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The quote of mine are several of the explicitly stated goals of that terrorist group that were successfully carried out.

Where are these goals explicitly stated by al-Qaeda? Please provide sources.

For example:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_11_attacks#Motives

In November 2001, bin Laden defended the attacks as retaliatory strikes against American atrocities against Muslims across the world.

He also maintained that the attacks were not directed against women and children, asserting that the targets of the strikes were symbols of America's "economic and military power".

This is why the planes were sent to the Twin Towers (symbol of economic power) and the Pentagon (symbol of military power).

In bin Laden's November 2002 Letter to the American People, he identified al-Qaeda's motives for the attacks:

U.S. support of Israel[48][49] Bin Laden's strategy to support and globally expand the Second Intifada[50][51][52][53] Attacks against Muslims by U.S.-led coalition in Somalia U.S. support of the government of Philippines against Muslims in the Moro conflict U.S. support for the Israeli occupation of Southern Lebanon U.S. support of Russian atrocities against Muslims in Chechnya Pro-American governments in the Middle East (who "act as your agents") being against Muslim interests U.S. support of Indian oppression against Muslims in Kashmir The presence of U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia[54] The sanctions against Iraq[48] Environmental destruction[55][56][57]

Their goal was to combat US military intervention .They don't care about random US citizens being scared, that doesn't help them combat the US military, and they didn't want the US to be in their country so why would they want to be chased? It makes no sense for "terrifying the US population and forcing them to waste resources chasing an unseen enemy” to be the goals of al-Qaeda. They didn't want to waste resources, they wanted soldiers gone or killed.