Al-Qaeda

America needs to continue to Defend the safety of Israel Imagine being in a country no smaller than the state of New Jersey where you are surrounded by enemies on all sides of your borders. These enemies pose a serious threat because they have a hate that cuts deep to the bone. They actively yearn to kill you. Their hate doesn’t end there; it extends to any outside country that is a friend. "Death to you" is their call. “We want you wiped off the face of the earth.” If you lived in this…

Since the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States had never experienced such a dreadful attack. However, on September 11, 2001, America once again woke up to discover that they were being under attack. This assault towards the United States marked the single greatest loss it had ever faced. Not only was the nation violated, but it created an enormous insecurity and fear. It was a day that impacted and changed the lives of all Americans, one way or another. Leaving many devastated by…

On the morning of September 11, 2001, the Islamic terrorist group Al-Qaeda conducted a suicide attack on two symbolic USA landmarks, New York’s World Trade Center and the Pentagon. These terrorist hijacked planes and crashed it into these populated landmark sites. New York’s infamous twin towers collapsed after it caught on fire from the plane, as well as other buildings surrounding them. All the hijackers died during their attack as well as nearly 3,000 Americans. This attack was so deadly that…

would take place, right in front of their eyes. Around eight-thirty in the morning on September 11th, al-Qaeda terrorist hijacked numerous airliners filled with commuters. Nineteen terrorists were…

The demonization of Islam in the news and in popular culture is reinforzada by events such as the September 11, attacks by Al Qaeda and ISIS and representation of Arabs in movies such as Taken and American Sniper. It is true that terrorism exists as a result of political and violent situation in the Middle East, but terrorism is not synonymous with religion, culture or geography. The downside of the media do believe that the Islamic world is a threat, when in fact extremely small groups using…

There are many differing opinions on war and the motivation to fight in it. In Carl von Clausewitz’s famous document, On War, he goes in depth about his specific views on war. Clausewitz says that the ideology that people feel for the war is what motivates them to fight and this motivation is in direct correlation with the violence in the war, but I believe that it is people’s desire for change that motivates them to fight in the war. Though Clausewitz makes good points throughout On War, I…

and answers. It all went down on the morning of September 11, 2001, the extremist terrorist group, known as Al Qaeda, hijacked four American airlines and flew them into the Pentagon and World Trade Center towers. The fourth plane was downed by the heroic passengers into a field in Pennsylvania, and the plane was believed to be headed for either the White House or the Capitol Building. Al Qaeda was very resentful of the Western influence on their own culture and wanted to try to stop it (“FAQ”,…

and the Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund all assist Afghanistan in rebuilding their economy (Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center, 2010). With this money comes the political interest from the donor countries. Organizations like Al Qaeda continue to form. The Afghan National Army is helping this activity become more…

Operation desert storm was unnecessary and served as a catalyst for 25 years of violence between the Middle East and the United States. While Operation desert storm is technically over the destruction caused in its doing is not. Operation desert storm caused a lot of damage to the middle east and because of that damage American has been plunged in 2 wars with the Middle East. One of those wars we are still in today, nearly a generation since the original operation. Operation desert storm was…

hit the White House in Washington D.C but instead hit the Pentagon, and one was hit in Pennsylvania. Each airplane was full with passengers. No passengers had survived during this attack. The terrorist group that was responsible for this attack was Al-Qaeda. Over three thousand people were killed during the attack as well as four hundred firefighters and officers. During this moment many people were in shock when they over heard on the news that their love ones were dead. At that time after the…