This paper utilizes Osama ((Usama)) Bin Laden (UBL) to explain the effectiveness of “psychology of defeat” and how it was implemented by terrorist organizations such as Al Qaeda. At 13 years old UBL’s father, a Yemen billionaire, died leaving him an $80 million dollar trust fund. Throughout UBL’s early life he felt ostracized by his family enhancing his frustration of his lack of social status. Being overshadowed by his brother’s, especially elder half-brother Salim, Osama eagerly looked for a purpose in life. Circa 1973 UBL lived a much westernized lifestyle in Beirut going to night clubs, drinking and often embroiled in shouting matches resulting in the occasional fist fight. At 24 years old UBL graduated from King Abdul-Aziz University,…
Osama Bin Laden was held accountable for a lot of deadly acts of terrorism. Also, terrorism is illegal in any country. Bin was apart terrorist group called “Al – Qaida “. In 1988 Bin Laden created a new group called “Al – Qaida“ (“the base “) that would focus on symbolic acts of terrorism instead of military campaigns. They first time “Al – Qaida “attacked was on a Hotel in Aden, Yemen. That hotel held American troops. These American troops were innocent; this shows Osama’s hate for Americans.…
Osama Bin Laden’s life started on March 10, 1957, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Osama’s life started out great. He was very wealthy and privileged growing up. He was also a demure boy while he was young. Bin Laden was tall for his age and had an athletic physique. Osama befriended Abdul Aziz, a lifelong friend, on a trip into the desert. He also was befriended and influenced by Abdullah Azzam, who influenced his beliefs later in life, when he was in school. While he was young, Bin Laden spent as much time as he could with his father. Although he was close with his father, Osama was sent to live with his mother in Tabuk. Osama wasn’t happy in Tabuk, so he asked to move back to Jidda. Even though his request was granted, Osama still wasn’t happy in…
“I have already said that I am not involved in the 11 September attacks in the United States...Islam strictly forbids causing harm to innocent women, children and other people,” (“Hard Facts Hard Truth -Bin Laden ‘Confession Tapes”). This quote is spoken by Osama Bin Laden himself the day after the September 11, 2001 attacks on both Twin Towers, the Pentagon, and attempt to reach the White House although failed and crashed in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Osama Bin Laden then was denying all accusations of him outlining the attacks on September 11, 2001. The morning of September 11, 2001 was not just any traditional day. Americans were full terror, grief, dismal, and awe as nineteen total hijackers on American Airlines…
Canister Laden was destined to the group of extremely rich people Mohammed container Awad bin Laden in Saudi Arabia. He learned at college in the nation until 1979, when he joined mujahedeen powers in Pakistan battling against the Soviet Union in Afghanistan. He financed the mujahedeen by handling arms, cash and contenders from the Arab world into Afghanistan, and picked up prominence among numerous Arabs In 1988, he framed al-Qaeda He was exiled from Saudi Arabia in 1992, and moved his base to Sudan, until U.S. weight constrained him to leave Sudan in 1996. Subsequent to setting up another base in Afghanistan, he proclaimed a war against the United States, starting a producing bombings and related attacks Bin Laden was on the American Federal…
President George W. Bush's 9/11 address to America and the rest of the world is one of the most thought provoking and important speeches in history. On September 11, 2001, America was attacked by the Al-Qaeda which is a terrorist group in the middle east. They hijacked our planes and crashed two of them into the World Trade Center towers. Another crashed into the Pentagon and the fourth plane was headed to Washington, D.C., but crashed into a field in Pennsylvania after passengers tried to overtake the hijackers. This attack killed thousands of our U.S citizens and left fear in millions of people's hearts. Yet, President Bush’s purpose of the speech is to bring unity, a sense of peace, and at the same time a stern warning to the attackers of our great land.…
When the the Persian Gulf War was going on it was obvious that Bin Laden hated americans. In this interview he said “Every Muslim the minute he can start differentiating, carries hate towards Americans, Jews and Christians, this is part of our ideology. Ever since I can recall, I felt at war with the Americans and had feelings of animosity and hate towards them,”and he also said “The ruling to kill the Americans and their allies — civilians and military — is an individual duty for every Muslim who can do it in any country in which it is possible to do it”.…
‘‘Osama, barely came to know his father before his parents divorced. After his family split, Osama's mother took him to live with her new husband, Muhammad al-Attas. The couple had four children together, and Osama spent most of his childhood living with his step-siblings, and was attending school at Al Thagher Model a school that at the time that was the most prestigious high school in Jeddah. His biological father had went on to marry two more times, that was until his death in a charter plane crash in September 1967.’’ At the age of 14 many believed that osama bin laden was seen as an outstanding, smart, and very shy little boy at Al Thagher a school really smart and intelligent kids like osama bin laden. And what made this true or what gives that statement about him being smart and intelligent was that osama bin laden had received a personal…
Osama Bin Laden is considered to be the most wanted face of terrorism; the main face of the Al Qaeda group and worst terrorist in American history. After his worst event he put together: 9/11, Bin Laden went into hiding for 10 years: 2001-2011. On May 2, 2011 Bin Laden was found and killed by the US Government. From being a sweet boy to a killer, Bin Laden’s views on muslim beliefs became more dangerous than it should’ve been. Being an apprentice to a man, Abdullah Azzam, Bin Laden learned the key essentials to being a member of a muslim brotherhood, helping be the creator of Al Qaeda, and becoming the face of terrorism through the entire world.…
On September 11 of 2001 19 militants associated with the Islamic extremist group al-Qaeda hijacked four planes and committed suicide attacks against targets in the U.S. Two of the four planes were flown into the twin towers in…
On 9/11 many things changed, and our society was the main thing. Many of our everyday lives were changed because of one event that affected millions. Osama bin Laden did not just change the US with new types of security, he unified our country and made us realize how important staying together as a country was. His objective was to destroy the United States spiritually, physically and economically , but it had the opposite effect in some of those categories. He definitely underestimated the American spirit. Economically, we still haven’t recovered completely, no one has, but physically and spiritually we, as a country, came back stronger than ever, with renewed patriotism. One bad effect from the 9/11 attacks were stereotyping. Many people have stereotyped all muslims as terrorist and this is one of the most long lasting effects. Many muslims have to go through everyday life with being called cruel names like terrorist, when they have nothing to with the attacks on September 11th. The real people to blame are the ones involved with Al-Qaida and their leader, Osama bin Laden. Not only was there a bad effect on the US, but he presented his own religion to uneducated people, as religion filled with hate, when this is not the case. In conclusion, Osama bin Laden, in the end, didn’t only contribute something bad to our society, but he contributed something bad to his own society…
Reading the book 102 Minutes, we see the perspective of the people who were trapped in the towers, but it also gives us the information about the 1993 bombing. This book states, “The 1993 bombing marked it as an icon and target.” ( Dwyer and Flynn 21). Reading this we can see that the September 11 attack on the Twin Towers was not the first attempt ever made. In my opinion the bombing of 1993 was a warning to the United States saying, “Look what we are capable of doing to your country.” Their plan was to kill around two hundred fifty-thousand people with one bomb. Unfortunately the bomb killed six people but injuring thousands. This mishap did not stop terrorism against America; one the other hand it was opening a door for them. “ From most perspectives, the 1993 bombing of the trade center, killing six people, had been a bleak moment, marking the arrival of terrorism to America” (Dwyer and Flynn 133). The history of terrorism has been nothing but hard work. It was like they never gave till they were happy with their actions. The question is are they ever happy with their actions, or do they want more destruction? To my understanding Bin Laden says that it is more important for Muslims to kill American people than any other activity. Another event in the history of terrorism attacks was the USS Cole Attack in 2000. It is to be known that this event was also under the control of Usama Bin Laden’s Al Qaeda networking; killing several Americans and injuring many. Seeing and knowing about the previous attacks Usama Bin Laden has been putting into action we can see that the Twin Tower collapse was not the moment that terrorism came to America. The Twin Tower attack was more of a statement saying, “Since you have not taken the 1993 bombing and USS Cole Attack…
Osama bin Laden’s early education was received while attending Al Thagher Model School, at the time it was the most prestigious school in Jedda. At the age of 14, Osama was recognized as an…
George W. Bush decided to find the people responsible for the attacks, but in the process, he not only sent troops to Afghanistan to look for the leader of Al-Qaeda, Osama bin Laden, but he also sent troops to Iraq to finish what Bush’s father never finished back in the Gulf War which was to catch Saddam Hussein. Bush achieved that but there were still American troops there even after the capture of Hussein. When Obama was elected president, one of his goals was to remove troops out Iraq and to also end the war on terror. The first troops to withdraw were the ones in Iraq, when he was was first elected in 2009, he wanted 30,000 to 50,000 troops withdrawn from Iraq by 2010 (“Withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq”). By 2011 though, all troops were withdrawn from a war that was extremely unpopular. The war on terror was still a factor that concerned American citizens, as a result when Obama became president, he sent 30,000 troops to fight in the war in Afghanistan. In May of 2011, Osama bin Laden was killed in his compound in Pakistan. After the killing, bin Laden was thrown into the Arabian Sea within 24 hours (“Death of Osama bin Laden Fast Facts”). President Obama called it “the most significant achievement to date in our nation’s effort to defeat al Qaeda. Of course after the murder of bin Laden, he withdrew troops from Afghanistan. It did of course make that group significantly weaker, but three years later, a new group started to rise, ISIS. Late in Obama’s presidency, ISIS became a powerful extremist group in the Middle East through videotaped executions and even Terrorist Attacks like the Paris, Nice, and Brussels Attacks. The United States and other countries have targeted ISIS with 8,216 airstrikes since November 16, 2015 according to the Pentagon (Fantz). The responsibility of what to do with ISIS should be up to the next president’s job due to the fact that Obama’s…
Born in 1957, into a wealthy family, at school and university he joined the Muslim Brotherhood. When the Soviets invaded Afghanistan in 1979, he collected money and supplies for the Afghan resistance, the mujahideen. He made further trips, and joined the fighting. As a wealthy Saudi, he stood out and acquired a following, and other Arabs joined the Afghan Muslims. He organised a guesthouse and camps, naming them al-Qaeda. The Afghan jihad against the Soviet army was backed with American dollars, and supported by the governments of Saudi Arabia and Pakistan. But after the Soviet withdrawal, bin Laden became disillusioned by the lack of recognition for his achievements. Half a million US soldiers were invited onto Saudi soil, a historic betrayal in bin Laden's eyes. Bin Laden began to direct his efforts against the US and its allies in the Middle East. In 1991 he was expelled because of his anti-government activities. His bank accounts were frozen and his movements limited. As he felt himself under increasing pressure bin Laden became more radical. By the mid-1990s, he was calling for a global war against all Americans and Jews and, in 1998, he issued his famous fatwa (religious ruling), amounting to a declaration of war against the US. Experts say bin Laden is part of an international Islamic front, bringing together Saudi, Egyptian and other groups. He has been accused of masterminding the bombing of US embassies, the World Trade Centre destruction, and other attacks.…