Al Qaeda Essay

system of faith and worship and is primary cause of conflict in the world. It is powerfully motivating and many humans tend to fight over it. The Al Qaeda terrorist group who caused 9/11, wanted symbolized globalization, America’s economic power, and for Islam to be the only religion. On September 11th, 2001, 19 members with the Islamic extremist group, al-Qaeda, hijacked four airliners and selected symbolic targets to attack in the United States. Two of the planes flew into the towers of the…

there are two major terrorist groups: the Islamic state of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) and al-Qaida. They are spreading like pandemic disease and will need a strength dose of medication for permanent removal. People may think those two groups are similar because they were born on the same…

direct and significant threat to the U.S., and proposes to be the new ideological leader. The group uses terrorist and insurgency tactics against Syrians, the people of Iraq, and sectarian regions of the Middle East.” (Threat Assessment of ISIL and Al Qaeda in Iraq, Syria and Beyond, 9/13/2014). The leader of ISIS claims the United States to be in direct conflict with ISIS. The National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) believes any attack by extremist or insurgents from ISIS will be limited and…

freedom fighters who fought against the invading Soviet Union only to make the war longer and more expensive for them. The war would eventually end with a Soviet withdrawal and leave Afghanistan with a radical muslim group known as Al-Qaeda. This group known as Al-Qaeda would go on to be known as one of the largest terrorist organizations and commit terrorist attacks against the the very…

In my opinion, it is impossible for the US government to have carried out the 9/11 attacks. There is too much evidence against al-Qaeda, and considering al-Qaeda has always wanted to wipe out the American population, how could it not be them? I also do not believe the government could have carried out such a horrific attack and not get caught. Also, what did the US government have to gain from…

terrorist group known as al-Qaeda. Four planes were hijacked by 19 different terrorists, with two of the planes flying into both buildings of the World Trade Center in New York City, one plane flying into the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., and the final plane crashing in a field in Pennsylvania. The attacks followed a growing unrest towards the western world and the USA among groups in the nation of Islam that began in the early 20th century. The terrorist group al-Qaeda organized the attack…

Jordanian Salafi Jihadist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and his militant group Jama'at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad, achieved fame in the early stages of the Iraqi insurgency. Founded in 1999, the terror group was responsible for suicide attacks on civilians, Iraqi government institutions Italian soldiers, and Shia Islamic mosques, Al-Zarqawi's group officially pledged allegiance to Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda network in October 2004. The name was changed to Tanzim Qaidat al-Jihad fi Bilad al-Rafidayn which…

it brought to America led the current president George W. Bush to take the necessary actions required to reestablish safety. The United States wanted him ‘Dead or Alive’. After nine long years, a team of navy seals was able to finally take out the al Qaeda leader bin Laden by raiding his compound hideout in Pakistan. As the world celebrated with the notion that the holy war had came to an end, the terror and brutal killings did not cease. The group had grown strong and it appeared that Osama bin…

on the Al-Qaeda forces. The bombing of Taliban civilians was extremely criticized. President Bush gave two demands to Taliban leaders, which were to close terrorist training camps and to return all foreign nationals, including American citizens unjustly contained. When those demands weren’t met the U.S. and other allied forces started bombing Al-Qaeda network bases.…

assassination of the leader of Al-Qaeda, Osama bin Laden. Though many would disagree, that the…