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  Al Qaeda Al Queda
Issued statement under banner of “the World Islamic Front for Jihad Against the Jews and Crusaders” in February 1998, saying it was the duty of all Muslims to kill US citizens—civilian or military—and their allies everywhere.
In February 1998, bin Ladin announced the formation of an umbrella organization called “The Islamic World Front for the struggle against the Jews and the Crusaders” (Al-Jabhah al-Islamiyyah al-`Alamiyyah li-Qital al-Yahud wal-Salibiyyin) Among the members of this organization are the Egyptian al-Gama’a al-Islamiyya and the Egyptian al-Jihad.
The organizations whose membership in the Islamic Front was announced are the Egyptian Jihad, the Egyptian Armed Group, the Pakistan Scholars Society, the Partisans Movement in Kashmir, the Jihad Movement in Bangladesh, and the Afghan military wing of the “Advice and Reform” commission led by Osama bin Ladin.
www.middleeastfacts.com /middle-east/al-qaeda-al-queda.php   (4985 words)

  
 Learn more about Al-Qaida in the online encyclopedia.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The ultimate goal of al-Qaida is to establish a Wahhabi Caliphate across the entire Islamic world, by working with allied Islamic extremist groups to overthrow regimes it deems "non-Islamic" (ie non-Wahhabi Islamist).
The largest attack for which al-Qaida is believed to have been responsible was on the World Trade Center in New York and The Pentagon in Washington DC on September 11th, 2001.
In February 1998, bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri of Egyptian Islamic Jihad issued a statement under banner of "the World Islamic Front for Jihad Against the Jews and Crusaders" saying that it was the duty of all Muslims to kill US citizens, either civilian or military, and their allies everywhere.
www.onlineencyclopedia.org /a/al/al_qaida.html   (2466 words)

  
 World Islamic Front Statement Urging Jihad Against Jews and Crusaders   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The best proof of this is the Americans' continuing aggression against the Iraqi people using the Peninsula as a staging post, even though all its rulers are against their territories being used to that end, but they are helpless.
despite all this, the Americans are once against trying to repeat the horrific massacres, as though they are not content with the protracted blockade imposed after the ferocious war or the fragmentation and devastation.
And ulema have throughout Islamic history unanimously agreed that the jihad is an individual duty if the enemy destroys the Muslim countries.
www.library.cornell.edu /colldev/mideast/wif.htm   (914 words)

  
 Al Jihad Reference Page
The militant Islamic group was angered by Sadat's role in the Camp David Peace Accords which ended decades of enmity between Egypt and Israel.
The original Jihad group responsible for the Sadat assassination was led by the now imprisoned Abbud al-Zumar.
In 1998 they allied themselves with Bin Laden's Al Qaida network and signed on to a fatwa targeting Americans under the banner of "The World Islamic Front for Jihad Against The Jews and Crusaders." This faction is thought to have had a major role in the September 11, 2001 World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks.
www.military.com /Resources/ResourceFileView/AlJihad-History.htm   (205 words)

  
 ISLAMIC JIHAD TRIAL PAPERS DETAIL AL QAIDA'S RUTHLESS TACTICS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
These were the hard-hearted, often itinerant men of Qaida at work, according to thousands of pages of documents produced for a 1999 trial of members of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad, the terror group with whom Osama bin Laden eventually merged.
It is not clear what role Islamic Jihad or its leaders may have played in the Sept. 11 attacks on New York City and Washington.
The scope of the Jihad network is illustrated by the countries where the 107 defendants in the 1999 trial were arrested - Albania, Bulgaria, Azerbaijan, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt.
www.papillonsartpalace.com /islamirc.htm   (989 words)

  
 Jihad Against Crusaders
Certainly, the 13th-century struggle against the Crusaders weighs very heavily on the mind of contemporary radical Islam; we are...
Outraged, Saladin proclaimed a jihad against the Crusaders.
Fatwa / World Islamic Front for Jihad Against Jews and Crusaders
psychicinvestigator.com /kw/cults/jihad-against-crusaders.php   (465 words)

  
 SIGHTINGS
The statement from the World Islamic Front for Jihad Against Jews and Crusaders, formed by exiled Saudi millionaire Osama bin Laden in February, was printed today in the London-based daily Al-Hayat.
The Jihad front is believed to be a coalition of six fundamentalist groups from Egypt, Pakistan and Bangladesh.
The separate statement from the Jihad coalition tied the motive for the embassy attacks to U.S. involvement in Somalia in the early 1990s.
www.rense.com /political/islamatt.htm   (490 words)

  
 al-Qa'ida ("the Base", Usama Bin Laden Network)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Issued statement under banner of "The World Islamic Front for Jihad Against The Jews and Crusaders" in February 1998, saying it was the duty of all Muslims to kill US citizens, civilian or military, and their allies everywhere.
Islamic extremists from around the world--including large numbers of Egyptians, Algerians, Palestinians, and Saudis--in 1998 continued to use Afghanistan as a training ground and a base of operations for their worldwide terrorist activities.
The United States continued to receive reports of threats against US military and civilian personnel and facilities in Saudi Arabia, including bomb threats, but there were no further terrorist incidents in the Kingdom.
vikingphoenix.com /military/terrorism/al-Qa'ida.htm   (810 words)

  
 The War on Terrorism - Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda
Walker: Prison uprising was 'mistake' - Speaking from his hospital bed shortly after being captured, a wounded and weary John Walker said the bloody prison uprising that resulted in the death of a CIA operative was "all a mistake of a handful of people." A 12/20/01 article from CNN.com.
Last words of a terrorist - One of the few - and certainly the most remarkable and troubling - glimpses into the minds and motives of the men who wrought the slaughter of 11 September is a four-page document, written in Arabic, found in the baggage of the suspected ringleader behind the carnage, Mohamed Atta.
Usama bin Ladin: Islamic Extremist Financier - This CIA assessment, released to the media in 1996, provides background information on bin Ladin, including his involvement in the resistance to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and how he became a prominent figure in supporting the resistance.
www.post-gazette.com /headlines/2001group15.asp   (1783 words)

  
 Al-Qaida - dKosopedia
He spoke against the Saudi Government during the Gulf War for harboring American troops on Saudi soil, and was encouraged to leave Saudi Arabia.
In February 1998, bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri of Egyptian Islamic Jihad issued a fatwa under banner of "the World Islamic Front for Jihad Against the Jews and Crusaders" saying that "to kill Americans and their allies, civilians and military, is an individual duty of every Muslim who is able."
Periodic military action against Iraq by the U.S. and the U.K. from 1991 to the 2003 Iraq War, with the last particularly controversial.
www.dkosopedia.com /wiki/Al-Qaida   (2435 words)

  
 Al   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Current goal is to establish a pan-Islamic Caliphate throughout the world by working with allied Islamic extremist groups to overthrow regimes it deems "non-Islamic" and expelling Westerners and non-Muslims from Muslim countries.
Issued statement under banner of "the World Islamic Front for Jihad Against the Jews and Crusaders" in February 1998, saying it was the duty of all Muslims to kill US citizens--civilian or military--and their allies everywhere.
Also serves as a focal point or umbrella organization for a worldwide network that includes many Sunni Islamic extremist groups such as Egyptian Islamic Jihad, some members of al-Gama'at al-Islamiyya, the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, and the Harakat ul-Mujahidin.
www.publicfigure.com /al-qaida.html   (494 words)

  
 other
The report said that one attack was targeted at the World Islamic Front for Jihad Against Jews and Crusaders - the terrorist group directed from Afghanistan by Saudi millionaire Osama bin Laden.
The request came a week before world leaders convened for the UN General Assembly in New York where it was feared the situation could come to a head.
The Chairman-in-Office said that the lack of trust between the two communities in Kosovo, against the background of increasing violence, and the distance between the political positions as to how the conflict could be resolved, strongly reinforced the need for a committed highlevel international involvement in the negotiation process.
www.brad.ac.uk /acad/confres/monitor/other.html   (8416 words)

  
 Al-Qaida
To continue the holy war beyond Afghanistan, al-Qaeda's current goal is to establish a pan-Islamic Caliphate throughout the world by working with allied Islamic extremist groups to overthrow regimes it deems "non-Islamic" and expelling Westerners and non-Muslims from Muslim countries.
In February 1998, al-Qaeda issued a statement under banner of "The World Islamic Front for Jihad Against the Jews and Crusaders" saying it was the duty of all Muslims to kill US citizens—civilian or military—and their allies everywhere.
For example, the Egyptian Islamic Jihad (EIJ) is linked closely to Bin Ladin's organization and has operatives located around the world—including in Europe, Yemen, Pakistan, Lebanon, and Afghanistan.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/para/al-qaida.htm   (1518 words)

  
 SITE Institute: Background on Terrorist Groups - Al-Qaida
Goal is to unite Muslims to fight the United States as a means of defeating Israel, overthrowing regimes it deems "non-Is-lamic," and expelling Westerners and non-Muslims from Muslim countries.
Merged with al-Jihad (Egyptian Islamic Jihad) in June 2001, renaming itself "Qa’idat al-Jihad." Merged with Abu Mus’ab al-Zarqawi’s organization in Iraq in late 2004, with al-Zarqawi’s group changing its name to "Qa’idat al-Jihad fi Bilad al-Rafidayn" (al-Qa’ida in the Land of the Two Rivers).
Also plotted to carry out terrorist operations against US and Israeli tourists visiting Jordan for millennial celebrations in late 1999 (Jordanian authorities thwarted the planned attacks and put 28 suspects on trial).
www.siteinstitute.org /bin/display_groupbackground.cgi?Category=Groups&ID=29   (875 words)

  
 islamic jihad
Islamic Glossary Home Jihad Other Commonly Used Spellings: JIHAAD It is an Arabic word the root of which is Jahada, which means to strive for a better way of life.
Islamic Jihad is a much smaller, less organized group of Islamist radicals with closer ties to...
Islamic Jihad may be one of the best known names associated with Palestinian militancy, but it has always been a relatively small...
www.islamdigital.com /search/islamicsites/islamic-jihad.html   (863 words)

  
 Osama's Wet Dream: Losing Hearts & Minds in Iraq and Beyond
“Wonderful sights were to be seen,” wrote Crusader Raymund of Aguiles, describing the slaughter of 40,000 Muslims as the Soldiers of Christ breached the walls of Jerusalem in 1099.
And as if a name dripping with the blood of history were not enough, the Pentagon completed the Crusader symbolism by using its 21st Century sword to smite the occupants of a mosque: dropping a 500-pound laser-guided weapon on the compound surrounding a Sunni Muslim house of worship, leaving some 40 dead.
His goal was to unite the Muslim world against the U.S. With the historic enmity between Sunnis and Shi’ites being — at least temporarily — set aside to face the common enemy in Iraq, and rising outrage among Muslims from West Africa to Southeast Asia, bin Laden must be watching with wonder and joy.
www.commondreams.org /views04/0409-01.htm   (1151 words)

  
 Jihad Watch: Al-Qaeda still spreading, warns UN group
"The group, known as the 'Committee on Sanction on al-Qaeda, the Taliban and their associates', was created by the UN Security Council in the wake of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks against the United States.
"'With such large numbers of foreign and non-Muslim troops involved (in Iraq), it is proving an ideal "battleground" for followers of Osama bin Laden's inspired "World Islamic Front for Jihad against the Jews and Crusaders",' the report said, referring to the US-led coalition army in Iraq.
Yemen failed to provide names of those detained in the attack against the USS Cole in 2000.
www.jihadwatch.org /archives/000299.php   (625 words)

  
 9/11 Intelligence Report
because America has spear-headed the crusade against the Islamic nation, sending tens of thousands of its troops to the land of the two Holy Mosques over and above its meddling in its affairs and its politics, and its support of the oppressive, corrupt and tyrannical regime that is in control.
Their presence has no meaning save one and that is to offer support to the Jews in Palestine who are in need of their Christian brothers to achieve full control over the Arab Peninsula which they intend to make an important part of the so called Greater Israel.
Your position against Muslims in Palestine is despicable and disgraceful.
www.representativepress.org /Intelligence.html   (1708 words)

  
 Al Qaida Reference Page
His closest advisor is Ayman al-Zawahiri, an Egyptian physician who formerly led the Egyptian Islamic Jihad group.
A tape attributed to Zawahiri appeared on May 21, 2003, and several tapes purportedly made by bin Laden have surfaced since the war in Afghanistan.
Some intelligence experts view the May 2003 bombings in Saudi Arabia and Morocco as an indication that al Qaeda’s hierarchy has reconstituted itself, but more likely it is a sign that local cells now have the means to carry out operations without the financial or logistical involvement of the leadership.
www.military.com /Resources/ResourceFileView/AlQaida-Organization.htm   (546 words)

  
 al qaida - usama bin laden's terrorist organization
Established by Usama Bin Ladin in the late 1980s to bring together Arabs who fought in Afghanistan against the Soviet invasion, al-qaida helped finance, recruit, transport, and train Sunni Islamic extremists for the Afghan resistance.
Usama bin Laden, leader of the terrorist organization Al-Qaida, is charged in connection with the August 7, 1998, bombings of the U.S. embassies in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
As a result of extensive criminal investigation, and working closely with Kenya, Tanzania, and other nations, the U.S. Government has indicted (Nov 4, 1998) or filed criminal complaints against bin Laden and 16 of his associates for their involvement in the two bombings and other terrorist crimes.
www.terrorism-victims.org /terrorists/al-qaida.html   (752 words)

  
 MidEast Web -Osama Bin Laden Fatwa
On February 23, 1998, Al-Quds al-Arabi, an Arabic newspaper published in London, printed the full text of a "Declaration of the World Islamic Front for Jihad against the Jews and the Crusaders.".
Thereafter, except for a brief interlude in Syria, the center of the Islamic world and the scene of its major achievements was Iraq, the seat of the caliphate for half a millennium.
Jerusalem was retaken in 1244 after the Crusaders tried to make it a purely Christian city, then eventually became a minor provincial town.
www.mideastweb.org /osamabinladen2.htm   (1298 words)

  
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Moreover, the development also follows what may be a shift in strategy for Al Qaeda: While not giving up attempts to inflict massive attacks on major targets in the US and in Europe, it will take advantage of opportunities to hit targets in the Middle East.
The attempt to ratchet up tensions on the Israel-Lebanon border comes at a time when the Israeli security establishment is concerned about the perception abroad of the country being in a state of political crisis, given that Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has been in critical condition for the past week.
The statement attributed to Al Qaeda used language that is similar to that employed in leaflets written by Palestinian groups such as Hamas and Islamic Jihad.
www.christianlinks.com   (1016 words)

  
 World Islamic Front Statement Urging Jihad Against Jews and Crusaders
FAS Note: The following statement from Usama bin Laden and his associates purports to be a religious ruling (fatwa) requiring the killing of Americans, both civilian and military.
Fazlur Rahman, amir of the Jihad Movement in Bangladesh
All these crimes and sins committed by the Americans are a clear declaration of war on Allah, his messenger, and Muslims.
www.fas.org /irp/world/para/docs/980223-fatwa.htm   (903 words)

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