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    Al Qaeda is the single greatest terrorist threat to the US. It is a loosely organized, multinational militant Islamist organization established in 1988 by Osama bin Laden. Its ideology stems from a Salafi interpretation of Islam that calls for defensive jihad against those disrupting peace, including the US. Major events include the 1998 fatwa calling for attacks on Americans, the 9/11 attacks, and subsequent US invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq, which provided recruits and ideological ammunition for al Qaeda. There is ongoing debate around the justification of al Qaeda's tactics and whether the US response has effectively addressed the ideological roots of terrorism.

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    Al Qaeda is the single greatest terrorist threat to the US. It is a loosely organized, multinational militant Islamist organization established in 1988 by Osama bin Laden. Its ideology stems from a Salafi interpretation of Islam that calls for defensive jihad against those disrupting peace, including the US. Major events include the 1998 fatwa calling for attacks on Americans, the 9/11 attacks, and subsequent US invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq, which provided recruits and ideological ammunition for al Qaeda. There is ongoing debate around the justification of al Qaeda's tactics and whether the US response has effectively addressed the ideological roots of terrorism.

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    al Qaeda Ideology and Rise of Global Jihadist Threat

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    Al Qaeda is the single greatest terrorist threat to the US. It is a loosely organized, multinational militant Islamist organization established in 1988 by Osama bin Laden. Its ideology stems from a Salafi interpretation of Islam that calls for defensive jihad against those disrupting peace, including the US. Major events include the 1998 fatwa calling for attacks on Americans, the 9/11 attacks, and subsequent US invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq, which provided recruits and ideological ammunition for al Qaeda. There is ongoing debate around the justification of al Qaeda's tactics and whether the US response has effectively addressed the ideological roots of terrorism.

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    al Qaeda
    Submitted to:Mr. A.A.Khan EIE Dept. Submitted by:Inderpreet singh GIN/095338

    alQaeda
    acasestudyinideologicalterrorism

    BIGIDEA

    alQaedaisthesinglegreatestterrorist threattotheU.S. alQaedacoversthespectrumoftypesof terrorism Ideological Statesponsored Narcoterrorism Nationalliberation

    BIG IDEA

    alQaedaisespeciallythreateningtothe U.S.becauseithasbecomestateless Withoutacountrytoattack Withoutacentrallocation Looselyknitgroupboundbyanidea

    alQaeda:IdeologicalOverview

    ISLaM=submissiontoGod MuSLiM=onewhosubmitstoGod SaLaaM=peace peace

    IfyousubmittoGod,youwillachieve peace
    Somebelievetheymustfightthosethat disruptpeace

    YouSayalQaeda,ISayalQaida

    alQaeda=thebase alQaedaalJihad=thebaseofthejihad TheWorldIslamicFrontforJihadagainst theJewsandCrusaders

    alQaeda:IdeologicalOverview

    Multinational,militantIslamistorg. establishedbyOsamabinLadenin1988 Currentgoal:toworkwithalliedIslamist groupstooverthrowcorruptregimesand evictWesternersandnonMuslimsfrom Muslimcountriesinordertoestablisha panIslamicCaliphate

    alQaeda:IdeologicalOverview
    GoalsandObjectivesofJihad EstablishingtheruleofGodonearth

    AttainingmartyrdominthecauseofGod PurificationoftheranksofIslamfrom theelementsofdepravity

    alQaeda:IdeologicalOverview

    February,1998issuedafatwa, callingonMuslimstokillU.S. citizenscivilian/militaryand theirallieseverywhere

    9/11/01attacksonAmerica resultinwarinAfghanistanto destroyalQaedasbasesand overthrowtheTaliban

    AgeoldIdeology

    alQaedasideologynotnew justificationsforjihadrootedinthe Quran InspiredbytheMuslimBrotherhood alQaeda=mostrecentmanifestation

    OriginsofalQaeda
    1980s:SovietinvasionofAfghanistan inspiremujahideentofightthejihad gatherfromallovertofightUSSRb/c disruptingpeaceinAfghanistan young+religious fightgodlesscommunists defeatofcommunists+collapseofUSSR OBL=risingleader,partsways

    Chronology:SnowballEffect
    1988:OBLformsalQ,looksfornewjihads 1990:offersalQtodefendSaudiArabia fromSaddaminKuwait,rejectedforU.S.

    U.S.presenceinS.A.=MUSTFIGHTU.S.

    Chronology:SnowballEffect
    1991:OBLkickedoutofS.A.toSudan alQsbaseofoperations19911996 TeamsupwithAymanalZawahiri Idea=evictU.S.fromM.E. Searchfornukes? Organizeattacks

    Chronology:SnowballEffect
    Feb.1993:WTCbombed,6die,1000+injured Oct.1993:BlackHawkdowninSomalia, trainedbyalQ,18servicemendead

    Chronology:SnowballEffect
    May1996:OBLforcedtoleaveSudan Afghanistannewbaseofoperations June1996:U.S.militarybase inS.A.bombed, 19servicemen killed

    Chronology:SnowballEffect
    Feb.1998:OBLissuesfatwakillU.S. Aug.1998:embassybombingsinKenya, Tanzania,220+peoplekilled,U.S.retaliates

    Chronology:SnowballEffect
    Oct.2000:USSColeattacked,killing17 Sept.2001:WorstDayEver,R.I.P.3000+

    alQsclimax

    U.S.retaliated DisruptedalQ network

    Tactics,Strategies,andTargets
    Tactics:assassination,bombing,hijacking, kidnapping,suicideattacks,etc. Strategies:developingsurrogates, alliances,seekingWMDs Targets:prominentsymbolsofU.S.wealth andmilitarydominance

    IdeologicallyJustifiedKilling?
    Theundersigned,leadersofIslamicmovements, arehorrifiedbytheeventsof9/11intheU.S., whichresultedinmassivekilling,destruction &attackoninnocentlives.Weexpressour deepestsympathies&sorrow.Wecondemn,in thestrongestterms,theincidents,whichare againstallhuman&Islamicnorms.Thisis groundedintheNobleLawsofIslam,which forbidallformsofattacksoninnocents.God AlmightysaysintheHolyQuran:Nobearerof burdenscanbeartheburdenofanother(Surah alIsra17:15).

    IdeologicalDebate

    Salafi=properreligiousadherenceto strictmoralcodeofProphetMohammed Impliedotherunderstandingsarecorrupt


    Mostbelieveinnonviolentmeansof

    supportingIslam Smallradicalfringeviolentmeans

    IdeologicalDebate
    alQaeda:Americastartedthewar

    Supportersofnonviolentresponseto U.S.arecorrupt,andthusnotcredible U.S.wagingwaragainstIslam,therefore defensivejihad Killingciviliansallowedincurrent climate

    IdeologicalDebate
    JustifiedJihad? Offensivejihadnotwidelyaccepted Defensivejihadreligiousduty,just causeparexcellance Post9/11 alQaedalosingtheideologicaldebate AttacksonWTCseenasoffensiveby Muslimcommunity

    IdeologicalDebate
    PostU.S.invasionofIraq: Confluenceofopinion MainstreamIslamicscholars,alQaeda unitedincallfordefensivejihad Iraq=chaotic,breedinggroundforterror alQaeda+Hezbollah

    U.S.Response

    Haslargelybeenapoliceoperation Captureanddetainterrorists,ratherthan goingafterthesourceofterrorism Ideology?? ArewegivingOBLcredibility? WillcatchingOBLmakeadifference?

    BIGIDEA
    TheU.S.responsehasrecentlycomeunder question(CIA,MichaelScheuer)for supposedmistakesintheWaronTerror. Moreandmore,invadingIraqseemstobe

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