What is the meaning behind the term Al Qaeda?

Question

Hey I was wondering what is the meanind behind the term Al Qaeda?

Answer 1

Al-Qaeda (translit: al-Qā`ida; "the foundation", "the base" or "the database"): Robin Cook, former Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs of the United Kingdom and member of the House of Commons representative, "Al-Qaeda," states "literally ‘the database', was originally the computer file of the thousands of mujahideen who were recruited and trained with help from the CIA to defeat the Russians."

According to former French Military Intelligence official Pierre Henry Bunel , "Al-Qaeda" was an early form of intranet, that was used by Islamic nations and influential families to communicate with each other. It was also used by the "American agent," Osama bin Laden to send coded or covert messages back to his CIA handlers from Afghanistan.

Answer 2

Al Qaeda means The Base which was the name of the training camp set up near Peshawar when the C.I.A. was helping Osama bin Laden to train islamic extremists to fight the Russians in Afghanistan in the 1980s.