Osama bin Laden

Something that my mom can life though is the United States before and after 9/11. September 11th was a day that went down in history as one of the most tragic days of America. On September 11th two airplanes were flown into the twin towers and one was flown into the pentagon, while another plane crashed in a field in Pennsylvania. Over 3000 people were killed and many more were injured. On September 11th 2001 my mother was driving through New York City. She was on her way back home to New Jersey…

Terrorism is something that strikes fear into many people's mind. People are left with physical and emotional damage for them to repair. lets look back at the attacks on the world trade center and the pentagon on september 11. It was a day that broke many americans hearts. When nineteen members of al-qaeda seized control of 4 airplanes. The airplanes had thousands of passengers on board. Al-qaeda flew two planes into the twin towers in new york. They flew another one into the pentagon.the last…

Wiktorowicz tries to explain why some individual engage with Islamic radicalism movement? What explains their initial interest? Why do they want to be joined in this risky activism? Even if the cost is high and might be they will sacrifice themselves. Wiktorowicz, with his sophisticated theoretical framework of social movement theory, is tries to answers these questions, why Muslim extremism in the Western societies like Great Britain did these? Wiktorowicz, in this case, is trying to analysis…

10/3/1978 – Israel. An Israeli gunboat sank a bomb-laden tanker controlled by Fatah terrorist launching an attack on Israel’s Red Sea port of Eilat. 11/21/1977 – The “Don Carlos” was seized by members of a Moslean Separatist rebel group. 11/21/1977 – The Danish vessel “Lindinger ivor” was attacked by pirates on the Lagos coast. 10/23/1976 – Lebanon. The Greek vessels “Rko”, “Riri”, and “Spiro” were bombed and sank. 9/16/1976 – U.S. A Soviet cargo ship was bombed by an anti-Castro refugee…

Yesterday, at 7:59 A.M. American Airlines flight 11 took off from Boston’s Logan international airport meant to go to Los Angeles. What wasn’t known at the time was that was the start of a horrible terrorist attack on The United States. 20 minutes later flight attendants on flight 11 informed ground personnel that the plane had been hijacked. Fighter planes were to be sent up, but just before they were in the air, flight 11 crashed floors 93-99 of the north tower of the world trade center.…

the history of the United States. Patrick Clark also takes on these questions. Patrick Clark encourages his reader to ask themselves, in his essay “American Justice and Divine Mercy: Thoughts on Osama bin Laden’s Death.” is it okay to celebrate justice? Because of the recent assassination of Osama Bin Laden, Patrick Clark brings up his discomfort with the president and the media celebrating that death. He effectively uses lists of his points, to emphasis and support…

The insurgency is blamed for catastrophic attacks aimed against Somali nationals and foreign aid workers. In June 2006, members of Al Shabbab kidnapped four western aide workers and more than a dozen Somali’s. (Article, Fall of Mogadishu Leaves US Policy in Ruins, The Guardian 2006). This incident greatly affected the presence of aid workers in Somalia and has resulted in the African Union amending its policy on sending western aid workers into Somalia. Shabbab has also carried out car bombing…

Often, authors use literature as a way to explain a concept or subject that one may not have witnessed themselves. In the novel, "Under The Persimmon Tree", Suzanne Fisher Staples writes a historical fiction story about two main characters, Najmah and Nusrat. During the novel, Staples gives countless examples of what life would feel like to be under the control of the Taliban, an Islamic terrorist group. Najmah is a young girl who lives in the Kunduz Province, Northern Afghanistan. Najmah faces…

to the group but also to bin Laden himself. He and his group opposed all aspects the United States. Not only was the United States of conflicting religion and in support of other “infidel” groups and countries, al Qaeda strongly opposed the United States’ involvement in the Gulf War and supsequents occupations. Bin Laden used passages from the Quran, the holy book of the Islam religion, to justify his attacks. For example, in his letter to the American people, bin Laden used a quote from the…

Homeland Security Intelligence and Capabilities History has shown the importance of the intelligence community directed towards homeland security in and around the United States of America. Its capabilities have grown exponentially over the past couple decades, especially with the use of the internet. Yet, there are limitations that the U.S. still deals with to this day in order to support these efforts. The homeland security enterprise also has capabilities, but there are challenges…