9/11 was not just terrible for the people involved and their families‚ but for everyone in the United States. 9/11 was the day when a group called al-Qaeda made a plan to bomb multiple buildings in the New York area because they felt that the Christian-Jewish alliance was trying to destroy Islam. The group said they were motivated by religious
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Osama Bin Laden Osama bin Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden lived from 1957 until his death in 2011. He was the founder of Al Qaeda‚ the jihadist organization responsible for the attacks on the United States and numerous other mass casualty attacks against civilian and military targets. For many years he was public enemy number one‚ and the most wanted man in the world. He was a member of the wealthy Saudi bin Laden family‚ and an ethnic Yemeni Kindite. He was a very tall man who stood about 6’ 6”
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Bergen’s Holy War‚ Inc‚ the reader is ushered through a head-spinning trip around the globe that serves to highlight the far-reaching effects of Al Qaeda‚ a terrorist organization that Bergen likens to a Multi-national holding company. While Bergen makes reference to similarities between the management of a Multi-national Corporation and that of al-Qaeda‚ it is seemingly not the primary focus of the book nor does it serve as a particularly suitable metaphor‚ especially in light of the events that
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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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References: al-Qaeda. (2013). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved from http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/734613/al-Qaeda Garcia‚ M. (2011). Secular and religious terrorism. (Master ’s thesis‚ Kaplan University)Retrieved from http://www.termpaperwarehouse.com/essay-on/Secular-And-Religious-Terrorism/53060 Goals
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Hamid Mohammed Ibn Mohammed Al-Ghazali‚ also known as Al-Ghazali‚ was one of the most influential Sunni and Sufi philosophers of the 11th and 12th century. He was born on 1058 AD in Tus‚ Persia and had a large impact leading Islam‚ specifically to the Sunni and Sufi Muslims. He was known as “the proof of Islam” to this group of Muslims. Al-Ghazali presented a constructive impact on Islam and still continues to do so today through his inspirational works. The life of Al-Ghazali can be divided into
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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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(Al Capone”s LIfe )Al Capone was born in Brooklyn‚NY in 1899.His parents were Poor immigrants(Gabriela and Tressa Capone).He was among eight children of the parents.His childhood was typical for an italian immigrants.His father was a barber and mother a seamstress nothing could have predicted his rise to the most notorious gangster.Capone was a good student in grade school but started to fall behind and had to repeat the sixth grade.Around that time had begun to hang around the docks
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Insurgent attacks in Pakistan (since 2001) The Saudi born Zayn al-Abidn Muhammed Hasayn Abu Zubaydah was arrested by Pakistani officials during a series of joint U.S. and Pakistan raids during the week of March 23‚ 2002. During the raid the suspect was shot three times while trying to escape capture by military personnel. Zubaydah is said to be a high-ranking al-Qaeda official with the title of operations chief and in charge of running al-Qaeda training camps.[1] Later that year on September 11‚ 2002
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decisions shortly after the event later criticized him for his insignificant misjudgments in dealing with the war on terrorism. When Bush made a movement for retaliation against Osama Bin Laden and Al Qaeda‚ US citizens united with a fierce sense of nationalism and a thirst for vengeance. Osama Bin Laden and Al Qaeda were pegged as enemies to the United States. Bush didn’t need any proof that they were responsible for 9/11 and he didn’t give it to the Taliban when they demanded it. (Phillips) Doing such
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