N a loosely-knit militant Islamic organization led and funded by Osama bin Laden, by whom it was established in the late 1980s from Arab volunteers who had fought the Soviet troops previously based in Afghanistan; known or believed to be behind a number of operations against Western, especially US, interests, including bomb attacks on two US embassies in Africa in 1998 and the destruction of the World Trade Center in New York in 2001 基地组织; 奥萨马·本拉登创建的一个松散连接式伊斯兰教激进派组织,被认为策划了2001年纽约世贸中心的恐怖袭击
But Vice President Joe Biden supports a proposal to narrowly target military efforts at al-Qaida, using unmanned aircraft and special forces.
VOA: special.2009.10.10
In Sanaa,fears of an al-Qaida attack led to temporary closures this week of the American, British and French embassies.
VOA: special.2010.01.09
The strategy says the United States aims to disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-Qaida, but also to support democracy and human rights.
VOA: special.2010.05.29
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