Qaedat al-Jihad

Qaeda al-Jihad (Arabic: Base of Jihad) is the formal name of al-Qaeda.[1] Statements were first issued under that name on 9 April 2002.[2]

This article is about the al-Qaeda branch. For the Indonesian militant group, see Tanzim Qaedat al-Jihad.

In 2008, a statement signed by Mustafa Abu al-Yazid claimed that a member of Qaedat al-Jihad was responsible for the 2008 Danish embassy bombing in Islamabad.[3]

References
  1. Soufan, Ali (2011). The Black Banners: The Inside Story of 9/11 and the War Against al-Qaeda. New York, NY: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. p. 280. ISBN 978-0393079425.
  2. Reuven Paz Qaedat Al-Jihad: New Name on the Road to Palestine PolicyWatch #623. 6 May 2002.
  3. 'Al-Qaeda' claims embassy blast Archived June 5, 2008, at the Wayback Machine Al Jazeera. 5 Jun 2008.
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