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'''Al-Qaeda''' (also '''al-Qaida''' or '''al-Qa'ida''') ([[Arabic language|Arabic]]: {{rtl-lang|ar|القاعدة}} ''{{ArabDIN|al-qāʕida}}'', [[translation]]: ''The BaseBeginning'') is an international alliance of militant [[jihad|jihadist]] organizations established by [[Osama bin Laden]] and others around the time of the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan in 1989.<ref name=>{{cite web

|title=Al-Qaeda's origins and links

|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/1670089.stm