News Articles for "Al-Qaida"
Obama sees narrower terror threat, defends drones
President Barack Obama sought Thursday to advance the U.S. beyond the unrelenting war effort of the past dozen years, defining a narrower terror threat fr...
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CNN's Peter Bergen writing book on terrorism in US
The author of best-sellers about Osama bin Laden and al-Qaida is working on a book about terrorists in the U.S. Crown Publishers announced Monday that CNN...
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Search Results for "Al-Qaida"
| al-Qaeda القاعدة |
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|---|---|
| Major actions | August 11, 1988 – present |
| Leader(s) | Osama bin Laden (1988–2011) Ayman al-Zawahiri (2011 – present) |
| Active region(s) | Worldwide |
| Ideology | Sunni Islamism Strict sharia law Islamic fundamentalism[1] Takfiri[2] Pan-Islamism Worldwide Caliphate[3][4][5][6][7] Qutbism Wahhabism[8] Salafist Jihadism[9][10] |
| Status |  Designated as Foreign Terrorist Organization by the U.S. State Department[11] Designated as Proscribed Group by the UK Home Office[12] Designated as terrorist group by EU Common Foreign and Security Policy[13] Under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act designated as terrorist organization by the Government of India[14] |
| Size | In Afghanistan -50-100[15] In Iraq - 2,500[16] In the Maghreb - 300-800 In Somalia - Unknown In Nigeria - Unknown In Pakistan - Unknown In Egypt - Unknown In Saudi Arabia - Unknown In Yemen - 500-600[17] |
