Taliban

September 11, 2001 was a very devastating day in U.S. history due to the attack on the Twin Towers located in New York, NY and the Pentagon in Arlington, VA. 19 Islam 's who were associated with the terrorist group al-Qaeda, which was led by Osama Bin Laden and a few others, hijacked the plane shortly after takeoff in hopes to carry out the suicide attacks and terrorism performed that day in the United States. According to the American Heritage Dictionary, terrorism is “the unlawful use or…

behind the scenes for the bull crap they cover up. It is very ridiculously when President Bush said we initially attacked the country “to disrupt the use of Afghanistan as a terrorist base of operations, and to attack the military capability of the Taliban regime” (Howard Uhal). When it is more than obvious that the real terrorist was him and his administrators. Hearing the news saying that the United States was only fighting from “evil terrorist’s attacks” makes me furious when the real…

constant acts of brutality and violence in the world today, why does a person only seem to show interest or concern when it is in some way relatable to them? After Afghanistan was bombed by America, the Northern Alliance entered Afghanistan, yet the Taliban were nowhere to be found. Nobody in the rest of the world, up until this point, knew anything about what was truly going on in Afghanistan. Suddenly with use of technology and increase of involvement, everyone knew and Afghanistan's problems…

a turning point in Mariam's life, the pain and sorrow Rasheed has brought her and the love and joy she feels with Laila. She chooses to kill Rasheed in order to save Laila, no longer taking orders from someone else. Mariam turns herself into the taliban and is executed in order for Laila to be free and live a happy life. “But somehow, over these last months, Laila and Aziza - a harami like herself, as it turned out … had become extensions of her, and now without them, the life Mariam had…

If I were to name the twenty-first century, I would call it the Age of Disaster. Many events have happened throughout the course of the twenty-first century that forever changed lives all around the world. To kick off the twenty-first century, a group named Al-Qaeda, planned a terrorist attack. The plan went in full force on September 11, 2001. Two planes crashed into the Twin Towers, destroying the towers within hours. A second plane also crashed into the Pentagon. A final plane was thought to…

Speeches are a fundamental asset used by presidents to capture the attention of the public and or to persuade them on a particular side of a matter. Through the proper use of diction, imagery, and other rhetorical devices many great speakers are able to grasp their audience 's attention, discuss certain topics, and at times connect with them on a deeper level. Through the use of ethos, logos, and pathos both presidents’ Bush and Obama are able to address the sensitive topic of terrorism and its…

Drones. Death from Above There is a new technology hovering the skies, varying from, and assortment of functionalities, doing survey and air strikes. The technology called Drones, also known as Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), used by the US military, and other nations in the world. This new technology has raised concerns to the public; the main uses for the Drones now are surveillance and air strikes. The UAVs deployed all over the world, with the capacity to strike any location at any time.…

“Mariam was five years old the first time she heard the word harami.” (Hosseini 2007, p. 1) The opening sentence of Hosseini’s novel A Thousand Splendid Suns already gives the audience a sense of inferiority and cruelty that Mariam experiences in the world, as well as foreshadowing the unfortunate events to come later in the novel. A book that represents the poor treatment of Islamic females in other countries, this is one of Hosseini’s best works; it puts life through the eyes of two girls…

On May 2, 2011 a team of U.S. Navy Seals invaded a compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan where they found and killed al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden. Since then People have condemned the invasion saying it was not moral for the Americans to go under cover and perform this secret act of retaliation to violence. This act of violence is morally permissible and can be proven through natural law theory and utilitarianism. It started back in 1993 with several bombings throughout the years on U.S. military…

CHAPTER FOUR: AQ’S CURRENT PLANS AND THEATRES OF OPERATION This chapter explores the current plans of AQ. To this end, it argues that the organisation might be planning to use either AQ in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) or al Nusra to carry out a terror attack in the West. With the increased movement of youthful fighters from the West to Syria and Iraq, it is highly likely that these could be part of the AQ plan to launch an attack in the West. The chapter also explores the theatres of operation…