On September 11‚ 19 people from from the Islamic extremist group‚ Al-Qaeda‚ hijacked four planes and did the unthinkable. They flew two planes‚ one for each tower‚ into each World Trade Center. These attacks caused a lot of death and destruction. On a beautiful Tuesday morning‚ the city of New York was woken up by one plane striking the north tower of the World Trade Center‚ near the 80th floor trapping hundreds of people on the above floors. It left a gaping hole in the side instantly killing
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Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan By Seth G. Jones RAND Corporation‚ 2008‚ 144 pages Reviewed by: Mariely Norris‚ Student Overview Taking a look at this monograph we can find a close examination of the counterinsurgency operations in Afghanistan followed by the appearance of the Taliban regime in 2001. It is based on repeated trips to Afghanistan‚ Pakistan‚ and India from (2004-2008). The author focused on the early stages of the insurgency (2002-2008) and examines how and why it began. The
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“before its ouster by U.S.-led forces in 2001‚ the Taliban controlled some 90 percent of Afghanistan’s territory (Kaplan).” With the U.S. support‚ Taliban almost controlled the entire territory in Afghanistan. According to cfr.org‚ “Mullah Omar granted al-Qaeda sanctuary on the condition that it not antagonize the United States‚ but bin Laden reneged on their agreement in 1998 when he orchestrated bombings of U.S. embassies in East Africa (Laub).” Even though U.S. was the largest support of Afghanistan
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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‚" said bin Laden in an interview with al-Jazeera Arab television in 1998 (Garrison). Osama used truck bombs to destroy the U.S. Embassies in Nairobi‚ Dar es Salaam‚ and
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The Pentagon’s definition of strategic intelligence: Intelligence that is required for the formulation of strategy‚ policy‚ and military plans and operations at national and theater levels. From World War II until the end of the Vietnam War‚ the CIA and NSA were meeting their missions of providing strategic intelligence. The U2 program was the most famous project that both agencies used to great effect. The program showed the true state of Russia’s Air Force and provided strategic intelligence
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McChrystal‚ Commander‚ International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan and his advocacy for Counter Insurgency (COIN). He led the concerted effort of the Allied Forces on the war on terrorism with Afghanistan as the theatre of war and known as Al Qaeda territory. However‚ this war for all indications is a losing war if the withdrawal of troops from the allied forces such as Denmark‚ Germany‚ Netherlands and Canada will be used as a gauge. Yet‚ it is inevitable since the United States is at the
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The attackers were Islamic terrorists from Saudi Arabia and several other Arab nations. Reportedly financed by Saudi fugitive Osama bin Laden’s al-Qaeda terrorist organization‚ they were allegedly acting in retaliation for America’s support of Israel‚ its involvement in the Persian Gulf War and its continued military presence in the Middle East. Some of the terrorists had lived in the United States for more than a year and had taken flying lessons at American commercial flight schools. Others had
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Love and compassion are central themes to most of the world ’s religions. While subscribing to this philosophy‚ they also share another more sinister philosophy - that of extremism. We would like to look into the three major religions of Islam‚ Judaism and Christianity (including cults) and how that they all have a history of extremism and also extremist activity today. We would like to study why extremists believe what they do so we can better prepare for them. Islam Extremism Islamic history
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material for dirty bombs‚ or supply technical knowledge to its Shi’a allies in Hezbollah. It was recently reported by CNN news center that a terrorist attack in Canada had been stopped and the cell came from Iran who was secretly harboring members of Al Qaida. I do not believe these types of countries should have nuclear capabilities. Another concern is the possibilities of nuclear materials being stolen and not being able to track them down. Under the freedom of information act there have been over
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National Security It has come to my attention that the current state of our nation is one of peril and doubt. Due to the recent attacks brought upon our nation’s soil by terrorists and "evil doers‚" it is understandable that the current degree of national security must be heightened. Our country can no longer be one of completely freewill with utter disregard to those outside of our borders‚ but must now come to suspect all inhabitants alien to our land as potential threats to our sovereign
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