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In 1989, al Qaeda was born. Al Qaeda, meaning “the base” in Arabic, is a group that was formally called the mujahedeen, a group of holy warriors. Their formation took place after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan which caused young Muslims to come together and rally against who they perceived as invaders. After the Soviet invasion failed, the participants decided the group should not disappear; it was still a cause worthy of fighting. In fact, the United States played an important role in…

World Trade Center, people thought it was a mishap and a horrible mistake. When the second plane hit, Americans knew that this was an act of terrorism. America was under attack. The American people knew whom to blame for this disaster. They knew it was Al Qaeda, who was lead by Osama Bin Laden. Osama Bin Laden was the driving force behind the attack on September 11, 2001. 227 people boarded four different American Airlines, all…

Isis Isis, also called Daesh and Isil, is a Militant/terrorist organization that primarily operates in areas of Western Iraq and Syria. Many members are found throughout all countries and even in our very own backyard. They attempt to target many young people for recruiting through various mediums such as social media. Isis came to power after forcing themselves into western Iraq, they overtook many major cities and declared themselves a caliphate ("Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)."…

September 11, 2001 was devastating to hear for almost all of Americans. It was so saddening to see how thousands of our brothers and sisters died in a horrible accident that occurred inside the pentagon, twin towers, and also the plane of flights 93 and flight 77. Many people believe many different conspiracies and no one knows for sure what the actual truth is. 9/11 has marked a spot in our lives forever and will never be forgotten. It shows that our country can come back from anything. It is a…

War, it has been and occurring issues for decades and centuries. Two major events that struck and caused the United States to take part in war were, World War Two attacks on Pearl Harbor by Japanese forces and the terrorist attacks of September eleventh (9/11). A presidential address was made for both attacks on the nation, one by President Roosevelt on the attacks on Pearl Harbor, “A Date Which Will Live in Infamy” and the other later in the years by President Bush, “A Great People Has Been…

As always the people of Earth enjoy disobeying the government and as more laws are passed the people will always attempt to find a loophole or simply disregard it to go have fun in creating chaos doing, according to most rebels “Fun things.” Obviously during this huge time lapse Americans did have a good time being themselves and getting drunk in their secret speakeasies; also considering the fact that these people had to keep it on the down low, being careful with the people they consider…

country, since they attacked us on our soil, then it is our duty to retaliate and show them what we are made of. Before 9/11 happened, If George H W Bush was not inaugurated into office, and then this could have ended up differently, maybe. Supposedly the Al Qaeda where planning 9/11, 10 years before, whether it is true or no who knows. George Bush Sr. had animosity toward Iraq’s former president Saddam Hussein. When 9/11 occurred and the terrorist planes attacked the world trade center, that is…

plane to the Pentagon, and the last one was aimed for the White House, but because of the heroic act of many on flight 93 the plane ended up crashing in a field in Pennsylvania. 9 /11 happened on September 11, 2001; it was a terrorist act launched by Al Qaeda, as a result it killed over 3,000 people, considering so many people lost someone they loved on this day everyone’s reaction was different. My interviewee is a librarian at the Alameda Free Library, and as she was speaking I saw tears in…

Constituency Al-Qaeda and its jihadist members use more social media than you would have ever guessed. Though these jihadist websites Al-Qaeda encourages the faithful and also threatens their enemy on the same web page. Al-Qaeda has its own production company known as As-Sahab. Similar to a Hollywood studio. The production company has a good understanding of what content will attract an audience and how to shape the Al-Qaeda message (citation needed research page). You won’t be able to find…

As a Criminal Justice Major and to take it even further as an African American male I have found it hard to sometimes distinguish what is legally right and what morally wrong when it comes to justice in certain aspects. This article is an eye opener on another group of people who have been legally and morally wronged by America with its idea of “War on Terrorism”. I’d like to start off with a quote from the last sentence in the article that stated “Then everybody was seen like suspects”. To me…