Organisation’s structure and key leaders
Some insight of al-Qaida’s structure: the individual groups of al-Qaida are coming up to be more organised, generating their own money from crimes and contacting the other groups when there is a need. Osama bin laden founded the al-Qaida in the year 1979 for the Arabian fighters. Even after a massive military operation in Afghanistan, he was still absconding for many years. He has been on air and was projected as the figure head of al-Qaida. Osama bin laden was the head and the man behind the suicide hijackings and various other attacks on the United States in September 2011. He was believed to be the major part of the US embassy bomb attack in 1998.there was a video released during the elections in …show more content…
He is also the designer of the al-Qaida goals and objectives. In the year 1998, he was the member of the board which used to pass fatwa’s (religious order) for the attacks on America. He used to be the main commander of the Islamic rebels who are known as jihadist and merged with al-Qaida.
Sheikh said
He is an Saudi Arabian and believed to be Laden’s brother in law and also the financial advisor/controller of al-Qaida
Saif al adel
This man is reported to be the chief of security and performing many other duties after the death of Mohammed atef. He used to be in the Egyptian army and later joined the mujahedeen to fight against the soviets in Afghanistan.
Abu faraj al libbi
This man was taken into custody in Pakistan accompanied with other al-Qaida members. It was a result of a head to head gun battle. He has taken over as third in command of al-Qaida when his mentor, Khalid gheil Mohammed was captured. http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/mpapps/pagetools/print/news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/2780525.stm Recruitment and demographic profile of the …show more content…
They were from the Salafist organisation for preaching and combat. This is a religious extremist group that is operating since many years and had specially targeted Algeria. This is a growth and expansion like a business and they have set a well-defined criteria for recruitment and selection. They are getting systematic to recruit regional religious fighters and convince them that their struggle is a major objective of al-Qaida’s international agenda. The formal way of joining al-Qaida is complicated and a very long process as well. It is very difficult to say how a true shift has happened, in breaks as al-Qaida never demand single allegiance; it always supports native struggles as it carries on its own fight against the US. There are some new recruits who wish to stay the course and carry on to fight the local regime. The others are more influenced by the other stuff al-Qaida is offering. Al-Shabaab which is from Somalia as an example, comes to be in such a position
Some insight of al-Qaida’s structure: the individual groups of al-Qaida are coming up to be more organised, generating their own money from crimes and contacting the other groups when there is a need. Osama bin laden founded the al-Qaida in the year 1979 for the Arabian fighters. Even after a massive military operation in Afghanistan, he was still absconding for many years. He has been on air and was projected as the figure head of al-Qaida. Osama bin laden was the head and the man behind the suicide hijackings and various other attacks on the United States in September 2011. He was believed to be the major part of the US embassy bomb attack in 1998.there was a video released during the elections in …show more content…
He is also the designer of the al-Qaida goals and objectives. In the year 1998, he was the member of the board which used to pass fatwa’s (religious order) for the attacks on America. He used to be the main commander of the Islamic rebels who are known as jihadist and merged with al-Qaida.
Sheikh said
He is an Saudi Arabian and believed to be Laden’s brother in law and also the financial advisor/controller of al-Qaida
Saif al adel
This man is reported to be the chief of security and performing many other duties after the death of Mohammed atef. He used to be in the Egyptian army and later joined the mujahedeen to fight against the soviets in Afghanistan.
Abu faraj al libbi
This man was taken into custody in Pakistan accompanied with other al-Qaida members. It was a result of a head to head gun battle. He has taken over as third in command of al-Qaida when his mentor, Khalid gheil Mohammed was captured. http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/mpapps/pagetools/print/news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/2780525.stm Recruitment and demographic profile of the …show more content…
They were from the Salafist organisation for preaching and combat. This is a religious extremist group that is operating since many years and had specially targeted Algeria. This is a growth and expansion like a business and they have set a well-defined criteria for recruitment and selection. They are getting systematic to recruit regional religious fighters and convince them that their struggle is a major objective of al-Qaida’s international agenda. The formal way of joining al-Qaida is complicated and a very long process as well. It is very difficult to say how a true shift has happened, in breaks as al-Qaida never demand single allegiance; it always supports native struggles as it carries on its own fight against the US. There are some new recruits who wish to stay the course and carry on to fight the local regime. The others are more influenced by the other stuff al-Qaida is offering. Al-Shabaab which is from Somalia as an example, comes to be in such a position