This paper utilizes Osama ((Usama)) Bin Laden (UBL) to explain the effectiveness of “psychology of defeat” and how it was implemented by terrorist organizations such as Al Qaeda. At 13 years old UBL’s father‚ a Yemen billionaire‚ died leaving him an $80 million dollar trust fund. Throughout UBL’s early life he felt ostracized by his family enhancing his frustration of his lack of social status. Being overshadowed by his brother’s‚ especially elder half-brother Salim‚ Osama eagerly looked for a
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The 2010s had plans to revive America by fixing the economy and making it a safer place to live. On May 2nd‚ 2011‚ Osama Bin Laden the leader of the terrorist group Al-Qaeda was killed. He was pursued for ten years by the United States and coalition forces during a raid led by the U.S. Navy Seal Team 6 on his hideout location in Pakistan. President Barack Obama has another significant victory on November 6th‚ 2012 with 332 electoral votes to 206‚ for his second term in office against Mitt Romney
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Osama Bin Laden was a terrorist‚ who was in hiding for 10 years in Pakistan. Osama lead several terrorist attacks including 9/11. Several lives were lost in this incident. Osama Bin Laden was born in Riyadh‚ Saudi Arabia in either 1957 or 1958‚ people did not know when he was born. He was the 17th of the 52 children born to his father‚ Mohammed Bin Laden. The first attack by Osama Bin Laden was on Sept. 11‚ 2001‚ at the Pentagon and the World Trade Center‚ in New York‚ also known as the twin towers
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Osama Bin Laden. Freedom fighter or terrorist? Osama Bin Laden can be viewed under two lights. The light of an evil terrorist with a driving goal to bring down the fabric of western society‚ or you could view him as a light bringing hope to his people and giving them the courage to fight for their country. Is Osama Bin Laden a terrorist or a freedom fighter? Born in 1957‚ into a wealthy family‚ at school and university he joined the Muslim Brotherhood. When the Soviets invaded Afghanistan in
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Killed Millions Osama bin Laden leader of al-Qaida was responsible for many terrorist attacks on the U.S. He took the blame for many such attacks like 9/11‚ the bombing of a national guard training center‚ but such attacks were not just in America. In Egypt‚ there was a failed attempt of the Egyptian President. And another bombing in Saudi Arabia. The effects of these attacks put everyone on edge. It also led to them doing something about it. Everyone tried to kill Osama bin Laden hoping it would
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because of terrorism and many other reasons. On September 11th‚ 2001 Osama Bin Laden lead on of the most vicious acts of terrorism America has ever seen. Bin Laden justified his actions in a letter to America stating “The US attacked us in Somalia; The US supported the Russian atrocities against us in Chechnya‚ the Indian oppression against us in Kashmir‚ and the Jewish aggression against us in Lebanon.” This shows that Bin Laden and his group believe the US is to blame for all the wrongdoings to
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Usama bin Laden and His Selection Of Terrorism Usama bin Laden‚ born in 1957‚ comes from a wealthy Saudi Arabian family that owns a multinational construction business. He used his inherited wealth to finance Afghan forces fighting the Soviet Union ’s occupation of Afghanistan in the 1980 ’s. After the 1991 Gulf War‚ he was distressed that Saudi Arabia allowed U.S. forces to remain in the Arabian Peninsula. To advance his agenda of expelling the U.S. from the Islamic world‚ he worked with
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predominantly in the Islamic sections of the world. Osama bin Laden was one of the leaders of Al-Qaeda and in effect the “jihadist globalism” movement. He wrote many works that gave instructions on how to resist what Steger refers to as the “American Empire” (Steger‚ 222). “Jihadist globalism” believes that people that believe in Muslim principles need to take more drastic measures to prohibit any more intrusion of the Western culture and values. Osama bin Laden believed
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and if we fast forward to the most recent terrorist attacks in the United States we can see the influence that Osama bin Laden had on terrorism. In the eyes of Osama Bin Laden‚ the United States were to blame for all of the injustice that Muslims were put through. Bin Laden strongly believed that the United States was responsible for the humiliating failure of the Arabs to succeed. Bin Laden dated his hatred towards America in 1982. After America permitted the Israelis to invade Lebanon it provoked
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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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