We'll have to disagree. :-p
Al-Qaeda is a global militant Islamist organization founded by Osama bin Laden, Abdullah Azzam, and several others, at some point between August 1988 and late 1989, with origins traceable to the Arab volunteers who fought against the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in the 1980s.
Al-Qaeda's origins and links BBC News | 20 July, 2004
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/1670089.stm
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Oh and wait a sec...the mujahedin became the northern alliance....not Al qaeda....
nice try though.
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