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4.2 The al-Qaida terrorist network |
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Al-Qaida (the Foundation) is an Islamist terrorist organization that is involved in terrorism around the world.
In 2004 it is estimated that al-Qaida has more than 18,000 potential terrorists operating in more than 60 countries.
Al-Qaida was established by Osama bin Laden in 1988 to expand the resistance movement against the Soviet forces in Afghanistan into a pan-Islamic resistance movement. Al-Qaida's religious inspiration comes mostly from the philosophy of the Muslim Brotherhood, many of its senior leaders were initially members of this organisation.
Al-Qaida does not adhere officially to a particular sect, but its philosophy is Salafist; the ultimate goal of al-Qaida is to establish a Caliphate across the Islamic world. It is working with allied Islamic extremist groups to overthrow secular, or Western-supported regimes. It sees western governments (particularly the US Government) as interfering in the affairs of Islamic nations in the interests of western corporations.
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