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The group Al Quaida was founded in 2003 as a response to Americans. Americans invaded and occupied Iraq. The first leader of this militant force was a Jordanian by the name of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. They later allied with Osama Bin Laden.
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Al Quaida is responsible for many beheadings. On this day the most recognized one was carried out on American Nick Berg.
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/11/international/middleeast/11CND-BEHE.html -
Alqaida joined forces with an obscerure islamic force known as the Salafiah al-Mujahidiah. The goal of this was to try to force U.S troops out of Iraq.
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Took power in 2004 as a leader of al-quaida in Iraq. He was well known for running a training camp in Afghanistan. He then moved on to Iraq where he made a series of bombings, beheadings and attacks throughout the Iraq war.
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Al Quaida tries to attack the Iraqi-Jordanian border. This attack failed. Al Quaida increased their presense in Iraq by claiming these attacks.
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Throughout 2005 Al Quaida had many executions. Most of these were on ordinary innocent citizens. Later they were carried out to voters and people of higher power. These attacks were ordered by al-Zarqawi.
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The most deadly attack on Jordan killed 60 people in Amman. Al Quaida claimesd these attacks.
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Al Quaida has taken to using young handicap women as sacrifices. By sacrifices, they commit suicide while setting off an explosive. She killed 7 others with this unfortunate event. This has been a reoccuring pattern of using young women for this.
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U.S airstrike caused death, this also coused Al-Quaida to branch off from Al-Quaida in Iraq.
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Terrorists use children, women and other innocent bystanders as human shields while they were under attack.
http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/war-stories/2008/02/07/women-children-and-mentally-disabled-are-new-martyrs-al-qaeda
