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What was the source of al-Qaeda’s hostility toward the West?
Involvement in Middle Eastern affairs
Removal of al-Qaeda’s leader from power
Calling al-Qaeda a terrorist organization
Refusal to pressure the Soviets to leave Afghanistan
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Involvement in Middle Eastern affairs.
Al-Qaeda’s hostility grew from perceived Western (especially U.S.) intervention in Muslim lands — e.g., U.S. troop presence in Saudi Arabia after the Gulf War, support for Israel and local autocratic regimes, sanctions and military actions in Iraq — which bin Laden and his followers framed as aggression against Islam and Muslim sovereignty.
Al-Qaeda’s hostility grew from perceived Western (especially U.S.) intervention in Muslim lands — e.g., U.S. troop presence in Saudi Arabia after the Gulf War, support for Israel and local autocratic regimes, sanctions and military actions in Iraq — which bin Laden and his followers framed as aggression against Islam and Muslim sovereignty.
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