Where was Al Qaeda created?
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Where was Al Qaeda created?
1988, Peshawar, Pakistan
Al-Qaeda/Founded
Who runs Al Qaeda now?
Ayman al-Zawahiri
Ayman al-Zawahiri أيمن الظواهري | |
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In office 1988–2011 | |
Preceded by | Position created |
Succeeded by | Nasir al-Wuhayshi |
Emir of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad |
Did Al Qaeda begin in Yemen?
Government crackdown against al-Qaeda cells began in 2001, escalating steadily until 14 January 2010, when Yemen declared open war on al-Qaeda….Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen.
Date | 30 December 1998 — present |
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Location | Yemen |
Where was Osama bin Laden from?
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Osama bin Laden/Place of birth
Osama bin Laden, also spelled Usāmah ibn Lādin, (born 1957, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia—died May 2, 2011, Abbottabad, Pakistan), founder of the militant Islamist organization al-Qaeda and mastermind of numerous terrorist attacks against the United States and other Western powers, including the 2000 suicide bombing of the U.S. …
Who was Osama bin Laden and what did he do?
Osama bin Laden was the founder of al-Qaeda and its only leader. He brought together terrorist elements under one movement. He was the mastermind of 9/11 and the attacks on the American embassies in East Africa. He commanded and condoned the killing of Arabs.
Who killed bin?
Former United States Navy SEAL Robert O’Neill has claimed he could rescue Americans trapped in Afghanistan by grabbing them and killing everyone else he saw. Mr O’Neill, who was part of SEAL Team Six that killed Osama bin Ladan in 2011, told Fox News what his strategy would be if he was in command.
Where was Osama found?
READ MORE: How SEAL Team Six Took Out Osama bin Laden In December of that year, American-backed forces came close to capturing bin Laden in a cave complex in Afghanistan’s Tora Bora region; however, he escaped and would continue to elude U.S. authorities for years.
How did us find Osama?
American intelligence officials discovered the whereabouts of Osama bin Laden by tracking one of his couriers. The SEALs overpowered the compound’s remaining residents, killing several, and extracted bin Laden’s body (which was subsequently buried at sea) as well as computer hard drives, documents, and other material.