Taliban

Al-Qa’ida (‘the Base’) is an international terrorist organization that was founded by Osama bin Laden in August of 1988. Bin Laden, a son of a wealthy and prominent Saudi family, trained and fought with the mujahedeen in Afghanistan during the 1989 Soviet Invasion of the country. The organization continues to pose a threat to regions of North Africa and the Middle East, as well as various Western countries. This organization seeks to unite Muslims as a means of overthrowing any regimes that the…

In Richard A. Clarke’s book, Against All Enemies: Inside America’s War on Terror, Clarke explains America’s long war on terrorism. This book contains Clarke’s self-written narrative of his experience in counterterrorism and national security. On September 11th, 2001, Richard A. Clarke, chair of the Counterterrorism Security Group, the CSG for short, guided the United States’ instantaneous response to the terrorist attacks from the infamous Situation Room located in the West Wing of the White…

President Obama 's additional war-related campaign agreement was to improve the United States military assurance in Afghanistan in order to maintain the extremist Taliban’s from achieving power and allowing the Al Qaeda repeatedly using the country as the foundation for terrorist operations against the United States. Obama soon after taking office, granted the military 's request, which was originally made at the end of the Bush presidency, to dispatch an additional 21,000 troops to Afghanistan,…

“For you a thousand times over” says Amir, to the son of his former servant, after he has redeemed himself for all of his actions. Amir is a man who finds courage through correcting his wrong doings by making new valuable decisions. Khaled Hosseini’s novel, The Kite Runner, expresses how lies can change someone’s life and how one man finds redemption through doing good. Upon doing good there are also many other ways that redemption must be found, through long apologies, taking on great…

Two articles have been selected for analysis on the death operation of Osama Bin Laden being held in Abbottabad, Pakistan. One has been written by an American writer revealing their ideology and reasoning over the operation. The other has been comprised of the reactions of Pakistanis whose land was used without giving any information beforehand and without taking any permission to attack for operation. The second article thus reflects the ideology and the emotions of Pakistanis over the matter.…

America’s Influence on September 11, 2001 On September 11, 2001 the United States was the victim of one of the world’s largest terror attacks. Shortly thereafter the terror group, al Qaeda took responsibility for the attack. 2,977 people were killed on this day (September 11th Fast Facts). Many of the facts that came out after the attacks didn’t match up causing many people to be skeptical about the role America played in the attack. There is no denying that the U.S. played a crucial part in…

Dude, Where’s My Country? is a good book for people that dislike bush, and like talking about and learning about different things that happened while he was in office and if he was going to become president again for another term. Moore Talks about 9/11 and Bin laden throughout this book and his opinion on how is was basically done on purpose by Bush. He states different facts that can sort of prove what Moore is saying about Bush. Like how the Bush administration resisted the special commission…

The ethnography of Meddle East by Elizabeth Warnock Fernea in the story of “Guests of the Sheik” remind me my own town in my home country. Being from Medial East most of the cultural norms and Islamic roles in the story looked quite familiar with the cultural norms and Islamic roles back in my country. Lived all the way down on the other side of the ocean, I personal experienced most of the life experience of Fernea, which she mentioned in her story “Guests of the Sheik”. Elizabeth Warnock…

evidence they would not hand them over. As Bush saw it, this was a way to stall. Instead of waiting he took immediate action, and sent troops into not only Afghanistan, but also Iraq, and neighboring countries such as Syria. With a goal to burn down the Taliban, and get rid of any Al Qaeda safehouse. America was initially joined by its closest allies, then within a few years they were joined by NATO (The North Atlantic Treaty Organization). With all the firepower aimed at them in every…

al-Zawahiri. While most analysts agree that these four groups are al-Qaeda affiliates, there is debate over the true number of al-Qaeda associates. Some experts advocate that other groups in Pakistan, the Middle East and North Africa such as the Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Ansar al Din, Ansar al-Sharia in Tunisia and Benghazi (Mantel, 2014). This contention amongst experts and analysts arises from the loose definition of al-Qaeda association. Some argue that those groups that share…