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ALQAEDA

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al-Qae⋅da

[al-key-duh, kahy-duh]
–noun
a radical Sunni Muslim organization dedicated to the elimination of a Western presence in Arab countries and militantly opposed to Western foreign policy: founded by Osama bin Laden in 1988.
Also, al-Qaida.


Origin:
< Ar al-qa'ida, lit., the base
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