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    Quote Originally Posted by Butterfly View Post
    AQ has been known since 1993, after the first WTC bombing

    it was actually a name made up by the US government to identify the organization and trial them in their absence
    A create U.S. entity. Historically, well maintained and underwritten. Even to this day. We so easily forget our contenporary history. Perpetual boogieman....even if we have to make one up.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Butterfly View Post
    the trial of the first WTC bombing happened before 2000, something like 1994 or 1996, this is when the term was first coined

    that name has been circulating for a while, I heard it on TV before 1998 quite a few times
    I don't think so
    'The US intelligence community used the term "al-Qaeda" for the first time only after the 1998 embassy bombings'

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