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The Base القاعدة | |
|---|---|
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| Leader | Saif al-Adel |
| Founder | Osama bin Laden |
| Founded | 11 August 1988 |
| Political orientation | Anti-communism Islamic fundamentalism Pan-Islamism |
Al-Qaeda is a jihadist organization backed by the CIA,[1] UAE, and Saudi Arabia.[2]
U.S. support
In 2001, CIA director George Tenet told Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh to release Anwar al-Awlaki after he was imprisoned for bombing the USS Cole. After being released, al-Awlaki became the leader of al-Qaeda on the Arabian Peninsula.[1]
In 2012, Jake Sullivan (then a top advisor to Hillary Clinton and now Biden's national security advisor) admitted that al-Qaeda is allied with the USA in the Syrian Civil War.[3]
Al-Qaeda worked with US proxy forces in Yemen to drive Ansar Allah out of Aden.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Alexander Rubinstein (2023-03-23). "CIA Pressured Yemen to Release al-Qaeda Leader From Prison" MintPress News. Archived from the original on 2021-12-01.
- ↑ Ahmed Abdulkareem (2020-04-24). "As Saudi Forces Flee Northern Yemen, Evidence of an Unholy Alliance with Al-Qaeda is Left Behind" MintPress News. Archived from the original on 2021-12-01.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Ben Norton (2021-01-12). "US backs al-Qaeda in Yemen while dubbing its Houthi enemies ‘terrorists’" The Grayzone. Archived from the original on 2023-05-29.