Terme de Glossaire

al-Qaeda

In Arab, al-Qaeda signifies the base. A terrorist movement created in 1988 by Osama Bin Laden to fight the Soviets in Afghanistan. From 1996 onwards it has engaged in a holy war (jihad) against the United States. It is considered to be the instigator of attacks on American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998 and the September 11th, 2001, suicide attacks in New York and Washington.

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