CDI Terrorism Project

There are at least 56 known terrorist organizations today. All of these groups are considered to be still active during the past five years. One of these 56 groups that is well known to the U.S. is Al Qaeda. The organization was establish by Osama bin Laden in the late 1980's. Their main mission and goal is to establish a pan-Islamic Caliphate throughout the world by working with allied Islamic extremist groups to overthrow regimes it deems "non-Islamic," and expelling Westerners and non-Muslims from Muslim countries. They are known to have several hundred to several thousand members. They are responsible for many bombings and shooting down U.S. military crafts and killing of men in service. I believe trying to basically take over the world is ridiculous, there's no good explanation to persuade people to join you to take lives and harm people that don't side with you to get what you want to favor yourself.