization, active since the 1980s. Cia created alqaeda and isis evidence internet archive.
Aug 05, 2016 there was a conflict between the soviet union and the united states which spanned the globe and affected the lives of billions of people. It has become synonymous with the terrorist attacks of september 11 but what is the origin of the name al qaida. Al qaeda in yemen aqy was a militant islamist group based in yemen and the yemeni branch of the al qaeda aq franchise from 2000 until 2009 when it merged with its saudi counterpart to create al qaeda in the arabian peninsula aqap. The attacks in the gtd are attributed to more than 2,000 named perpetrator. German intelligence implicated in cooperating with cia on. The official said the president and his top advisers are increasingly confident that al qaeda was involved in the attempted attackers plans. Al qaeda in the islamic maghreb aqim launched a series of attacks in mauritania between 2005 and 2011, murdering american and foreign tourists and aid workers, attacking diplomatic and government facilities, and ambushing mauritanian soldiers and gendarmes. We used to call the training camp al qaeda meaning the base in english. The cia gave birth to osama bin laden and breastfeed his organization in the 1980s. Brainwashing al qaeda and ttp double agent skillfully penetrated inside u. Cia director leon panetta has more recently written that the cia cannot speak publicly about its major victoriesthe plots foiled, the terrorists neutralized. Shortly before his untimely death, former british foreign secretary robin cook told the house of commons that al qaeda is not really a terrorist group but a database of international mujaheddin and arms smugglers used by the cia and saudis to funnel guerrillas, arms, and money into sovietoccupied afghanistan. The commerciallycontrolled media use this as something of a mantra to create a bogeyman image, in much the same way that the word communist was used during the.
Al qaedas muhajidin data form, recovered by the cia, global pathfinder, icpvtr database. Unlike previous projects, the al qaeda statements index project, when complete, will aid researches in developing a more thorough understanding of al qaeda s rhetoric by creating a searchable network to show complex connections among the web of various statements, keywords and ideas professed by al qaeda, spanning a period from the 1990s up to. Documentation robin cook reveals al qaeda is a fake name. Intelligence facility and killed at least 10 including 7 cia officers. I think the current title is ok, since it now covers a wider topic. Alqaeda possibly the name of a computer database robin cook, british foreign secretary from 1997 to 2003, will later say that alqaeda was originally the name of a database. Islamists in about ninety states, thus the name alqaeda or the database. Osama bin laden did himself explain the meaning of al qaeda. Pdf the inner organizational structure of al qaeda within the expanded. Aug 05, 2011 what the media will never tell you about the origin of al qaeda is that al qaida was the name of a computer database of mujahideen fighters during the soviet afghan war. Feb 09, 2012 riyadh, saudi arabia, in november of 1995, the cias alqaeda began its long ascent as the premier terrorist group in a series of violent events that would culminate in the attack of september.
The historical us support for alqaeda foreign policy journal. Operation cyclone was the code name for the united states central intelligence agency cia program to arm and finance the mujahideen in afghanistan from 1979 to 1989, prior to and during the military intervention by the ussr in support of its client, the democratic republic of afghanistan. The name al qaeda, which in arabic means the base, was originally applied to the cia s database of thousands of friendly muslim extremists who were recruited, armed, and. The definitive guide to fight the next phase in the war against terrorism. A closeup of al qaeda s communications hub in sanaa, yemen. Al qaedas single narrative and attempts to develop counter narratives. This article originally published by global research in 2005 sheds light on the nature of al qaeda, an intelligence construct used by washington to destabilize and destroy sovereign countries, while sustaining the illusion of an outside enemy, which threatens the. In the mid1980s, al qaida was a database located in computer and dedicated to the communications of the islamic conferences. At the same time, the group publicly split from al qaedas leadership abroad in order to create a new image within syria and internationally. Meanwhile aq also started preaching its ideology to the other radical groups. Pass it on alqaeda was in fact a database al qaeda never existed in the form now claimed by the bues and the corporate media.
Trump ends a covert cia program funding rebels in syria. He explained how the name al qaeda referred to a mujahideen database used in afghanistan in arabic, al qaeda is the base. He died years ago as said by ex seal man bill wood, as shown by the fact they buried the body at sea and then assassinated the seal team. Pacific foundation and the global terrorism database of start, a center of excellence of. House of commons that al qaeda is not really a terrorist group but a database of international mujaheddin and arms smugglers used by the cia and saudis to funnel guerrillas, arms, and money into sovietoccupied afghanistan. It began as a logistical network to support muslims fighting against the soviet union during the afghan war and transformed into the active terrorist organization known for carrying out the september 11 attacks of 2001. Its actually the name of the cia database of the afghan mujahadeen they armed and trained.
Germanys intelligence services and the us cia cooperated for several years to collect a suspected jihadists database. Alqaeda is a transnational extremist salafist militant organization founded in 1988 by osama. Lest we forget, the cia gave birth to osama bin laden and breastfed his organization during the 1980s. In a word, the transformation of the terrorist threat from the al qaeda of. The article should have more on the relationship between al qaeda proper osama bin laden and his group of associates, like zawahiri and other groups with the name al qaeda, specifically al qaeda in iraq, al qaeda in the arabian peninsula, al qaeda s jihad in europe and al qaeda organization in the islamic maghrib. With claire danes, mandy patinkin, damian lewis, rupert friend. Saddam hussein and alqaeda link allegations were made by the u. Former british foreign secretary, robin cook, revealed that al qaeda means an abbreviation of the database in arabic was basically the computer database of the thousands of islamists terrorists, who were funded by the saudis, and trained by cia. There is also no evidence that bin laden used the term al qaeda to refer to the name of a. The base, the foundation, alternatively spelled al qaida and al qaida is a transnational extremist salafist militant organization founded in 1988 by osama bin laden, abdullah azzam, and several other arab volunteers during the sovietafghan war. Jan 31, 2014 the greatest al qaeda threat to the united states is aqap, which has attempted to attack the u.
Pdf al qaedas organizational structure and its evolution. Osama bin laden with zbigniew brzezinski, 1979 source unconfirmed global research editors note. Alqaedas 911 attacks was the deadliest ever on american soil, killing nearly 3,000 people. Documentation robin cook reveals alqaeda is a fake name. The state of alqaeda its affiliates, and associated groups.
In approximately 1998, the eij led by al zawahiri merged with al qaeda. The secret history of the cia s spytechs from communism to al qaeda. S has negotiated agreements with a number of middle eastern states that agree not to provide asylum for terrorists. Courtesy of world affairs, a journal based in new delhi, wayne madsen report can bring you an important excerpt from an. Field listing terrorist groups foreign based the world factbook. The cia is proud to be on the front lines against al qaeda, the washington post, 10 january 2010. In july 2016 al qaedas syrian affiliate, jabhat al nusra, rebranded itself with a new name, jabhat fatah al sham. In 1999, mihdhars name surfaced in one of the recorded calls, linking him to al qaeda. The crash was a part of the 911 attacks of terror, in which al qaeda targeted the united states of america. Cia and british intelligence created ruse known as alqaeda. By 1990 alqaeda was providing military and intelligence training in various areas including afghanistan, pakistan and the sudan, for the use of alqaeda. According to the weekly magazine, germanys intelligence agencies bundesnachrichtendienst bnd, and verfassungsschutz bfv along with the cia. Pass it on alqaeda was in fact a database stormfront.
Because of al qaeda s minimal investment, destroying the franchise groups will accomplish very little. In 2004, then british foreign secretary robin cook told the house of commons that al qaeda took its name meaning database in arabicfrom the voluminous cia database of jihadistsmujahedeen foreign fighters and arms smugglers trained and equipped by the cia during the afghan conflict. Guardian, 782005 al qaeda the organization will be founded in 1988 see august 1120, 1988. Oct 16, 2014 al qaeda is a group composed of islamic militants who have declared a holy war against jews, americans and allies. Jun 19, 2006 house of commons that al qaeda is not really a terrorist group but a database of international mujaheddin and arms smugglers used by the cia and saudis to funnel guerrillas, arms, and money into sovietoccupied afghanistan. Islamists in about ninety states, thus the name al qaeda or the database.