Al-Qaeda

Al-Qaeda was a former terrorist group that plays a minor role in the events of the World Of Peace.

Background
Al-Qaeda was formed in the aftermath of the Soviet-Afghan war by Osama bin Laden and others with the ultimate goal of forming a universal caliphate across the globe. In the midst of the 1991 Uprisings in Iraq, much of their forces secretly seeped itself among the Iraqi and Saudi populace to become Al-Qaeda of Iraq, believing that the Ba'ath Party's time was nearing its end.

Iraqi Peace Operations
As a result of Saddam's iron-fisted will (and agreement with the CIA), Al-Qaeda was prominently targeted by Iraqi forces due to the perceived threat that they posed against the current government. With little support from the people, Osama planned to go ahead with his strategy to provoke America to gain the needed support for his cause. With the initial Embassy bombing and U.S.S. Cole attack failing to achieve the desired effect, a plan was eventually drawn out for an attack on the American population itself.

Failed attack on the United States
On the morning of September 11, 2001, 19 Al Qaeda-affiliated hijackers infilitrated U.S. airports on the west coast, but due to newfound, stricter policies placed by President Gore, the hijackers were identified and caught before they could board any planes. In spite of this failure, combined with the Saudi Arabian alliance with Iraq a month later, the group was forced to go into hiding to fight a drawn-out guerilla war with the army that now had passage into their area

U.S. Covert Operation and subsequent defeat in Iraq
After investigating the supposed hijackers and after much intelligence research, the United States ultimately decides to send a covert operation into Afghanistan to eliminate Al-Qaeda and prevent further attacks. It succeeds, and Osama is killed, while a great number of fighters fearing a U.S. occupation flee across to a similar organization in Iraq, where they would end up executed and tortured by the Iraqi army. With no significant gains in future operations, Al-Qaeda slowly diminished in size as more and more members either died or gave up on the cause. The organization would finally cease to exist some years later, and any members remaining in Afghanistan would find themselves joining the ranks of the 055 brigade.

Effect On Terrorism as a Whole
The failure of Al-Qaeda to cause any notable events or uprisings would come as a negative effect on morale of other similar pan-religious groups in the Middle East, and dissuaded new ones from forming with similar motives. Any comparable groups that still existed would follow the same fate, with the exception of the Taliban which was not effectively seen in nature as radical terrorists due to their already-existing prominence in Afghanistan.

Difference From Our World

 * The Al-Qaeda group in real life, known for perpetrating the tragic events of 9/11 (a "failed attack" in-universe ), still exists and continues to fight America and other countries in various parts of the world today.
 * The real-life Al Qaeda in Iraq did not take part in the 1991 Uprisings; It formally came to be in 1999 and retaliated against America during the 2003 invasion of Iraq (which does not occur in-universe), and only then did they pledge allegiance to the main group in 2004
 * With the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan (which also does not occur in-universe), Osama Bin Laden and other members fled to Pakistan for refuge. Bin Laden himself would eventually be killed in 2011 by a SEAL team operation in the area