Al Qaeda 15 year after 9/11

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Al Qaeda 15 year after 9/11

 

 

Fifteen years on from the 9/11 attacks and more than five years after the death of Osama bin Laden, killed in a raid by US special forces at his hiding place in Abbottabad, Pakistan, what has happened to Al Qaeda?

 

It has not carried out any such major attacks for years. So does it even still exist in the same form or has it evolved?

 

Euronews asked Qais Al-Azzawi, former Iraqi Ambassador to the Arab League.

 

He told us: “Of course Al Qaeda still exists, and its leader Ayman El Zawahri is the successor to Osama bin Laden, and the deputy leader is Ahmed Abou el-Kheir. This organisation is located on the Pakistan Afghan border, it remains in contact with the other branches, and those are in Saudi Arabia, in the countries of north Africa, elsewhere in Africa and also in Yemen.”

 

Founded in 1987 by Abdullah Azzam and his follower Osama bin Laden, during the first war in Afghanistan against the Soviets, Al Qaeda came to wider world attention in 1998 with the bomb attacks targeting the “US embassies in the Kenyan capital Nairobi” and Tanzania’s largest city Dar es Salaam”:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_United_States_embassy_bombings, in which more than 300 people died.

 

Al Qaeda went on to claim attacks in May 2003 in Casablanca, the March 11 2004 bombings in Madrid and those on the July 7th 2005 in London.

 

The murders in and around the Paris offices of the satirical French magazine Charlie Hebdo in January 2015, were later claimed by Al Qaeda in Yemen.

 

After the September 11th attacks, the United States, with a coalition of other countries, went into Afghanistan in late 2001. The objective was to destroy Al Qaeda and their hosts the Taliban.

 

So with the death of Bin Laden what has happened to Al Qaida?

 

Qais Al-Azzawi says it is no longer calling the shots: “Al Qaeda’s principle enemy now is Daesh – the group that calls itself Islamic State – because Daesh revolted against al-Qaida. You have to know that all these terrorist organisations like al-Qaida, Daesh, the Al-Nusra Front and Boko Haram, even Daesh leader al-Baghdadi, all followed the rules laid down by Osama bin Laden, they may not get along with Ayman al-Zawahiri but they’re fine with the man they see as their spiritual father – Osama bin Laden.”

 

Al Qaeda’s current leader Ayman al-Zawahiri is content since Bin Laden’s death to make declarations rather than carry out direction action.

 

In addition, the terrorist organisations who pledged allegiance to Al Qaeda such as so-called Islamic State and others in the Middle East and Africa have declared independence and follow the orders of their local chiefs.

 

 

-- © Copyright Euronews 2016-09-10

[Ulysses G.]

These scum have been overshadowed by ISIS, but they are still around.

[Rancid]

Didn't they rename themselves the Islamic Peace and Joy Party and join in the Democratic Islamic Front for Dictatorship against Syria? Then started the new popular middle eastern sport of throwing gays off the top of buildings. As far as I am aware they also now receive arms and funding. Seems things are going along quite well for them these days. Amazing what some re-branding and a good PR campaign can do.

[ivan96822]

Even if they are no longer the biggest threat, I hope they are all eliminated and roast for an eternity in Hell...

[JetsetBkk]

I hope no more videos offensive to Islam get posted in the next 24 hours.

 

[MockingJay]

Great!!! Another mainstream media brainwash post - thanks so much for that!!! 

[ThaiFelix]

So whats the connection between Al Qaeda and 9/11??  Are you saying that some people still believe they were responsible?

[canuckamuck]

3 hours ago, ThaiFelix said:

So whats the connection between Al Qaeda and 9/11??  Are you saying that some people still believe they were responsible?

Like the Kennedy assassination, the official story is full of holes and impossibilities but no one is going to get the mainstream media to expose any of it. 

[tonbridgebrit]

This report by euronews is so typical of mainstream media, it simply does not tell us what's actually happening.

That war in Syria. Well, one of the biggest groups fighting against Assad is a group called the Al-Nusra Front, yes, they're mentioned in the above report.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Nusra_Front

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/post/al-qaeda-affiliate-playing-larger-role-in-syria-rebellion/2012/11/30/203d06f4-3b2e-11e2-9258-ac7c78d5c680_blog.html#comments

Okay, above are two links about the Al-Nusra Front. The link from the Washington Post came out about three years ago, but it's similar to today's situation.

Basically, the Al-Nusra Front is Al-Qaeda's branch in Syria. And the Al-Nusra Front, they're financially supported by Saudi Arabia and other places, with Washington allowing them to support the Al-Nusra Front. So, fifteen years after the 9/11 attacks, Washington is basically supporting Al-Qaeda in Syria.

 

[tonbridgebrit]

On 10/09/2016 at 4:04 AM, Rancid said:

Didn't they rename themselves the Islamic Peace and Joy Party and join in the Democratic Islamic Front for Dictatorship against Syria? Then started the new popular middle eastern sport of throwing gays off the top of buildings. As far as I am aware they also now receive arms and funding. Seems things are going along quite well for them these days. Amazing what some re-branding and a good PR campaign can do.

Yes, who do they receive arms and funding from ???

Some re-branding and a good PR campaign ?  Well, yes.  But you've still got to be usefull bearing in mind WHO is actually backing you. As long as you are usefull, re-branding and a good PR campaign will mean that you are back to being funded and supported. When you are no longer usefull, no amount of re-branding will save you.  And who was it who carried out the re-branding and good PR campaign for Al-Qaeda ??

And, the Al-Nusra Front (Al-Qaeda's branch in Syria) ARE usefull.  They are, after all, a major part of the rebellion against Assad.

Washington, YOU must hate Assad in a massive and serious way.  I mean, you are backing the guys who carried out 9/11 in this war against Assad. Is the war against Assad part of the "War against Terror" ??