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Parent topics

• Al-Qaeda [r]: International islamist terrorist network. Responsible for the 9/11 attack and other terrorist attacks. ^[e]
• Insurgency [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Jihad [r]: Literally meaning "struggle", a Muslim concept that can refer to an inward-directed personal process to submit to God's will, or to an external combat with the enemies of Islam ^[e]
• Salafism [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Terrorism [r]: An act, with targets including civilians or civilian infrastructure, intended to create an atmosphere of fear in order to obtain a political objective. ^[e]
• Wahhabism [r]: Add brief definition or description

Subtopics

Leadership

• Osama bin Laden [r]: Radical jihadist who, with Ayman al-Zawahiri, founded a group known as al-Qaeda, which is credited with a series of terrorist attacks. ^[e]
• Ayman al-Zawahiri [r]: Generally considered the #2 leader of al-Qaeda, an Egyptian physician who was mentored, in a faction of the Muslim Brotherhood, by Sayyid Qutb ^[e]

Techniques

• Clandestine cell system [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Informal money transfer system [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Manchester manual [r]: Add brief definition or description

Operations

• Bombings of U.S. Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania (1998) [r]: Add brief definition or description
• USS Cole (DDG-67) [r]: A United States Navy destroyer of the Burke-class, which survived an al-Qaeda suicide attack in 2000, by an explosive-filled boat in Aden, Yemen; she is back on duty after losing 17 sailors and undergoing lengthy repairs ^[e]
• Ahmed Sheik Massoud [r]: Add brief definition or description
• 9-11 Attacks [r]: Add brief definition or description

Other related topics

• Abdullah Azzam [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Afghanistan War (1978-1992) [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Afghanistan War (2001-) [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Caliphate [r]: An Islamic form of government in which one person acts as Head of State, head of government and head of religion; also the jurisdiction of such a government. ^[e]
• Distant enemy [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Great Satan [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Lesser Satan [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Muslim Brotherhood [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Near enemy [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Sayyid Qutb [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Hassan al-Turabi [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Taliban [r]: Add brief definition or description