thought processes and what motivates them to commit their heinous acts. The main terrorist organization the United States has faced is al Qaeda, led by Osama bin Laden. Bin Laden took his skills and knowledge of successful businesses and incorporated them into the development of al Qaeda. Bin Laden acknowledges that to run an operation and organization such as al Qaeda, there are some issues that come up. The main issue that members of such organizations face is the psychology of defeat…
DCI Tenet’s February 2004 worldwide threat assessment to congress pointed out that Bin Laden considered acquiring WMD a “religious obligation.” Tenet warned that Al Qaeda, continues to pursue its strategic goal of obtaining a nuclear capability. (Jacobson Colon 120) The disbelief that the United States could ever be attacked by terrorist, caused the idea of being a strong and invincible country. So when the tragedy…
thousands around the world over the years but has also affected the natives living in the very areas they live in. For example, Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Afghanistan are just a few bases for terrorist groups located in the Middle East. Groups like ISIS and Al-Qaeda have caused harm around the world, but America has put their say in this war against terrorism. Terrorism is relevant because these different groups affect the connections of countries including the ones they are centered in; terrorism…
fields of criminal justice, security, and political psychology. ISIS and Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi declared Islamic Caliphate with 7 steps or phases that occur every 3 years ending in 2020. ISIS and Al Qaeda divided on who is actually the Caliph based on descendants of the Quaraysh tribe, and who has been selected by the Shura. ISIS is establishing legitimacy among Sunni Muslims around the world and moving away from Al Qaeda. The proclamation of Sunni caliphate may be the glue that holds together…
Usama bin Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden was born March 10th, 1957 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. While bin Laden's story has been an American nightmare, his fathers was “the American dream”.(4) Bin Laden was the twelfth child out of fifty-two children born to wealthy business man, Mohammed Bin Laden. Mohammed owned a large construction and shipping company, Saudi Binladen Group, which worked with products such as Snapple, General Electric, and many other big name brands. His company shipped these…
America is a democracy, and the foundation of a democracy is the people. The people’s voice and thoughts in government is what makes this country unique. Our allowance of populism is such an important part of our democracy. Populism could have been destroyed after September 11th, and the government could have taken complete control over our nation to protect it, but what makes this decade spectacular and makes this government great is that didn’t happen. The people’s thoughts were taken even…
Al Qaeda, a militant group of terrorist attackers who was founded by Osama bin Laden and popularly contribute by the Islamic extremist, had planned their corrupt attack against the United States and “There acts- crimes against humanity- were derived from a reasoned hatred, a distorted fundamentalism that transformed belief, intellect and compassion into a mutant, predatory ‘final solution ‘ politics (Scraton, 2).” This horrific act was guided by the feeling of hatred towards the U.S. system, the…
war for the past decade. Declaring a war against terrorism, President George W. Bush began a crusade to make the world safe. His goal was to eradicate the threat of terrorism from the world. The United States began their crusade with the hunting of Al Qaeda, the Taliban, and Osama Bin Laden. After many years we finally killed the mad man behind the attacks of September Eleventh. Today there is a new organization on the world stage; the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or I.S.I.S for short. This…
supporters; it is estimated that the September 11th attacks costed between $350,000 and $500,000 due to the need for flight training and funds for at least nineteen hijackers, that high profile attack was able to raise a lot of money and support for Al Qaeda, if they didn’t have the cash to commit that attack they would not…
As a member of UNTSO (United Nations Truce Supervision Organization) this will be addressing the leaders of Al- Qaeda. The conflict between Israel and the Middle East has been going on for many years now. The United States should have been at the middle easts rescue with foreign aid during hardships and famine. The destruction of Iraq’s villages and the killing of multiple innocent Iraqi civilians is unjust and needs to be relieved and compensated. Now that that is said there are some key points…