Who is running al-Qaeda now?
Ayman al-Zawahiri
What has Al-Qaeda done?
The most destructive act ascribed to al-Qaeda was the series of attacks in the United States on September 11, 2001. Four commercial jet airliners were hijacked. Two of these were crashed into the Twin Towers which later collapsed, destroying the rest of the World Trade Center building complex.
What happened to Al-Qaeda after Osama bin Laden died?
The raid on bin Laden’s compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, was launched from Afghanistan. U.S. military officials said that after the raid U.S. forces took the body of bin Laden to Afghanistan for identification, then buried it at sea within 24 hours of his death in accordance with Islamic tradition.
Why did Osama bin Laden establish Al-Qaeda?
Bin Laden’s apparent goal was to draw the United States into a large-scale war in the Muslim world that would overthrow the existing world order and establish a single Islamic state. To this end, al-Qaeda trained militants and funded terrorist attacks.
Did the US train Al-Qaeda?
No Americans ever trained or had direct contact with the mujahideen, and no American official ever went inside Afghanistan. Marc Sageman, a Foreign Service Officer who was based in Islamabad from 1987–1989, and worked closely with Afghanistan’s Mujahideen, states that no American money went to the foreign volunteers.
Which country became the primary target by the US in response to the September 11 attacks?
Many senior policymakers had wanted to include Iraq in the immediate response to the attacks of 9/11 but President Bush decided to focus on Afghanistan. The administration temporarily put Iraq on the back burner while it turned its attention to al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan.
Was Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 ever found?
Despite air and sea searches of vast stretches of the Indian Ocean, the aircraft and its passengers has never been found. A recent memorial reminds that MH370 is not the only missing aircraft out there.
Did the pilot of MH370 crash the plane?
Abbott said top Malaysian officials believed the pilot Zaharie Ahmad Shah deliberately downed the jet carrying 239 people that disappeared while flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing in March 2014. Parts of the aircraft later washed ashore in the western Indian Ocean. The black boxes were never found.