The Rise of Al-Qaeda: <Cassie Wood>

By Soul_Marie

  • Operation Cyclone

    Operation Cyclone
    Code name for US CIA, was a program used to arm & finance Jihadi warriors. Operation Cyclone was one of the longest and most expensive CIA operation ever undertaken, the funding increasingly raised over the length of the operation. The operation was ceased in 1989.

  • Soviet-Afghan War

    Soviet-Afghan War
    The war lasted over 9 years and ended in February of 1989. During the war over 2 million civilians were killed. The war was between insurgent groups known as mujahideen and the Soviet Army and the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.

  • Afghan Mujahideen is Formed

    Afghan Mujahideen is Formed
    Also known as the Seven Party Mujahideen Alliance or Peshawar Seven, was formed by the seven afghan parties in either 1981 or 1985, fighting against the Soviet Union. They sought to form a United Diplomatic front towards the world opinion, and representation in the United Nations.

  • Al-Qaeda is Founded

    Al-Qaeda is Founded
    Led and founded by Osama Bin-Laden. The word Al-Qaeda means "base", and is an Islamic terrorist group. Al-Qaeda is made up

  • United States Embassy Bombings

    United States Embassy Bombings
    Attacks that occurred on Untied States Embassy's in East Africa. Over 200 civilians were killed in the truck bombings. The bombs detonated almost simultaneously.

  • First Al-Qaeda attack in Somalia

    First Al-Qaeda attack in Somalia
    Was carried out in Aden, Yemen. Also known as Yemen hotel bombings, the afternoon of December 29, a bomb went off in Gold Mohur Hotel were US troops had resided while in route to Somalia, but the troops had already left before the bombing.

  • 1993 World Trade Center Bombing

    1993 World Trade Center Bombing
    A terrorist attack performed on the World Trade Center by a group of terrorist ( Ramzi Yousef, Mahmud Abouhalima, Mohammad Salameh, Nidal A. Ayyad, Abdul Rahman Yasin, and Ahmed Ajaj). The attack was a truck bombing killing six citizens and injuring over a thousand. The truck detonated below the north tower, intending to send the North Tower crashing into the Southern Tower. The truck was filled with 1336lbs urea nitrate–hydrogen gas.

  • Taliban allows Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan

    Taliban allows Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan
    The Taliban control three quarters of Afghanistan and enforce their strict version of the Sharia. They control through fear and appear to be ok with Al-Qaeda, allowing them to share borders and towns. Their brutal behavior struck fear in women especially.

  • Osama Bin Laden is Killed.

    Osama Bin Laden is Killed.
    Osama Bin Laden was the leader and founder of Al-Qaeda. He was killed in Pakistan by the United States Navy Seals during the operation known as Operation Neptune Star. He died shortly after 1:00pm.