Where did Al Qaeda originate and spring from ? And why did we only begin to hear the very words "Al Qaeda" only after the momentous events of September 11 with the World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks.
Osama bin Laden has been known to the western Infidel world and to western intelligence and military intelligence for much longer.
The trap to be avoided here when evaluating Al Qaeda as an organization is the assumption that what drives terrorist groups js publicity in such of their broader goal and goals. Thus seeks the paradigm shift.
No “neatly typed press releases” were distributed to the press after September 11 as the P.L.O. with Yassir Arafat was well known for. Until 9/11 Osama bin Laden did not even use the terminology and term “Al Qaeda” nor did even his close cohorts and associates in terror.
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