Al-Qaeda (Simple English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Al-Qaeda" in Simple English language version.

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adl.org (Global: 2,523^rd place; Simple English: 684^th place)

"New ISIS and al-Qaeda propaganda prioritize the US and Jews as targets". Anti-Defamation League.
"ISIS Augments Its Threats Against Israel". Anti-Defamation League. Archived from the original on 2017-08-23. Retrieved 2019-06-06.

archive.org (Global: 6^th place; Simple English: 3^rd place)

Moghadam, Assaf (2008). The Globalization of Martyrdom: Al Qaeda, Salafi Jihad, and the Diffusion of Suicide Attacks. Johns Hopkins University. p. 48. ISBN 978-0-8018-9055-0.
Livesey, Bruce (January 25, 2005). "Special Reports – The Salafist Movement: Al Qaeda's New Front". PBS Frontline. WGBH educational foundation. Retrieved October 18, 2011.
Geltzer, Joshua A. (2011). US Counter-Terrorism Strategy and al-Qaeda: Signalling and the Terrorist World-View (Reprint ed.). Routledge. p. 83. ISBN 978-0-415-66452-3.
United States v. Usama bin Laden et al., Cr. 1023, Testimony of Jamal Ahmed Mohamed al-Fadl (SDNY February 6, 2001).
"al-Qaeda's origins and links". BBC News. July 20, 2004. Retrieved June 3, 2014.
Cooley, John K. (Spring 2003). Unholy Wars: Afghanistan, America and International Terrorism.
Bergen, Peter L. (2006). The Osama Bin Laden I Know: An Oral History of Al Qaeda's Leader. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 0-7432-7892-5.
Gunaratna 2002, pp. 95–96. "al-Qaeda's global network, as we know it today, was created while it was based in Khartoum, from December 1991 till May 1996. To coordinate its overt and covert operations as al-Qaeda's ambitions and resources increased, it developed a decentralised, regional structure. [...] As a global multinational, al-Qaeda makes its constituent nationalities and ethnic groups, of which there are several dozen, responsible for a particular geographic region. Though its modus operandi is cellular, familial relationships play a key role."
See also:
- Naím, Moisés (January 2003). "The five wars of globalization". Foreign Policy (134): 28–37. doi:10.2307/3183519. JSTOR 3183519. Gunaratna, Rohan (2002). Inside Al Qaeda (1st ed.). London: C. Hurst & Co. ISBN 1-85065-671-1.
- Ross, Jeffrey Ian (2003). The Dynamics of Political Crime. SAGE. ISBN 978-0-8039-7045-8.
- Wright, Lawrence (2006). The Looming Tower: al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11. Alfred a Knopf Incorporated. ISBN 0-375-41486-X.
- Mandaville, Peter (2014). Islam and Politics (2nd ed.). 711 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017, USA: Routledge. pp. 344–347. ISBN 978-0-415-78256-2.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)

bbc.co.uk (Global: 11^th place; Simple English: 9^th place)

news.bbc.co.uk

United States v. Usama bin Laden et al., Cr. 1023, Testimony of Jamal Ahmed Mohamed al-Fadl (SDNY February 6, 2001).
"al-Qaeda's origins and links". BBC News. July 20, 2004. Retrieved June 3, 2014.
Cooley, John K. (Spring 2003). Unholy Wars: Afghanistan, America and International Terrorism.

bbc.co.uk

al-Qaeda commander Abu Yahya al-Libi killed - US officials. BBC News Asia al-Qaeda commander Abu Yahya al-Libi killed - US officials - BBC News

cbsnews.com (Global: 136^th place; Simple English: 87^th place)

"Abu Yahya al-Libi, al Qaeda deputy leader, killed in U.S. drone strike - CBS News". www.cbsnews.com. 2012-06-05. Retrieved 2024-09-08.

cryptome.org (Global: low place; Simple English: 7,706^th place)

United States v. Usama bin Laden et al., Cr. 1023, Testimony of Jamal Ahmed Mohamed al-Fadl (SDNY February 6, 2001).
"al-Qaeda's origins and links". BBC News. July 20, 2004. Retrieved June 3, 2014.
Cooley, John K. (Spring 2003). Unholy Wars: Afghanistan, America and International Terrorism.

doi.org (Global: 2^nd place; Simple English: 2^nd place)

"The Chinese regime and the Uyghur dilemma" Summary of Castets, Rémi (2003). "The Uyghurs in Xinjiang – The Malaise Grows". China Perspectives. 2003 (5). doi:10.4000/chinaperspectives.648. ISSN 1996-4617. Retrieved June 10, 2012.
Gunaratna 2002, pp. 95–96. "al-Qaeda's global network, as we know it today, was created while it was based in Khartoum, from December 1991 till May 1996. To coordinate its overt and covert operations as al-Qaeda's ambitions and resources increased, it developed a decentralised, regional structure. [...] As a global multinational, al-Qaeda makes its constituent nationalities and ethnic groups, of which there are several dozen, responsible for a particular geographic region. Though its modus operandi is cellular, familial relationships play a key role."
See also:
- Naím, Moisés (January 2003). "The five wars of globalization". Foreign Policy (134): 28–37. doi:10.2307/3183519. JSTOR 3183519. Gunaratna, Rohan (2002). Inside Al Qaeda (1st ed.). London: C. Hurst & Co. ISBN 1-85065-671-1.

globalsecurity.org (Global: 540^th place; Simple English: 385^th place)

"al-Qaeda seeks global dominance". The Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on January 12, 2012.
"Jihadists Want Global Caliphate". ThePolitic.com. July 27, 2005. Archived from the original on September 30, 2011. Retrieved October 18, 2011.
Pike, John. "Al-Qaida". Globalsecurity.org. Retrieved October 18, 2011.
Burke, Jason (March 21, 2004). "What exactly does al-Qaeda want?". The Guardian. London.

gulfnews.com (Global: 972^nd place; Simple English: 674^th place)

"Aden intelligence service building targeted". AFP. Gulf News. August 22, 2015. Retrieved August 22, 2015.

haaretz.com (Global: 379^th place; Simple English: 339^th place)

Haaretz; Press, The Associated (July 11, 2017). "Fact Check: Is Qatar Supporting Terrorism? A Look at Its Ties to Iran, ISIS and the Muslim Brotherhood". הארץ. Archived from the original on June 14, 2017. Retrieved June 6, 2019 – via Haaretz.

jstor.org (Global: 23^rd place; Simple English: 32^nd place)

Gunaratna 2002, pp. 95–96. "al-Qaeda's global network, as we know it today, was created while it was based in Khartoum, from December 1991 till May 1996. To coordinate its overt and covert operations as al-Qaeda's ambitions and resources increased, it developed a decentralised, regional structure. [...] As a global multinational, al-Qaeda makes its constituent nationalities and ethnic groups, of which there are several dozen, responsible for a particular geographic region. Though its modus operandi is cellular, familial relationships play a key role."
See also:
- Naím, Moisés (January 2003). "The five wars of globalization". Foreign Policy (134): 28–37. doi:10.2307/3183519. JSTOR 3183519. Gunaratna, Rohan (2002). Inside Al Qaeda (1st ed.). London: C. Hurst & Co. ISBN 1-85065-671-1.

lawrencewright.com (Global: low place; Simple English: low place)

Lawrence Wright 2002. The New Yorker. The man behind Bin Laden Archived 2011-02-24 at the Wayback Machine

loc.gov (Global: 63^rd place; Simple English: 81^st place)

webarchive.loc.gov

United States District Court, Southern District of New York (February 6, 2001). "Testimony of Jamal Ahmad Al-Fadl". United States v. Usama bin Laden. James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies. Archived from the original on 2001-12-14. Retrieved 2008-09-03.

miis.edu (Global: low place; Simple English: 9,707^th place)

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United States District Court, Southern District of New York (February 6, 2001). "Testimony of Jamal Ahmad Al-Fadl". United States v. Usama bin Laden. James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies. Archived from the original on 2001-12-14. Retrieved 2008-09-03.

pbs.org (Global: 260^th place; Simple English: 93^rd place)

Livesey, Bruce (January 25, 2005). "Special Reports – The Salafist Movement: Al Qaeda's New Front". PBS Frontline. WGBH educational foundation. Retrieved October 18, 2011.
Geltzer, Joshua A. (2011). US Counter-Terrorism Strategy and al-Qaeda: Signalling and the Terrorist World-View (Reprint ed.). Routledge. p. 83. ISBN 978-0-415-66452-3.
"frontline: the terrorist and the superpower: who is bin laden?: interview with osama bin laden (in may 1998)". pbs.org. Archived from the original on May 8, 1999.

plenglish.com (Global: low place; Simple English: low place)

"Prensa Latina News Agency". Retrieved April 12, 2016.

polgeonow.com (Global: low place; Simple English: low place)

Evan Centanni (May 31, 2013). "War in Somalia: Map of Al Shabaab Control (June 2013)". Political Geography Now. Retrieved August 18, 2014.

reuters.com (Global: 38^th place; Simple English: 34^th place)

Study questions Iran-al Qaeda ties, despite U.S. allegations - Reuters

revues.org (Global: 1,962^nd place; Simple English: 5,852^nd place)

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"The Chinese regime and the Uyghur dilemma" Summary of Castets, Rémi (2003). "The Uyghurs in Xinjiang – The Malaise Grows". China Perspectives. 2003 (5). doi:10.4000/chinaperspectives.648. ISSN 1996-4617. Retrieved June 10, 2012.

spiegel.de (Global: 87^th place; Simple English: 274^th place)

"The Future of Terrorism: What al-Qaida Really Wants". Der Spiegel. September 11, 2001. Archived from the original on March 7, 2012. Retrieved October 18, 2011.

telegraph.co.uk (Global: 40^th place; Simple English: 35^th place)

my.telegraph.co.uk

"al-Qaeda seeks global dominance". The Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on January 12, 2012.
"Jihadists Want Global Caliphate". ThePolitic.com. July 27, 2005. Archived from the original on September 30, 2011. Retrieved October 18, 2011.
Pike, John. "Al-Qaida". Globalsecurity.org. Retrieved October 18, 2011.
Burke, Jason (March 21, 2004). "What exactly does al-Qaeda want?". The Guardian. London.

theguardian.com (Global: 16^th place; Simple English: 14^th place)

"al-Qaeda seeks global dominance". The Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on January 12, 2012.
"Jihadists Want Global Caliphate". ThePolitic.com. July 27, 2005. Archived from the original on September 30, 2011. Retrieved October 18, 2011.
Pike, John. "Al-Qaida". Globalsecurity.org. Retrieved October 18, 2011.
Burke, Jason (March 21, 2004). "What exactly does al-Qaeda want?". The Guardian. London.
"October 6, 2002. Appeared in Al-Qala'a website and then The Observer and The Guardian on November 24, 2002". TheGuardian.com. November 24, 2002. Archived from the original on 2013-08-26.

thepolitic.com (Global: low place; Simple English: low place)

"al-Qaeda seeks global dominance". The Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on January 12, 2012.
"Jihadists Want Global Caliphate". ThePolitic.com. July 27, 2005. Archived from the original on September 30, 2011. Retrieved October 18, 2011.
Pike, John. "Al-Qaida". Globalsecurity.org. Retrieved October 18, 2011.
Burke, Jason (March 21, 2004). "What exactly does al-Qaeda want?". The Guardian. London.

time.com (Global: 84^th place; Simple English: 59^th place)

content.time.com

"Conversation With Terror". Time. January 1999. Retrieved March 22, 2015.

treasury.gov (Global: 2,054^th place; Simple English: 2,215^th place)

Treasury Targets Al Qaida Operatives in Iran

washingtontimes.com (Global: 1,359^th place; Simple English: 613^th place)

Thomas, Carls. "The Saudis channel the mafia: Fears of Saudi retaliation deter truth about 9/11". The Washington Times. Retrieved April 28, 2016.

web.archive.org (Global: 1^st place; Simple English: 1^st place)

"The Future of Terrorism: What al-Qaida Really Wants". Der Spiegel. September 11, 2001. Archived from the original on March 7, 2012. Retrieved October 18, 2011.
"al-Qaeda seeks global dominance". The Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on January 12, 2012.
"Jihadists Want Global Caliphate". ThePolitic.com. July 27, 2005. Archived from the original on September 30, 2011. Retrieved October 18, 2011.
Pike, John. "Al-Qaida". Globalsecurity.org. Retrieved October 18, 2011.
Burke, Jason (March 21, 2004). "What exactly does al-Qaeda want?". The Guardian. London.
"October 6, 2002. Appeared in Al-Qala'a website and then The Observer and The Guardian on November 24, 2002". TheGuardian.com. November 24, 2002. Archived from the original on 2013-08-26.
"frontline: the terrorist and the superpower: who is bin laden?: interview with osama bin laden (in may 1998)". pbs.org. Archived from the original on May 8, 1999.
"ISIS Augments Its Threats Against Israel". Anti-Defamation League. Archived from the original on 2017-08-23. Retrieved 2019-06-06.
Haaretz; Press, The Associated (July 11, 2017). "Fact Check: Is Qatar Supporting Terrorism? A Look at Its Ties to Iran, ISIS and the Muslim Brotherhood". הארץ. Archived from the original on June 14, 2017. Retrieved June 6, 2019 – via Haaretz.
Lawrence Wright 2002. The New Yorker. The man behind Bin Laden Archived 2011-02-24 at the Wayback Machine

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"The Chinese regime and the Uyghur dilemma" Summary of Castets, Rémi (2003). "The Uyghurs in Xinjiang – The Malaise Grows". China Perspectives. 2003 (5). doi:10.4000/chinaperspectives.648. ISSN 1996-4617. Retrieved June 10, 2012.

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