Tanesha O’Neal
POL 201
Instructor Binder
June 23, 2013
We have heard in high school and news about Habeas Corpus and War on Terror, but what does those terms really mean? Habeas Corpus is an act that was established in 1679 by England’s Parliament to give prisoners a fair trial. The War on Terror was established on 9/2011 to bring war against Afghanistan for terrorizing the U.S. In this paper, I will further discuss Habeas Corpus and War on Terror and how the two came into terms with each other within the United States.
The word “Habeas Corpus” is a Latin word that means “you have the body”, also known as the “Great Writ” and was established by English’s Parliament in 1679 when King Charles II deputies …show more content…
changed as a whole and was attacked by terrorist lead by Al-Qaeda. Al-Qaeda is a global militant Islamist organization formed by Osama bin Laden. Al-Qaeda is a very dangerous group who carried out several attacks on Non-Muslims and other targets it considers Kafir. Al-Qaeda had training camp sites in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, and Sudan with Osama bin Laden being the notable commander or Senior Operations Chief of Al-Qaeda. Al-Qaeda carried out six major terrorist attacks, four of them in its jihad against America. Leaders of these attacks normally planned these attacks years in advance. They arranged the shipment of weapons, explosives, and using its privatized business to provide operatives with safe houses and false identities. Members of Al Queada high jacked four air planes plotting to kill many Americans. One of the planes that were high jacked was crashed into the World Trade Center Tower one, while the other plane crashed into the second twin tower, located in New York City. The third plane crashed into the Pentagon, and the fourth plane was headed to Washington D.C., but crashed in Pennsylvania after the passengers tried to take over the plane. Over 3,000 people were killed, including 19 members of Al Queada. The leader of Al Queda, Osama Bin Laden is to this day believed to be the master mind behind not only this attack, but many other attacks that happened through the