AQA GCSE History · 8145
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A terrorist organisation led by Osama bin Laden that sought to wage a global campaign against the United States and its allies.
Revise: Regional InstabilityOsama bin Laden, the leader of the terrorist organisation al-Qaeda, used American support for Israel as one of his grievances against the United States. He portrayed conflicts involving Muslims, including the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, as parts of a wider American attack on Islam. This connected a dispute over land and rights in Palestine to his campaign against Americans across the world.
- Revise: Al-Qaeda
An Islamist extremist terrorist organisation founded by Osama bin Laden in 1988, which used violence against American interests to pursue its political and religious aims.
- Revise: Bush’s War Against Terror
The militant Islamist organisation led by Osama bin Laden that carried out the attacks of 11 September 2001.