Thesis Statement and Introduction As the leader of al Qaeda‚ Osama bin Laden had several audiences and his ability to communicate effectively with each of them changed dramatically over time. First‚ his ability to communicate with his own organization diminished over time. Before the attacks on September 11‚ 2001 they communicated relatively freely. However‚ after the attacks his ability to direct his own organization was radically reduced as he became socially isolated for the sake of physical security
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barbarians‚ and beasts to name a few of the many names used to describe Mongolians during this time. This reputation most often was derived by those who had been conquered by the nomadic group and more particularly in the eyes of Ibn al-Athir a Muslim historian. In Ibn al-Athir’s On the Tatars‚ 120-1221 CE he writes of what he claims to be‚ “...the greatest catastrophe and the most dire calamity which befell all men generally‚ and the Muslims in particular.”(45)
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The Christians of Al-Andalus were far behind their Muslim rulers in terms of education and high culture‚ so they subsequently became attracted to Islamic intellectualism and language‚ and their integration into Andalusian culture caused them to have profound influence on all its inhabitants. The Christians in Al-Andalus consisted mainly of the Visigoths‚ Hispano-Romans and the native tribes of the Iberian Peninsula. The Christian population was pre-dominantly catholic‚ and under the Visigoth rule
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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
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ideology which dominates all aspects of the believer’s lives; a form of Islam dedicated to the conquest of the world by any means possible (the clarion project). I have chosen to examine this subculture because it relates to modern issues such as the Al-Qaeda terror group which was responsible for the notorious 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center in New York City. Another reason why I chose this subculture is because it fascinates me how strongly people can believe in their religion to commit such
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progress of the al Qaeda plot. Across the government‚ there were failures of imagination‚ policy‚ capabilities‚ and management” (“The 9/11 Commission Report Executive Review” 14). In understanding this quote we have to take what they said about the three failures into dept‚ looking first at the failure of imagination‚ which the book calls the most important failure of the United States government. This failure being defined by how the leaders did not understand the magnitude of threat al Qaeda and Bin
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cultural exchange and diplomatic efforts (Ferguson 17-18). This attack took a lot of thinking and planning from multiple terrorists who were willing to give up their own life for killing many others‚ Many of these terrorists were linked back to the group Al Qaeda which translates to “the base.” All of these terrorists however remained under the power of their leader Osama Bin Laden. The first of the two attacks on the U.S Embassies was referred to as the Nairobi Attack. Nairobi is the capital of Kenya
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counterterrorism’s best interest. Firstly‚ Audrey discuss the strategic defeat of al Qaeda‚ where she mentions the fact that drone strikes might not be the most efficient way to defeat the 25-year old organization. For instance‚ she explains how they’ve only succeeded killing about 50-100 al Qaeda members with 350 drone strikes. She also mentions that in previous similar cases the most effective way of intruding a terrorist group‚ such as al Qaeda‚ has been to capture their leader and in that way finding out their
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place on the eleventh of September 2001 when terrorists under the Al Qaeda terrorist group led by Osama Bin Laden hijacked and flew four planes into the world trade centre. The destruction of this symbol of democracy and freedom shook the entire world and put the problem of terrorism into the spotlight. Within less than a month‚ a US led coalition invaded Afghanistan in an attempt to weed out and eradicate the terrorist threat of Al Qaeda and send a message to other terrorist groups worldwide. Security
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Southeast Asia has been a base for terrorist operations. Al Qaeda penetrated the region by establishing local cells‚ training Southeast Asians in its camps in Afghanistan‚ and by financing and cooperating with indigenous radical Islamist groups. Indonesia and the southern Philippines have been particularly vulnerable to penetration by Islamic terrorist groups. Members of one indigenous network‚ Jemaah Islamiyah (JI)‚ which has had extensive ties to Al Qaeda‚ helped two of the September 11‚ 2001 hijackers
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