Al Qaeda's Business Analysis

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The thought of terrorism as a business has been running in my thoughts since the first week of this course when we tried to define terrorism. After reviewing Ms. Leah Farrall’s article, How al Qaeda Works: What the Organization’s Subsidiaries Say about Its Strength, help support my definition to an extent. It was fascinating to learn the structure of al Qaeda, because it is similar to a corporate structure. You have our local franchises, regional bodies, and international branches of the organization. Some could consider the following was their business mission statement: “Al Qaeda’s focus was on integration, unity, growth, and gaining strategic leadership in the militant milieu,” (Farrall, 2011) It was truly interesting to learn