Al-Qaeda in Iraq

The main terrorist and insurgent transportation system attacks were on September 11, 2001 when terrorist hijacked four airplanes and flew two of the planes into the World Trade Centers in New York City. The terrorist flew one of the planes into the Pentagon and the last plane that the terrorist hijacked did not reach its target. The brave people on this plane attacked the terrorist and lost their lives in preventing more deaths on The United States soil. The Terrorist knew that hijacking…

“Another Message to America and Its Allies,” mirrors the previous/beheading/videos released by the Islamic State. When Alan Henning was captured, he was a driver for the organization Rochdale Aid 4 Syria. Rochdale Aid 4 Syria campaigned the release of Al Qaeda terrorist Aaifa Siddiqui, currently serving an 86-year prison sentence. In the video, British-accented “Jihadi John” then addresses the camera, saying: “The blood of David Haines is on your hands Cameron. Alan Henning will also be…

terrorist leaders and supporters. Many of these supporters were rich families or political figures in those countries. As stated by Rich Mintzer in his book Keeping the Peace: the U.S. military response to Terror “Egyptian militant leader Mohammad Ayman Al-Zawahiri helped shape bin Laden’s militant Islamic beliefs”. Charts and graphs on Max Roser and Mohamed Nagdy’s Our World in Data show that in 2006 alone, there were 6,660 terrorist incidents, and in 2009, only three years later, there were…

Summary – Week 22 Chapter 23: This chapter addresses the threat of terrorism and the concept of globalization. *Both terrorism and globalization are difficult to define as they contain such a broad range of ideas, for example terrorists use grudges to fight against one another for resources. *However, terrorism begins with violence. *Terrorism has been apportioned from criminal acts due to their…

Saddam Hussein and his leadership never hesitated to use these weapons and it showed in past attacks on Iran from 1983-1988. In the wake of all of this The Department of Homeland Security was developed shortly following the Sept 11 attacks and their main job was the security of the country from within. It is also worth noting that the CIA and the FBI roles increased dramatically tracking down terrorist and personnel know to have ties with extremist cells. These attacks are morally and…

2,753 to Heaven On September 11, 2001. America was changed forever when an unexpected terrorist attack on the World Trade Centers occurred. This day in history caused damage and fear to be placed in the heart of every American and even now people of this country are still experiencing the after effects of the tragic event. There were a total of 2,753 deaths between people in the towers, on the planes, and at the pentagon, none of them expecting this on a beautiful Tuesday morning (September 11th…

The muslim population is too small for many people to notice what is going on. In “Implications of Social Support and Experiences in the Schools” the authors write that “Some authors have termed Arab American students as “the invisible minority” (Al-Khatab, 1999; Nieto, 2000; Suleiman, 2001); however, this population has been highly visible through negative images and stereotypes portrayed in the media (Nieto, 2000),” (1). Schools tend to focus more on youth who are black, mexican, overweight…

The terms ‘Brutalism’ or ‘New Brutalism’ were coined in the mid-1950s by the young British architects Alison and Peter Smithson. Born in the context of the post-World War II, the architectural thinking knew a shift towards a re-evaluation of social concerns with urban responsibility. Brutalism tries to combine new ethical concerns with a certain aesthetic formalism. Indeed, the couple was certain that architecture could address social and cultural problems and solve them with design. However the…

Nationalists that rage war or genocide create terror and the destruction of society and relationships. In addition to supporting the cause of violence, this hostile environment is also achieved through extra -lethal activities. From the book Show Time: The Race, Power and Violent Display by Lee Ann Fujii, chapter 7, called Sideshows, explains why is it important to look at ‘extra-lethal’ activities that are sideshows of a war or genocide. The ruthless acts of nationalists are extra lethal…

What is ISIS? ISIS is an acronym that stands for the "Islamic State of Iraq and Syria" . Its recent origins must be briefly explained by political unrest in Afghanistan and Iraq that started in the 1980's. The Soviet Union invades and occupies Afghanistan 1979. Muslim Afghan warriors called "mujahideen" rebels are the fighting Soviet Union incursion from 1979-1989. The United States was openly supporting and sponsoring these anti communist rebels. This is the rise and infancy of Osama bin…