Hatred at Home: al-Qaida on Trial in the American Midwest

Author’s Note

xi Author’s Note The term “al-Qaida” (or “the base,” in Arabic) came into widespread use in 1998 after the group’s simultaneous attacks on the U.S. embassies in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. It is alternatively spelled as “al-Qaeda” or “al-Qaida”; the U.S. State Department ’s list of designated foreign terrorist operations transliterates it as “al-Qa’ida.” As a reporter for the Associated Press, I elected to side with the AP Stylebook and its recommendation of “al-Qaida.” Any exceptions involve usages in direct quotations from books or documents , such as court filings or government news releases. ...