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Originally Posted by A Few Acres of Snow
I am always suspicious when al-Qaeda is mentioned. What is it really anyway? Is al-Qaeda an organization, a philosophy, a lie made up by others or all three? It is not like al-Qaeda is like Coca-Cola and can sue anyone who uses its name without permission.
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In my opinion Al-Qaeda is like an Islamic label that local terrorist movements use to draw mediatic attention.
You have the GIA and the GSPC (his new official name is the "Al-Qaeda group in Maghreb") in Algeria, the Salafia Jihadia in Morocco, the Jamaah Islamiya in Indonesia, ... They all have their own organization, their own tactics and their own goals. I don't think al-Qaeda's leaders have any responsibility for particular, local attacks.