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                                                  11 September 2001

Al-Qaida Tops Suspect List

1630 GMT, 010911 

Osama bin Laden's organization , Al Qaida, is the prime suspect 
in the spate of attacks against the United States. Based in 
Afghanistan, the group has been linked to a series of attacks on 
U.S. assets around the world and has repeatedly threatened to 
strike the United States within its own borders. 

An umbrella organization with an operational reach that stretches 
around the globe, Al-Qaida has been extremely successful at 
maintaining a high level of security and secrecy. 

Despite the intelligence efforts of several world powers, bin 
Laden's organization has continued to support or facilitate acts 
of international terrorism. No nation has successfully penetrated 
the organization. 

This is partly due to the fact that Al-Qaida operates as an 
umbrella group supporting a host of cells around the world. The 
organization develops autonomous cells capable of operating 
individually without a central command. Additionally, Al-Qaida 
coordinates operations and activities with various other militant 
organizations around the world. The hierarchy of the 
relationships remains unknown. 

Bin Laden himsefl has repeatedly threatened acts of terrorism 
against the United States, and Al-Qaida was pinpointed in the 
attacks on the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998. 

Bin Laden, a Saudi, has operated from Afghanistan for several 
years. The Taliban, a radical Muslim authority that rules most of 
Afghanistan, has denied responsibility for the attacks on New 
York City and Washington, D.C.
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