>>>>from the Middle East with similar appearances and names. Have any of the accused (most of whom speak arabic) ever acknowledged that a certain person actually heads this "organization" or did the U.S. give them this definition because they didn't really have a name?
2007-03-10 05:10:10 · 11 answers · asked by rare2findd 6 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
no. al quaeda referrs to a specific terror group. their leader is technically osama bin laden, you may have heard of him before. most sections of al quaeda, however, are largely independant.
hope i answered your question
2007-03-10 05:16:24 · answer #1 · answered by I Like Cheese 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Unbelievable!
No, it is a real name. And in translation, it means "the Base". It was started by bin Laden with the express purpose of driving all the infidels from the middle eastern lands and setting up one massive Islamic Caliphate from which the remaining folks in the world will either be converted, or killed.
And, for the record, liberal attempts at minimizing the reality of this terrorist organization are not going to make it go away!
2007-03-10 06:02:35 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
No, it's a real terrorist group who use it to describe themselves. Your use of the word "fighters" sounds like you agree with their tactics and ideas. How that could even be possible confounds me! I do wish, though, that the spell check would have the word "Quaeda" in it so I could spell it.
2007-03-10 05:13:47 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Nope, that's the name that Bin Ladens people gave themselves. The name has nothing to do with the US. If I'm not mistaken, it means "the base".
2007-03-10 06:38:54 · answer #4 · answered by Kevin A 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not quite. "Al-Qaeda" is a compound name that translates roughly to "the base." It was founded, as such, in 1988.
2007-03-10 05:34:22 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yea, Al Qaeda is a name Bush made up.
There is no threat, 911 didn't happen and France is the only friend we have.
Let us just forget about it.
2007-03-10 05:18:33 · answer #6 · answered by Sgt 524 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋
It is a terrorist group, but, Americans do not appreciate the real tensions between different nations, and movements, in the mid-east, so, we tend to lump them all together.
2007-03-10 05:18:01 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
I dont know, could be. What difference does it make. All those sand monkeys need to be lumped together so we can save ammo.
2007-03-10 05:14:04 · answer #8 · answered by ric9757 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
No.
Al-Qaida is a group of terrorists. Not all terrorists are Al-Qaida.
Terrorists in Iraq are referred to as "Ali Babba", "Wahabbi", "Mujahadin", or "Militia".
2007-03-10 05:15:56 · answer #9 · answered by ? 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Wikipedia, Google, ... check these useful sources.
2007-03-10 05:15:21 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋