Al-Qaeda

A New Place To Call Home Since the founding of the United States, immigration has been a government concern. The United States has had immigrants from various parts of the world, ranging from Hungary to Cuba (Singh). Now the United States appears to be taking in a significant amount of Syrians immigrants. This has caused a lot of conflict within our government and on the streets. Because of the unrest in the Middle East and shaky relations between the United States and that region, these…

involvements across the world to fight a global war in various parts of the world. During the Obama Administration, Osama Bin Laden was killed by U.S. Special Forces, which allowed for the fall of Al Qaeda in certain areas of the world. Despite the death of Bin Laden, America continues to fight Al Qaeda and other terrorist organizations around the globe, and has had recent terror attacks in San Bernardino (September, 2015) and Orlando (July, 2016). Because of this, foreign policy usually should…

also known as the United Front, was mainly an Afghan group that disagreed with the Taliban and its actions, and they pursued their beliefs and fought for what they believed to be right. Many cruel actions towards innocent citizens from the Taliban/Al-Qaeda sparked an upcoming of the Northern Alliance. Although the Northern Alliance had many struggles in the beginning, they stayed strong and confident, which later helped them defeat Taliban members and show their power. The Northern Alliance’s…

On the morning of September 11, 2001, Al Qaeda terrorists carried out a set of coordinated suicide attacks using four-hijacked passenger planes and killing around 3,000 people on American soil. The first two planes hit the World Trade center, killing everyone on board and hundreds inside the buildings. Following this attack, the nation was informed by President Bush that these attacks were, “apparent terrorist attacks on our country”(BB PP). The third hijacked plane soon crashed into the…

The leader of Afghan Taliban Mullah Mansour is targeted on 21 May 2016 by the US drones in Pakistan. Since 9/11 attacks, this is the first time that the US has succeeded to target the highest ranking Taliban. It came as a surprise during the peak of peace talks and fighting season in Afghanistan. What are the consequences of the death of this very key and controversial Taliban leader? Mullah Mohammad Akhtar Mansour, known as Mullah Mansour was one of the strongest and cruel leaders of the…

Fifteen years ago, the United States wasn’t officially engaged in any wars. Few of us had ever heard of al-Qaeda or Osama bin Laden, and ISIS didn’t even exist. We deported half the number of people we do today. Our surveillance state was a fraction of its current size. And — perhaps hardest to believe — we didn’t have to take off our shoes to get through airport security. America’s involvement in the War on Terror — prompted by the 9/11 terrorist attacks — resulted in a dramatic change in our…

Narrative Fidelity The concept of fact pertains to the values or main message embedded. In her speech, Nocum urges the youth to have understanding and empathy towards people whose religion is different from theirs. It is necessary to be open-minded and aware to the root causes of conflict so she said that even if one’s individual country’s response to terrorism is war, the responsibility then of the youth is to wage peace. The concept of relevance tells whether the values embedded are…

October 7, 2001, the United States and British militaries began to attack Afghanistan. The attacks were in response to the Taliban’s refusal in Afghanistan to hand over the terrorists responsible for the 9/11 attacks in the United States (Witte). These military actions were conducted by a legitimate government, were for the sake of avenging their citizens, and was to destroy the terrorist group that was spreading terror which makes this justifiable under the “just war theory.” According to…

The 9/11 attacks were targeted at the Twin Towers, but the American people have blamed ‘Islamic Terrorist Groups’ or ‘Islamic Radicals.’ The statement in itself is inaccurate and irresponsible. Obama during an interview said, “Groups like ISIL and al-Qaeda want to make this war a war between Islam and America, or between Islam and the West.”(Washington Post) Using a sweeping generalization of all Islam followers and the minute amount of extremists is intolerable, the American people should not…

giant train wreck was coming into their lives. However, those two and the whole world ended up grieving for America who had fallen victim to one of the biggest terrorist attacks since World War II. These attacks consisted of suicide bombers from al-Qaeda hijacking planes and crashing them into important places such as the Pentagon and the Twin Towers. Four planes in total crashed on American soil, leaving hundreds either dead or wounded and thousands of others scarred for life. Our country was…