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Tuesday, 27 November, 2001, 14:31 GMT
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Liza Wilson in London asks:
Does al-Qaeda actually have a meaning? Is it symbolic? BBC News Online writes: "Al-Qaeda" means "the base" in Arabic. Bin Laden used the word to describe the terrorist training camps he set up in Sudan and Afghanistan, as well as the groups associated with them - the "base" for achieving his aims.
Al-Qaeda is now an international network - and is thought to have established cells in many Arab states and throughout the western world. |
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