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THE GLOBAL INTELLIGENCE COMPANY
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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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