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Tuesday, August 27, 2002
 
Etymology of Al Qaeda

Via Instapundit, here is an interesting discussion on the roots of Al Qaeda as the name for the terrorist organization. Did it come from Isaac Asimov's Foundation? Is there a political conotation? Does it refer to Bin Laden's construction company? Is it a computer reference? Does it really refer to a defunct Bin Laden group? Actually, the computer database reference sounds most plausible to me.