Goals and Tactics Al-Qaeda has very specific anti-American goals. They want to drive Americans and American influence out of all muslin nations. They also aim to destroy Israel and overthrow pro-western dictatorships in countries around the Middle East. In order to achieve their goal‚ Al-Qaeda uses a number of different terror tactics including suicide bombing‚ car bombing‚ roadside bombing‚ hijacks‚ and paramilitary. They focus their attacks on civilian and military targets. They aim to cause
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Ibn-Musa al-Khwarizmi was born was born about 790 AD near Baghdad. and died about 850 AD. He was known as a mathematician and astronomer who was a faculty member at the "House of Wisdom" established in Baghdad by Al-Mamun the Seventh Khaliph of Abbasid Empire. As a scholar at the House of Wisdom‚ al-Khwarizmi‚ directed and engaged in intellectual interests ranging from algebra and geometry to astronomy and the translation of Greek scientific manuscripts . Introducing the Numeric Numbers: Al-Khwarizmi
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Al Capone ran many illegal businesses including bootlegging‚ gambling‚ prostitution‚ and murders. There were many gangs in the world of organized crime and Al Capone’s was at the top. Al Capone was the most infamous gangster in the 1920’s. Being a highly know and revered gangster was a big business. Money was made fast and very easily. Bootlegging alcohol was by far the most profitable in the 1920’s; this was because of the prohibition of alcohol. Gambling was another business that paid off;
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Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi Al-Razi was one of the greatest eastern scholars‚ he made a lot of contributions which have a great impact on eastern society and many sciences. He was born in Rayy‚ Iran in the year 865 AD (251 AH)‚ and died there in 925 AD. During his life Razi was physician‚ philosopher‚ and scholar who made fundamental and enduring contributions to the fields of medicine‚ alchemy‚ and philosophy‚ he wrote more than 184 books and articles in various fields of science‚
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The al-Qaeda of today is a vastly different entity from the al-Qaeda formed by Osama bin Laden towards the end of the Afghan war against the Soviets in 1988 (Alexander and Swetnam‚ 2001: 37). The evolution‚ or as Burton (2006) has termed it “devolution”‚ of al-Qaeda‚ is partially linked to its terrorist acts‚ and‚ in particular‚ the counter-terrorist measures employed by governments to deal with them. This is most evident in reference to the single most expensive‚ in terms of life lost and economical
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Another strategic mistake of Al Qaeda related to its expansionist vision because the attempts to spread ideology through violence turned out to create more enemies to the organization. In many instances‚ their strategies have just transformed neutral countries into opponents. Those strategies were grounded for many reasons. After attacking the United State the organizations continually expanded their theater of operation to gain a greater portion of the world and “assume that most people in the
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Critical Analysis #3: The Internet Should Have Killed Weird Al If you examine the pop charts from 30 years ago‚ it is hard to identify many artists who’ve managed to stay relevant into today’s generation. Weird Al‚ is one artist that has been active in the music industry since the mid 1970’s and has been able to keep up with the times way before the dawn of social media‚ online media‚ and vlogging. For his most recent album‚ Weird Al designed a creative advertising strategy for the digital age
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The Current State and Future of Al Qaeda United States President Barack Obama announced on May 1‚ 2011 that “Osama bin Laden‚ the mastermind of the most devastating attack on American soil in modern times and the most hunted man in the world‚ was killed in a firefight with the United States forces in Pakistan.” The death of Osama bin Laden is certainly a major blow to the Al Qaeda terrorist network causing many of its leaders to go underground. Yet‚ the threat of Al Qaeda still exists and many intelligence
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"An Inconvenient Truth" by Al Gore‚ is a documentary that tells us about Global Warming. As he tells us‚ Global Warming involves solar radiation‚ in the form of light waves‚ passing through the atmosphere. Most of this radiation is absorbed by the Earth and warms it. Then some of the energy is radiated back into space‚ by the Earth‚ in the form of infrared waves. However during this process‚ some of the outgoing infrared radiation is trapped by the Earth’s atmosphere and warms it; which in return
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Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan‚ (646 – 8 October 705) was the 5th Umayyad Caliph. He was born in Medina‚ Hejaz. `Abd al-Malik was a well-educated man and capable ruler‚ despite the many political problems that impeded his rule. 14th century Muslim historian Ibn Khaldun states: "`Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan is one of the greatest Arab and Muslim Caliphs. He followed in the footsteps of `Umar ibn al-Khattab‚ the Commander of the Believers‚ in regulating state affairs". Abd al-Malik
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