CJ's story about lots of different completely separate AQ's is spin. Look at the history of AQ:
Started in Pakistan by OBL to aid the Afghan fighters against the Russians. Moved to SA after that war and began targeting Americans there. Fled to Sudan. Fled to Afghanistan. Fled to Pakistan. Somewhere along this period they merged with Egyptian Islamic Jihad, led by Egyptian Ayman al Zawahiri. The Egyptian Zawahiri is now the leader of AQ. Terror attacks against American targets in the years leading up to and including 2001 were made in Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Kenya, Tanzania, and the US. Using Saudis, Egyptians, Yemenis, and Muslims of east African origin. During the years it had open training camps in Sudan and Afghanistan, they trained Muslims from all over the world - Chechnyans, Uighurs, Pakistanis, Arabs of various national backgrounds. Even Muslims from the US and Europe. Recall the young Muslim convert from California captured in Afghanistan and now in a US prison. Recall Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, now held in Guantanamo, who confessed to planning the 911 plot. He was born in Kuwait of Baluchi (Pakistan) parents, lived in the Philippines for some time and planned the foiled Bojinka plot there with help from AQ affiliate, Abu Sayyaf, and fought with Muslims in Bosnia. Recall that the Benghazi attack by AQ affiliate, Ansar al Sharia, was a revenge attack for the killing of an AQ leader, Abu Yahya al-Libi (a nom de guerre, based on his being Libyan), by a drone attack in Pakistan.
Clearly, AQ is an international terror group made up of Muslims of many nationalities committing centrally coordinated attacks in numerous countries.
AQ is not a single entity. Once again, CJ is full of it. |
