Argumentative Essay On Al Qaeda

When one turns on the news, the last thing they hear is Al Qaeda. All you hear, in this day and age, is how strong ISIS and all the threats they are involved with. That, however, doesn’t mean Al Qaeda is non-existent. In other words, it’s been since September 11th 2001 since Al Qaeda has left it’s marks in America, but countries like Africa have felt the brunt of what the terrorist group has to offer. On Friday, November 20th 2015, Al Qaeda stormed into a hotel in Mali and killed 20 people, one of which was an American citizen (Jamieson, Simmons and Gubash, 2015). Despite the attacks against Mali, Al Qaeda is not as strong as they use to be when Bin Laden was alive. Since Bin Laden’s support is no longer there, the chances that the terrorist