Talk:Afghan training camp

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[edit] change name?

There are now various reasons to believe the accounts of the various Guantanamo captives that the Khalden training camp was not an al Qaeda camp. So, I think that "al Qaeda training camp" should redirect to "Afghan training camp", not vice versa. If no one objects I am going to request a move.

Cheers! — Geo Swan 03:37, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

• Makes sense to me. There's been no opposition so I went ahead and did the move. I also think that the majority of the camps in the template are little more than "minor" camps and do not need their own articles - most of them have little, if any, information beyond "It is/was a training camp in Afghanistan". Unless there is some objection I will merge the minor camp articles into a list on this article. Arkyan • ^(talk) 16:18, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Origins

'Al Qaeda' (literally 'The Base') wasn't the name of an organisation at all. Al Qaeda actually referred to any number of safe havens in Afghanistan where prospective fighters would receive basic training. To quote Osama bin Laden directly: "The name 'al-Qaeda' was established a long time ago by mere chance. The late Abu Ebeida El-Banashiri established the training camps for our mujahedeen against Russia's terrorism. We used to call the training camp al-Qaeda. The name stayed." [1] Shouldn't the page reflect this ? smb 20:10, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] revert -- see talk

I am reverting the wikilink in the middle of the article title.

The convention is that the first sentence of an article is supposed to contain the article's title. It is supposed to be in bold, and without wikilinks.

If someone wants to wikilink training camp in this article they should do so elsewhere.

Cheers! Geo Swan (talk) 02:21, 27 November 2007 (UTC)