Shalom All:

Al-Qaeda's origins and links
http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/mpapps/pagetools/print/news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/1670089.stm

"Al-Qaeda, meaning "the base", was created in 1989 as Soviet forces withdrew
from Afghanistan and Osama Bin Laden and his colleagues began looking for new
jihads."

Dianne
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