The Origin of the Al-Qaeda

I never knew the origin of the Al-Qaeda, but the organization has an interesting history. The organization started in a defense of Afghanistan against the Soviet Union. Muslims from Afghanistan came together to protect their country and at first took on the name of mujahideen. By 1980, Osama Bin Laden became the primary benefactor and an influential leader for the organization.
After the Soviet Union left Afghanistan, Osama Bin Laden returned to Saudi Arabia and continued the Al-Qaeda as a service to help veterans from the Afghanistan wars. As the Iraq and Kuwait wars began in 1990, Bin Laden may have began organizing the mujahideen into the Al-Qaeda. He became very angry with the United States because they posted soldiers in Saudi Arabia. Due to this fact, Bin Laden began working against America. He established the Al-Qaeda away from Saudi Arabia as he was expelled for acting against the Saudi government. Bin Laden's headquarters were set up in Khartom, Sudan. Bin Laden began working against America by terrorizing U.S. troops in Somalia and many more terrorists acts followed that were suspected to be from the Al-Qaeda. As we now know, this was only the beginning of the terrorists attacks against America from the Al-Qaeda.