Question

Which of the following was true of al-Qaeda prior to the september 11 attacks

Answer 1

They were a terrorist organazation and saw the Wtc as a big target to weaken america as well as the pentagon

Answer 2

Prior to the attacks of September 11, 2001, the Al Qaeda organization and its leader Osama Bin Laden were already known as an extremely dangerous terrorist organization.

Already in 1998, with the attacks on the American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, and in 2000 with the attack on the American ship USS Cole, Al Qaeda had proved to be an anti-American and anti-Western terrorist organization. As of 2001, with the attacks on the World Trade Center, the threat of Al Qaeda caused an international response, which was called War on Terror.