to most of all the terrorist groups in the world and is the most infamous group in the world today and that is the group called Al-Qaeda The word Al-Qaeda means “the base” in Muslim. As an international terrorist organization led by Osama bin Laden. The group seeks to rid Muslim countries of western influence and replace them with fundamentalist Islamic regimes. Al-Qaeda grew out of the of the ashes of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1988‚ after it helped expel the Soviet occupation. In 1990
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A suspected al Qaeda terrorist wanted in connection with the October 2000 bombing of the USS Cole blew himself up with a grenade late Wednesday as Yemeni security forces closed in on him in Yemen’s capital city‚ security sources said. Authorities had gone to a suspected al Qaeda hideout‚ a house in a poor section of Sana’a’s downtown‚ and a firefight ensued. The suspect jumped into a taxi‚ and as authorities tried to stop the vehicle‚ the man pulled out a grenade and was apparently trying to
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alarming for Pakistan and to further impose the affiliation‚ it has been reported that many TTP commanders including Hafiz Saeed Khan‚ Maulvi Abdul Qahar and Abdul Rahim Dost have formally joined ISIS under the leadership of al-Baghdadi‚ note that the TTP also has affiliates with Al-Qaeda. The growing influence of ISIS has also been seen in Pakistan with the distribution of their pamphlets in Peshawar appealing to gain support for their cause of establishing a caliphate. Furthermore‚ graffiti of ISIS has
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2 Moderately Unfamiliar Assumptions About Al-Qaeda Introduction to Homeland Security Research Paper August 17‚ 2013 Mr. William R Di Lorio 2 moderately unfamiliar assumptions about al-Qaeda Abstract From intellectuals to policy-makers alike. All of the extraordinary output on the subject of al-Qaeda‚ has recently led to a number of far-reaching theories about the group which remain startlingly unexplored. The two assumptions‚ this paper examines and reveals each one ’s foundational
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Al Qaeda 01‐16‐2014 Al Qaeda the global militant Islamist organization founded by Osama Bin Laden‚ has attacked civilian and military targets in various countries including the September 11 attack. Al Qaeda has two major strategic objectives which are to get control of a nation‐state and to get the control of weapons of mass destruction. Al Qaeda or Al Qaida is an Islamic jihadist organization which calls itself
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Against Terror The September 11 2001 (9/11)‚ terrorist attacks on the United States changed the perspective of the world towards terrorism especially the Al Qaeda. The world‚ in particular the major powers came to realize that the greatest threat they had in the 21st centaury was global terrorism and President Bush once said‚ “Al Qaeda is to terror what the Mafia is to crime” (George Bush‚ 2001‚p.2). Just few days after September 11 2001‚ President Bush delivered a speech in which he declared
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" September 11th was the worst terrorist attack ever on the United States. Therefore‚ our government officials responded in the only way that felt suitable‚ attacking terrorism. The group responsible for the events of 9/11 is called the Al Qaeda. Al Qaeda is one of the most well known terrorist groups in the world. Because of past issues with the Muslim community‚ the United States should have been prepared for a retaliation from them. This is a problem for us here in the United States because
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Al Qaeda is an international Sunni Islamic movement founded in 1988. Al Qaeda was formed during the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Financed by Bin Laden‚ they have camps based in Afghanistan and Sudan. Their objective is to end foreign influence in Muslim countries and to create a new Islamic caliphate (wikipedia). Initially‚ Al Qaeda targeted the governments of Saudi Arabia and Egypt. The United States became a
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of the hijacked planes. There were a total of 19 hijackers on September 11th. The leader of the hijackers was Mohammed Atta‚ a young Muslim man from Egypt. The commission concluded the terrorists were all linked to Osama Bin Laden‚ the leader of Al-Qaeda. Immediately after the terrorist attacks on 9/11‚ Bin Laden was placed on the FBI’s top ten most wanted list‚ for obvious reasons. Coalition forces stationed in Afghanistan have been on the heels of this man for more than six years now. Bin Laden
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several variations around the group’s ideology‚ strategies‚ techniques and linkages have brought challenges to the region. In North Africa Al-Qaida is operating in smaller groups‚ the linking of the two group’s poses a significant challenge in the area. This paper will discuss the ideology‚ strategies and methods links Boko Haram and their affiliation to Al-Qaeda. History and Background of Boko Haram Onuoha (2010) attributes the new space for Islamists extremism in Nigeria with the return of
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