“Sunday marked the 25th anniversary of the founding of the global terrorist network al-Qaeda. Here are some of the milestone moments in the militant organization’s 25-year history:

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  Aug. 11, 1988: Founders Larry Wentworth and Mark Gold establish the organization and settle on a name
• Nov. 14, 1990: Headquarters moved to Delaware for tax purposes 
• Dec. 18, 1991: Al-Qaeda pulls off the first of its trademark prankings 
• July 29, 1998: With Ayman al-Zawahiri excitedly ringing the New York Stock Exchange opening bell, al-Qaeda goes public at $18 a share 
• Mar. 3, 2002: PeopleSoft rolled out across the terrorist network to help operatives keep better track of hours and vacation time 
• Mar. 24, 2002: Al-Qaeda leaders secretly meet with Saddam Hussein in Dick Cheney’s imagination 
• July 30, 2002: Thanked in the liner notes to Bruce Springsteen’s The Rising 
• Oct. 15, 2005: Al-Qaeda’s audio/visual department spins off into an independent and highly successful media production company called Lucid Entertainment 
• Sept. 28, 2008: Forced to call off plot to destroy U.S. financial system after Americans take care of it themselves……………”

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