{"slug": "al-qaeda", "label": "Al-Qaeda", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Qaeda", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34490", "qid": "Q34490", "description": "Salafi jihadist organization founded in 1988", "entries": 7, "years": 6, "span": [1988, 2011], "span_label": ["1988 CE", "2011 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 3}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Al-Qaida"], "related": [{"slug": "osama-bin-laden", "label": "Osama bin Laden", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "pakistan", "label": "Pakistan", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "barack-obama", "label": "Barack Obama", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "united-states-navy", "label": "United States Navy", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "aden", "label": "Aden", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "madrid", "label": "Madrid", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "bosnia-and-herzegovina", "label": "Bosnia and Herzegovina", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1988, "year_label": "1988 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 11", "text": "August 11 – A meeting of Islamic Jihadi leaders, including Osama bin Laden, takes place, leading to the founding of Al-Qaeda.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373532411#August", "title": "1988", "revid": 1373532411, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 1997, "year_label": "1997 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 18", "text": "September 18 – Al-Qaeda carries out a terrorist attack in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367978156#September", "title": "1997", "revid": 1367978156, "section": "Events › September"}}, {"year": 2000, "year_label": "2000 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "October 12", "text": "October 12 – In Aden, Yemen, USS Cole is badly damaged by two Al-Qaeda suicide bombers, who place a small boat laden with explosives alongside the United States Navy destroyer, killing 17 crew members and wounding at least 39.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371541477#October", "title": "2000", "revid": 1371541477, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 2003, "year_label": "2003 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "September 10", "text": "September 10 – Al-Qaeda leaders Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri release their first video statement since 2001.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371470479#September", "title": "2003", "revid": 1371470479, "section": "Events › September"}}, {"year": 2004, "year_label": "2004 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 11", "text": "March 11 – Al-Qaeda bombings on Cercanías trains in Madrid, Spain, kill at least 192 people.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373088592#March", "title": "2004", "revid": 1373088592, "section": "Events › March"}}, {"year": 2011, "year_label": "2011 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "May 1", "text": "May 1 – U.S. President Barack Obama announces that Osama bin Laden, the founder and leader of the militant group Al-Qaeda, was killed on May 2, 2011 (PKT, UTC+05) during an American military operation in Pakistan.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372940525#May", "title": "2011", "revid": 1372940525, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 2011, "year_label": "2011 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "May 2", "text": "May 2 – Osama bin Laden, 54, Saudi founder of Al-Qaeda, planned September 11 attacks, shot.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372492265", "title": "Deaths in May 2011", "revid": 1372492265, "section": "Deaths › May"}}]}