Al Qaeda from an organization with its own Afghanistan-based bureaucracy, hierarchies, and modus operandi into an ideological umbrella for more loosely tied jihadists around the world, is by now a familiar story. This development has mostly been explained in terms of the external pressures on, and opportunities available to, Al Qaeda after 9/11. The loss of its training camps in Afghanistan and the killing or capture of much of its pre-9/11 senior leadership meant that if Al Qaeda was to continue to be relevant it had to switch toward inspiring and steering jihadist groups, often only loosely affiliated with bin Laden’s organization....largely the formula Al Qaeda adopted after the collapse of the Taliban. ...... country in which he settled, the “historical fortress of injustice” should be the number ...

A pivotal moment in Al Qaeda's history was the merger of the members of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad (EIJ) to bin Laden's group in. 1998. The Egyptians from the ...

Oct 29, 2010 ... Al-Qaeda: From ‗The Base' to. Global Database. A History Of Strategic Virtualisation. Submitted by: Vicnesh Nadarajah. Bachelor of ...Al-Qaeda‘s retreat into the virtual world of networks has resulted in the mystification of its organisational structure. Studying the history of this organisation through the perspective of its communication practices can, however, clarify its structure. To understand Al-Qaeda now, this thesis asks: ―If there are links between Al-Qaeda‘s usage of Converged Communication Technologies (CCTs) and changes within its organisational structure, then how may a history of Al-Qaeda help explain the significance of those links?

The purpose of the Jaffee Center is, first, to conduct basic research that meets the highest academic standards on matters related to Israel's national security as well as Middle East regional and international security affairs. The Center also aims to contribute to the public debate and governmental deliberation of issues that are – or should be – at the top of Israel's national security agenda....from an organizational perspective and briefly sketch the history of al-Qaeda. Tactics such as locating, recruiting, and assigning suicide candidates, supporting ...

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND. Al-Qaeda's presence in Libya was reported in the early stages of the Revolution, probably because of the rebels' violent actions ...This report attempts to assess al-Qaeda’s presence in Libya. Al-Qaeda Senior Leadership (AQSL) and al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) have sought to take advantage of the Libyan Revolution to recruit militants and to reinforce their operational capabilities in an attempt to create a safe haven and possibly to extend their area of operations to Libya. Reports have indicated that AQSL is seeking to create an al-Qaeda clandestine network in Libya that could be activated in the future to destabilize the government and/or to offer logistical support to alQaeda’s activities in North Africa and the Sahel...