Special Activities Division

The world is run by communication and influence from the top tiers of politicians down to the underground terrorist groups. In order to control the hearts and minds of followers, one must maintain a strong consistent message that inspires people from many walks of life (Immelman, 2002, p. 4). Osama bin Laden was an enthusiastic communicator who grew a small terrorist group into a large terrorist network by maintaining a strong narrative with al Qaeda, affiliated groups, and the world at large.…

On the morning of September 11th 2001 the United States was struck with the biggest terrorist strike in the history of the nation. Ultimately this attack changed the way we look at and fight terrorism. The 9/11 attacks were carefully plotted out, using very sophisticated measures to complete the objective. Since this attack, many have pondered how they received the training it takes to pull off an attack of this magnitude. When you are able to kill over 3000 people through a series of…

Midnight of December 24, 1979 the skies of Afghanistan were covered with the Soviets and its massive military airlift of around 280 transport aircraft and three divisions of almost 8,500 men each. That was the start of the invasion of Kabul, capital of Afghanistan (“Soviet Tanks Rolls into Afghanistan,” 2009). As the Soviets ground forces ventured out through the countryside they encountered resistance fighters, called mujahideen, who saw the atheist Soviets that controlled Afghanistan as a…

All throughout world history there has been power-hungry rulers, trying their best to impose their own unique ways. Most of them using different forms of coming into power such as propaganda, fear, or simply by force. Not all leaders are beneficial to their country, in fact some cause unrepairable damage to the native people. Some very well-known leaders who are infamous for the chaos they caused include Joseph Stalin, Osama Bin-Laden, and Adolf Hitler. Although these men are very corrupt, they…

May 2, 2011 the day that the United States finally had justice for the 9/11 bombing. The death of Osama Bin Laden, was the day that many of the families that lost their family members had peace. Obama wanted Osama captured dead or alive because of the many terrorists attacks from the Al Qaeda on U.S. soil. Osama was in hiding for five years because, he was trying to make another huge attack on the U.S. and didn 't want to get captured. Because of the trauma Osama Bin Laden did to the U.S. the…

In the 1980's, America was at war but not traditionally. America was not committing troops but was investing supplies and money to help defeat the soviets from invading Afghanistan. Many wondered what and how Americans were involved, but most of us knew that communism had to be stopped. Charlie Wilson's War movie portrayed the events during the 1980's and how a Texas congressman succeeded to defeat the soviets. Charlie Wilson's War, otherwise known as Operation Cyclone, is a movie telling the…

What would you do if someone you knew brother/sister or child was being held hostage and the person that captured them won’t tell you where they are unless you give them $5,000,000? Well for one, I doubt if many people have that much money just sitting around. And secondly don’t think the criminal will tell you he/she is keeping your loved one if you just say please. According to Michael Levin’s “The Case for Torture” torturing the individual might be the best option to get information out of…

Medieval Romance consists of many characteristics. They mainly consist and can tie into the codes of chivalry. They can contain fairytale like settings, supernatural elements, and people with heroic qualities. In the movie Seal Team Six There are many scenes and reasons that make this a modern medieval romance. The fact that it is about the mission that was put upon a seal team makes it a medieval romance because they have a job or quest they must complete and they will not stop until they are…

Osama Bin Laden,founder of al-Qaeda, was the most wanted person all over the world for his terrorist attacks, including his biggest terrorist attack against the Pentagon and the World Trade Center. Osama bin Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden also know as “Osama Bin Laden” started off fighting in Afghanistan against the Soviet Union in 1986. At that time the Soviets sent millions of their troops towards Afghanistan invading them. One of the main causes of this invasion was because the Soviets did not…

By the mid-1990s, a fundamentalist group called the Taliban took control of the country. The Taliban ruled according to Islamic Sharia law and instituted extremely harsh restrictions on the country. Osama Bin Laden, a veteran of the fight against the Soviets, became a leading figure in the Al Qaeda terrorist organization, one of the largest and most sophisticated Islamic terror groups in the world. It was from within Afghanistan that Bin Laden and his followers plotted to strike against the…