attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon caught the United States largely by surprise. Once the dust had settled‚ and the shock and horror of such an unprecedented event had waned‚ the American public began to ask questions. Names such as Osama bin Laden‚ countries such as Afghanistan‚ and organizations such as Al-Qaeda were brought into the public’s consciousness for the first time. Through newspapers‚ talkback radio and television programs the nation asked why do they hate us so much?’ Others
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planet. The route of this ideology can be traced back to one man‚ Osama bin Laden. Osama bin Laden‚ with the help of the United States‚ forced an invading Soviet Russia out of the country of Afghanistan in the 1980’s. Then‚ with the support of a radical Islamic state‚ and the formation of a radical group calling themself al-Qaeda‚ he declared war on the United States in 1996 (Lansford‚ Watson & Covarrubias‚ 2009). Bin Laden was quoted saying‚ “If the instigation for jihad against the Jews
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Personal experience with ISIS and its predecessors I deployed to Iraq as an infantry soldier on July 4‚ 2010. On May 2‚ 2011‚ at Forward Operating Base (FOB) McHenry‚ near Hawijah‚ Iraq‚ we watched President Obama announce on television‚ that Osama Bin Laden was dead. The September 11th attacks were finally avenged. Soon we handed over the base to the Iraqi Army as we made our way back home. Needless to say many of us were dismayed when we later read the news that ISIS had taken over the entire Hawijah
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that happened in U.S history. An Islamic terrorist organization‚ Al Qaeda‚ headed by a expelled Saudi nationalist Osama bin Laden‚ directed four airplanes to deliberately crash into New York City’s World Trade Center ‚the Pentagon outside Washington‚ DC ‚ and in rural Pennsylvania causing the death of over three thousand innocent civilians and injuring over six thousand. Osama Bin Laden stated that the attack was in response to America’s support of Israel and the U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia. 9/11
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Beginning in 2001 after 9-11‚ America has been in a war on terrorism. Originally‚ we were fighting a terrorist group called Al Qaeda. That war pretty much ended after we killed their leader Osama Bin Laden. Unfortunately‚ The war on terrorism did not end there. After Al Qaeda was defeated another terrorist organization named ISIS was born. ISIS’s leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was believed to have been killed a long time ago. Now government officials believe that he is still very much alive and faked
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President Barrack Obama stated in The New Yorker that “If a jayvee team puts on Lakers uniforms that doesn’t make them Kobe Bryant.” (Wood‚ page 89) President Obama was referring to the relationship between al-Qaeda‚ a well-established terrorist group‚ and ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Al-Shaam)‚ a terrorist group that has recently grown within the last couple of years. This statement suggests that ISIS and al-Qaeda are working together and has led to much confusion on the relationship between
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Carnival."The Political Carnival. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. "President Barack Obama."The White House. The White House‚ n.d. Web. Jackson‚ David. "Obama ’s Memorable Year: The Good‚ the Bad‚ the Ugly."USA Today. Gannett‚ 01 Jan. 2014. Web. "Death of Osama Bin Laden Fast Facts."CNN. Cable News Network‚ 01 Jan. 1970. Web. Apr. 2014. "About Barack Obama."Organizing for Action. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. "252 Examples of Obama ’s Lies‚ Lawbreaking & Corruption."Front Page Magazine. N.p.‚ n.d. Web.
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the US was not willing to cooperate‚ Gorbachev allowed his military commanders to stage an attack on Islamic fighters in the mountainous region of Jaji near the Pakistan border. The Islamic fighters in Jaji were being trained by none other than Osama Bin
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building. The plane that was intended to crash there ended up crashing in a field. The attacks were said to be put together by 19 Al-qaeda‚ which was an islamic organization that Osama bin Laden ran. This is an organization that has been involved in several attacks in the many different countries around the world. Osama mentioned that the U.S. can avoid another attack like the 9/11 one‚ if the U.S. stops threatening the protection of their kind. The government think that for the 9/11
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law for a greater good. In contemporary U.S. history‚ President Barack Obama‚ the head of one of the most powerful countries in the world‚ decided to introduce a select team of individuals into Pakistan‚ in an illegal manner‚ in order to kill Osama bin Laden‚ the head of an international Islamic terrorist group known as al-Qaeda. In the movie these two sides of justice are represented by two “knights.” On one side‚ Batman‚ who is constantly referred to as the dark knight and on the other Harvey Dent
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