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Time to chime in.
I believe that above all, what Al Qaeda wants is for any and all vestiges of the western world to be removed from the Arab world. They feel that their political leaders are too corrupt and too misguided to make any demands in this manner, and so are attempting their own sort of revolution. I think that all acts of terrorism are their means of trying to scare us away. They hate the Christians and the hate the Jews, and a perfect world for them is a pure Arab nation with zero outside influence.
So no, killing Americans is not their sole goal. But it's a means towards an end. Targeting our commerce, military and civilians is their way of getting us out of their lives. With no political leverage to achieve these goals, they have to be devious.
Don't take my views as any sort of sympathy for terrorists. I just don't think people here understand the goal.
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