Osama Bin Laden started Al Qadea to oppose the soviet occupation of Afghanistan during the 1980s. It was originally a jihad against the USSR supported by the CIA. After the soviets withdrew and the Saudis allowed the US to use bases in Saud...
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Why_did_Osama_Bin_Laden_choos...
A reader says, "I was under the impression that Al Qaeda started the war in Afghanistan. Something about crashing jetliners into skyscrapers." This in response to my statement that, "The new, 21st Century Republicans started ...
http://rereason.blogspot.com/2006/10/did-al-qaeda-or-bu...
Scary. Once you get some basics down, you realize you know enough to learn how to do some bad things if you wanted. It's as though they should give some sort of psychological evaluation before letting you take certain classes, especially in...
http://www.caughtinthecrossfire.com/skate/interviews/29
We were able to continue most of the projects we were running during the bombing. A clinic we support in Ghazhni, south of Kabul, was the only one in operation in that area. Other hospitals could not get medicines, food and salaries for the...
http://www.alertnet.org/thefacts/reliefresources/446359
Video: Al-Qaeda Future Attacks expert Jason Burke (Author) gives expert advice on: Will Al-Qaeda ever start talking to us?
http://www.videojug.com/expertanswer/al-qaeda-future-at...
Sahr MuhammedAlly – a lawyer at Human Rights First in the Law and Security Program – is in Cuba to monitor the proceedings and is reporting back on events as they unfold. She is providing updates of what she observes. Guantánamo Bay , Jul...
http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/blog/gitmo/2008/07/when...
Video: Erroll Southers (Former Deputy Director of the California Department of Homeland Security) gives expert advice on: When did Al Qaeda start targeting the US and what acts can be attributed to them?
http://www.videojug.com/expertanswer/terrorist-groups-2...