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Al-Qaeda

Salafi jihadist organization founded in 1988

7 dated entries naming Al-Qaeda, drawn from 6 separate years between 1988 CE and 2011 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

Also written as Al-Qaida in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.

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20th century

  • 1988August 11 – A meeting of Islamic Jihadi leaders, including Osama bin Laden, takes place, leading to the founding of Al-Qaeda.source
  • 1997September 18 – Al-Qaeda carries out a terrorist attack in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina.source
  • 2000October 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.source

21st century

  • 2003September 10 – Al-Qaeda leaders Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri release their first video statement since 2001.source
  • 2004March 11 – Al-Qaeda bombings on Cercanías trains in Madrid, Spain, kill at least 192 people.source
  • 2011May 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.source
  • 2011May 2 – Osama bin Laden, 54, Saudi founder of Al-Qaeda, planned September 11 attacks, shot.source

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