Al-Qaeda Essays & Research Papers

4/26/2010 Gang Theory Al-Qaeda In 1988, one of the most dangerous criminal organizations in the world was formed. They call themselves al-Qaeda, which translates from Arabic to “The Base”, and originated in Afghanistan. Al-Qaeda is an international terrorist organization and are considered the top threat to the United States of America. The biggest attack that the group has planted was the events of September 11, 2001. When the U.S. responded with the War on Terror in Afghanistan,...

RELIGIOUS QUEST II Outside the Mainstream Research Paper   In the Beginning Is it possible to believe that in both Islam and Christianity, two faiths ultimately founded on notions of peace and forgiveness, that it is morally acceptable to commit sin against those who are “the real sinners”? Both the Islamic terrorist organization Al-Qaeda and the North American based Christian terrorist group the Army of God obviously sympathize with that statement. Each organization...

Paper 1 – Al-Qaeda 10/19/10 It would not at all be surprising if this decade comes to be known as the decade of terrorism in years to come. Since the turn of the millennium, terrorism, maybe more than any other global issue or topic, has plagued the world stage with constant news and horror. It can be argued that terrorism is a problem with no solution and no end in sight. The Islamic militant group, Al-Qaeda, is the most well known terrorist organization in the world. Al-Qaeda has been...

November 5, 1990: First Bin Laden-Related Terror Attack in US as Jewish Rabbi Is Assassinated Meir Kahane. Egyptian-American El Sayyid Nosair assassinates controversial right-wing Zionist leader Rabbi Meir Kahane. November 4, 1991: Al-Qaeda Linked Assassination Attempt on Exiled King of Afghanistan Zahir Shah. [Source: Associated Press]An assailant posing as a Portuguese journalist stabs Zahir Shah, the former king of Afghanistan, in his home in exile in Rome. Dec. 29, 1992 In the first...

On September 11, 2001, Americans woke up literally and figuratively to the realities of terrorism. To many, a terrorist attack was something that they only saw on the evening news. Never did anyone think of the deep impact that it would cause. Since the 9/11 attacks, things have changed. Prior to 9/11 did you even know that a Homeland Security Advisory System existed and that they were color coded?! Would you ever believe that strip searches would be a possibility when you boarded a flight...

The Current State and Future of Al Qaeda United States President Barack Obama announced on May 1, 2011 that “Osama bin Laden, the mastermind of the most devastating attack on American soil in modern times and the most hunted man in the world, was killed in a firefight with the United States forces in Pakistan.” The death of Osama bin Laden is certainly a major blow to the Al Qaeda terrorist network causing many of its leaders to go underground. Yet, the threat of Al Qaeda still exists and...

After reading the essay by Woody Hochswender, “Did My Car Join Al Qaeda,” I found that it was very persuasive because he had convincing support for his point of view. Being a SUV using a lot of gas doesn’t make him a bad person or responsible for what’s going on in Al Qaeda no more than me standing in a garage makes me a car. It is no secret that SUV’s burn a lot of gas Hochswender really applied a lot of emotional appeal (pathos) to his witting. When he started off he went straight to the...

Peace & Conflict Review Volume 3, Issue 1 ISSN: 1659-3995 Terrorism and the Mass Media after Al Qaeda: A Change of Course? Reviewed by Jessica Baran Abstract Manuel R. Torres Soriano. Terrorism and the Mass Media after Al Qaeda: A Change of Course? Athena Intelligence Journal Vol. 3, No 1, (2008), pp. 1-20. Soriano begins his exploration of the relationship between media and terrorism with the words of Marshall McLuham, whose statement that “without communication, terrorism would not...

The Evolution of Al-Qaeda leading up to ISIS: The New Face of Terror Abstract In this paper, I will focus on the evolution and current status of the al-Qaeda terrorist organization leading up to one of its more recent franchises which is known most frequently by any of three names– the Islamic States in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) or the Islamic States of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) or the Islamic States (IS) – and is more brutal than the previous versions of al-Qaeda that the world has known. After...

The al-Qaeda of today is a vastly different entity from the al-Qaeda formed by Osama bin Laden towards the end of the Afghan war against the Soviets in 1988 (Alexander and Swetnam, 2001: 37). The evolution, or as Burton (2006) has termed it “devolution”, of al-Qaeda, is partially linked to its terrorist acts, and, in particular, the counter-terrorist measures employed by governments to deal with them. This is most evident in reference to the single most expensive, in terms of life lost and...

 To examine Terrorism it is important to first understand the definition of terrorism. The Oxford English Dictionary states “the unofficial or unauthorized use of violence and intimidation in the pursuit of political aims” (Oxford English Dictionary Online). More depth is included in defining it as “a premeditated and unlawful act in which groups or agents of some principal engage in a threatened or actual use of force or violence against human or property targets” (Understanding Terrorism...

University of Exeter ARA 3158 - Armed Islamist Movements To what extent have recent post 9/11 developments affected the strength of al Qaeda? Abdullah Rifai Student Number: 600012806 Word Count: 2171 More than a decade after 9/11, a great lack of consensus exists over the assessments of al Qaeda’s current situation. Some analysts’ say that al Qaeda is ‘on the ropes’ (John Brennan, 2011), that the United States is ‘within reach...

AL jazeera USA Project 2 Instructor: Nnamdi Madichie Course: Global marketing Students: Jawaher Abdullah al jubreen U00014103 Zomorroda Adam U00021110 Table of content * Abstract * Table of contents 1. Introduction 2. Discussion 3. Conclusions * References Introduction This report attempts to provide an analysis of the plight of Aljazeera- a Doha-based Television network in the American market. According to the article, this television network...

Al-Qaeda's origins and links Al-Qaeda, meaning "the base", was created in 1989 as Soviet forces withdrew from Afghanistan and Osama Bin Laden and his colleagues began looking for new jihads. The organisation grew out of the network of Arab volunteers who had gone to Afghanistan in the 1980s to fight under the banner of Islam against Soviet Communism. During the anti-Soviet jihad Bin Laden and his fighters received American and Saudi funding. Some analysts believe Bin Laden himself had...

Research Paper Title: Name: Gerosshanth Satkunam Student Number: 500461906 Course: SSH301– Research Design and Qualitative Methods Section: 051 Dr. Melanie Knight Department of Sociology Jorgenson Hall 324 DATE OF SUBMISSION: Nov. 23, 201 Introduction On September 11th, 2001, the entire world witnessed the revolutionary terrorist acts of global militant group Al Qaeda, as US commercial airplanes were high jacked and crashed onto American soil leading to the death of thousands of...

1. Analyse Al Qaeda’s ogranisation and strategy. 'I can’t fight the Americans on the American mainland. It is too far. But if I succeed in bringing the Americans where I can find them, where I can fight them on my own terms, on my turf, this will be the greatest success' quoted by Osama Bin Ladin. The Al Qaeda’s organisation is scare to the nation and all countries worldwide as they are out to seek domination and superior rulings of the Earth. The Al Quade’s simple strategic goal is to force...

QAEDA PLOT LEAK HAS UNDERMINED U.S. INTELLIGENCE How often do we, as United States citizens, consider how safe we actually are in our country? Without further research we may not realized the potential nationwide threat that has been previously discussed between Ayman al-Zawahri (head of Al Qaeda) and Nasser al-Wuhayshi (head of the Yemen-based Al Qaeda). Hopefully, the United States’ intelligence agency has intercepted these messages soon enough before any major action has been made....

Inside Al-Qaida: Ideology, Structure, Targets, and Tactics Monique Bates Columbia Southern University Homeland Security MSE 6201 Dr. Milen October 30, 2012 Inside Al-Qaida: Ideology, Structure, Targets, and Tactics The purpose of this paper is to briefly describe and analyze the USA Patriot Act and its abilities to prevent, protect, and/or respond to current and/or future Al-Qaida terrorists attacks. On the morning of September 11, 2001, 19 of Al-Qaida’s workers hijacked four...

The emergence of Al Jazeera as an alternative voice in global news. Al Jazeera is an Arabic news organisation based in Qatar, and was launched in 1996 as an alternative to the western organisations CNN. At the time, many outside the west believed that the dominance of global news by western companies such as CNN and, to a lesser extent, the BBC represented a dangerous opportunity for the west to control the global news agenda. Consequently Al Jazeera was designed from the outset to offer a less...

At 8:46 am, on September 11, 2001, the world would take witness to an event that would change it forever. Five hijackers, with the support of a terrorist group named Al Qaeda, crashed a passenger jet into World Trade Center Tower 1, and seventeen minutes later a second passenger jet was crashed into World Trade Center Tower 2. Now, everyone can remember exactly where they were when they received the news of the attack, but, what most American’s didn’t realize is that these events would lead to...

The Unjustified and Never Ending War on Terrorism in Afghanistan. On the morning of September 11, 2001, two planes crashed in two 110 story buildings, the world trade center in New York City. After the attack on world trade center, another plane was crashed into Pentagon. The attacks were organized by Al-Qaeda Al, led by Osama Bin Laden. Al-Qaeda is an Islamic terrorist group. They had called in for a jihad in 1998, a holy war, against America.1 The attacks of September 11, 2001 surprised...

Suicide Bombing: Suicide Bombing (also known as suicide attack, homicide bombing, or "kamikaze") is an attack intended to kill others and inflict widespread damage, in which the attacker expects or intends to die in the process. Suicide attacks began occurring in Pakistan from 2002 onward and their frequency went up significantly after 2007, the year when the military operation was carried out against Jamia Hafsa in Islamabad and the Chief Justice of Pakistan was sacked by the then...

Two Dark Days Pearl Harbor changed the lives of Americans; decades later 9/11 affected a new generation of Americans. Comparing Pearl Harbor and 9/11, written by Fred L. Borch points out inaccuracies of the comparisons that numerous individuals have made between 9/11 and Pearl Harbor. The author gives a unique perspective that has partial inaccuracies under the topics; whether or not 9/11 was an intelligence failure, was American unprepared, and military responsibilities. The author uses...

If I get an opportunity to replace myself with any one in the world then I would like to replace myself with Mr. Bush, the president of America. Mr. Bush is responsible for portraying negative image of America as an enemy of humanity by doing wars against Muslims only on the basis of religious discrimination. Mr. Bush is the murderer of nearly one hundred thousand innocent citizens of Afghanistan and Iraq while trying to fight against only two persons Usama Bin Laden and Saddam Hussein on one...

WAR AGAINST TERRORISM "Terrorism IS THE PRICE OF THE EMPIRE. If YOU DO NOT WISH TO PAY THE Price YOU MUST GIVE UP THE EMPIRE" (PATRICK J. Buchanan) Terrorism Means Extreme Fair. Nowadays Suicidal Attacks Are Very Common. Life In The Past Was More Safe And Secure. Modern Life Become Very Unsafe and Dangerous. We Daily Read In the Newspaper about the Act Of Terrorism. Terrorism Has Now Been Becoming the Most Burning Problem For The Whole World. The USA Only the Super Power Of the World...

Page 1, Kim September 11 is a tragic event and an unforgettable day to Americans. Nineteen terrorists seized four commercial U.S jets and crashed them into American symbols of the military and capitalism, and shook the entire nation. The attack did change Americans, mostly for a short while, but it did make huge impacts in America. The Mindset of Americans...

Habeas Corpus and War on Terror Tanesha O’Neal POL 201 Instructor Binder June 23, 2013 We have heard in high school and news about Habeas Corpus and War on Terror, but what does those terms really mean? Habeas Corpus is an act that was established in 1679 by England’s Parliament to give prisoners a fair trial. The War on Terror was established on 9/2011 to bring war against Afghanistan for terrorizing the U.S. In this paper, I will further discuss Habeas Corpus and War on Terror and...

Suicide Bombing History has revealed that terrorists are capable of carrying out bold and destructive acts that at first glance appear to be unexplainable. What kind of person would sacrifice his or her own life in order to kill innocent people? What could possibly motivate a young person to become a suicide bomber? In the wake of many tragic events, it can be difficult to analyze objectively the causes and processes leading up to them. For many, understanding the motives behind suicide...

People commit crime because of selfish reasons. Do you agree? How do people define crime? Some might define crime as an act of offence towards the morality of humans. Others might regard crime as an act that harms the universal human rights. In my perspectives, I think that crime is an offence made towards the law. Therefore, why do people still commit crimes? Some crimes were committed because of hatred, hardships and even because of the people they loved. All in all, I do agree that people...

Introduction The word torture is a term that has international and national publicity. It is defined by the Merriam-Webster dictionary as a : anguish of body or mind : agony b : something that causes agony or pain 2: the infliction of intense pain (as from burning, crushing, or wounding) to punish, coerce, or afford sadistic pleasure and According to "Uslegal" (2001-2012), the legal definiftion is “punishment inflicted in the form of physical or psychological pain inflicted on supposed...

Minh Huynh Anupama Gopal Mande HIST 113HF 4/11/12 War on Terrorists Should the U.S.A. be afraid of terrorists? The answers might depend on which party the question is addressing to. The governments might say no because they are better protected than many others, while the people might say yes because they know that they are the actual victims that are getting hurt. Terrorist is different in definition according to different organizations. However, all of them agree upon the key elements of...

Name: Phat Huynh Class: Sociology 1 Professor: Moyer May 25th 2010 Terrorism and suicide bombers Nowadays, terrorism and suicide bombers are “hot” and challenging issues for not only US but also all over the world. According to Wikepedia, terrorism is the general sense,the systematic use of terror especially as a means of coercion. For example, in the morning 9/11/2001, 19 al-Qaeda terrorist hijacked four...

Fred Patton April 20, 2013 As we all know the mastermind of Osama Bin Laden was behind plenty of terror attacks to what we all call home, and the destruction from 9/11. In which the tragedy was unexpected, as all are, plenty of innocent lives were taken and devastation was placed in hearts. Yet, to this day, many questions still float around in the minds of Americans and the media as well. Everyone wants to know the reasoning behind such a cowardly act and why were situations extended...

 What were Osama bin Laden’s intended strategies in response to the “Arab Spring and why did he consider it a formidable event?” In response to the revolutionary wave of demonstrations and protest (both non-violent and violent) throughout the Arab world, Osama Bin Laden wanted to reevaluate how Al-Qaida as a whole conducted their operations within the Muslim world. Osama Bin Laden viewed Al Qaeda’s in ability to attract followers as a weakness, “He believed that a media campaign should be...

War on Terror Do you ever have one of those moments in your life in which you will never forget where you were? I remember waking up early on September 11, 2001, getting ready for school and my dad telling me hurry up to watch the news with him. Being in 8th grade at the time, the news really wasn’t something I would watch in the mornings so I knew it had to be something important. Then I saw it. An airplane crashing into a tower, people panicking, and mayhem ensuing in a city very well known...

Terrorism as a “Social Status” After September 11, 2001, Muslims have been the targets of social discrimination due to the high belief that all Muslims are terrorists. That fateful day changed the way America perceived them, which increased animosity between those of Muslim faith and those who are not. Post 9/11, we as a country look at Muslims as people who are violent, evil, and that none practice what they preach. However on the other hand, we believe they all are radical Muslims, ready...

The Taliban Afghanistan has had a rough past few decades due to the Taliban, who also call themselves a “political movement group.” The Taliban has made Afghanistan a very cruel place to live because of all the violence and ways the Taliban has changed the Afghanistan culture. The Taliban made the country a very scary place to live, as they also have access to many weapons they use to keep themselves a strong force. The Taliban has made a statement overall to the world, whether it is them...

11 Quincy Nissley English 015, Section 014 EXAMPLE ESSAY February 20, 2013 Effects of the Tumbling Towers A major turning point in the country’s recent history was the unfortunate events that occurred in New York and Washington on September 11th, 2001. The terrorist attacks have sparked many changes in the lives and morale of citizens in the United States of America. This paper has examined how the attacks contributed to different factors, such as the new airport security, the naivety...

Chaz Woodson Jus 630 Speaker #2 Analysis & Critique 1. SPEAKER’S NAME, TITLE, AND PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION: Erick Stakelbeck, The Terrorist Next Door, Author and CBN News Host 2. TOPIC(S): What the real threat of terrorism is in the United States. Why the Obama Administration is concealing the true magnitude of terrorist attacks and activity in the US. 3. DATE OF PRESENTATION: June 25, 2013 4. ONLINE SOURCE: BookTv.org During his presentation and in his book Erick...

Film Studies essay- Four Lions ‘A whip-smart, slapstick comedy, Chris Morris’ FOUR LIONS takes aim at Jihadi suicide bombers and illuminates the war on terror through satire and farce’. How far do agree and/or disagree with this statement from the production company website of this film? __________________________________________________________________________________ I agree with this statement to a certain extent. Giving the fact that Four Lions is essentially about terrorism, my first...

"Fahrenheit 9/11" is a chilling documentary made by Michael Moore that gives us a glimpse of what went on behind the World Trade Center attacks. This documentary is very well made, it sets the right tone for each scene and Moore is good at making his point. For example, in the opening scene, Condoleezza and other cabinet members are shown primping prior to being on TV. This shows the fact that they are more concerned about their exterior image and act, not necessarily concerned with doing the...

Interpretations of the text Your work on genre will have raised a number of issues as to just what type of film 'The Kite Runner' is. One of the genres that we mentioned was the political film. One aspect of the film has to do with terrorism and the consequences of terrorist acts. There is obviously a very timely link here between what we see happening in the film and the current 'war against terrorism'. At one point during the film we see Amir reading Hassan's letter and hoping...

EN1420 07/12/14 Unit 3 Assignment 2: Exploratory Paper War – U.S. vs. Iraq There is a lot of debate right now as to if the United States should go back to war with Iraq. Both sides of this debate, the people that are for going back to war and the people who are totally against it, have legitimate points” pro” and “con”. However, a lot of the people that are” Pro” engaging in war with Iraq again do not realize the underlining issues which exist. The United States just got out of a war with Iraq...

Many people today could argue their side and reasons on why they think the United States was justified in bombing Japan. But was Osama in Laden justified in orchestrating 9/11? No one in their right mind would support the killing of innocent civilians on 9/11 on the basis of the argument that Osama Bin Laden and his cohort wanted to end the war between radical Islam and the U.S. So why is it acceptable for the U.S. to have incinerated tens of thousands of civilian men, women, children and...

“Common Sense” A Rationale for the War on Terrorism Preface On September 11, 2001, our fellow citizens, our way of life, our very freedom came under attack in a series of deliberate and deadly terrorist acts. On this day, our nation united, determined to obliterate the evil force of terrorism from the planet Earth. Now, just eight years later, these same people wish to pardon the acts of evil, disregarding the 2,995 deaths that they united to avenge just a few years before. So the...

It is my dream to live in a world where no country on Earth requires a military to protect its citizens from invasion, but like most Utopian fantasies, such a world will never exist. As the leader of the free world, America has built up a huge military to protect the nation’s interests, its allies, and its way of life for its people. After the terror attacks on September 11, 2001, and our senseless invasion of two Islamic countries, the nation is still engaged in war to prevent Islamic extremist...

September 11, 2001 was one of the most tragic days in history. It not only affected the U.S but it affected everyone world wide. The actions took place in the United States, New York City, and Washington D.C. Four airplanes were hijacked by 19 Islamic terrorist group. All the attacks resulted in a large amount of death and destruction. There are so many conspiracies that it was the United States government had a part in the 911 attacks. The First attacks took place in NYC and Washington D.C,...

Patel 1 Hardik Patel Naomi Danton English 101 November 18th,1012 Terrorism in the World Is the terrorism an unstoppable war in this world or Is it the revenge against the human Society? A Terrorism is the global problem in the whole world since the two decades. It is the problem which the country has been continuously facing all the time. Terrorism is defined as an attacks on civilians and noncombatants for political...

Pakistan's role in the War against Terror was initiated by the September 11 attacks in in the United States 2001 on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. These acts were a new manifestation of terrorism, which altogether changed the political psyche of the world. The problem of terrorism, which had been confined to small groups and few states, was changed to a global menace. [show] v • d • e Insurgent attacks in Pakistan (since 2001) The Saudi born Zayn al-Abidn Muhammed Hasayn Abu...

Islamic Radicalism As years have passed, Islam has become a major political force in the contemporary world, arguably through means of terrorism and guerilla warfare. The word Islam actually means, “submission” to the will of Allah, “God” which is similar to how terrorists tend to try and submit others by force to follow said will. These terrorists’ objective is to spread Islamic faith and politics by ridding the world of non-believers to ultimately achieve a pure Islamic...

Why Do Suicide Bombers Exist? Suicide bombing is believed to be one of the ultimate acts of terrorism. It is horrific in its results, and the act of bombing itself does not choose who it kills. It kills all, adults, man and woman, children, and the saddest thing is that it kills the innocent. The propagation of suicide bombing nowadays has been increasing, especially in the Arab world where it seems that peace will not reign there for years or so. That area of the world has been a...

2 Moderately Unfamiliar Assumptions About Al-Qaeda Introduction to Homeland Security Research Paper August 17, 2013 Mr. William R Di Lorio 2 moderately unfamiliar assumptions about al-Qaeda Abstract From intellectuals to policy-makers alike. All of the extraordinary output on the subject of al-Qaeda, has recently led to a number of far-reaching theories about the group which remain startlingly unexplored. The two assumptions, this paper examines and reveals each one's...

 AD Week 4 Critique What do you think it was like for Islamic Americans after the bombing of the World Trade Center on September 11th 2001? How did the Muslim community as a whole get stereotyped after this incident? Compare this to the absence of stereotyping after Timothy McVeigh, a white middle-aged man, detonated a truck bomb in front of the Oklahoma City federal building on April 19, 1995. After the bombing of the World Trade Center on September 11th, 2001, I think that the lives of...

Project In Speech and Oral Comm. Submitted by: Course/Section: Marinela Pineda BSTM-H2T Submitted to: Dr. Antonio Yango INFORMATIVE SPEECH Good evening. Tonight, I can report to the American people and to the world that the United States has conducted an operation that killed Osama bin Laden, the leader of al Qaeda, and a terrorist who’s responsible for the murder of thousands of innocent men, women, and children. It was nearly 10 years ago that a bright September...

The cost of the Iraq war, how is it going to end? Meagan Farkas Below are a few statistics of the US spending and costs involved after 10 years of involvement in regards to the Iraq, Palestine, and Afghanistan War, which began in 2003 with an invasion, as of 2013: VA Medical (attributing 65% of total costs to Iraq war) 15.31 billion VA Disability (attributing 65% of total costs to Iraq war) 21.84 billion SS Disability (attributing 65% of total costs to Iraq war) 2.91 billion Homeland Security...

Radical Islam Subculture is an ethnic, regional, economic, or social group exhibiting characteristic patterns of behavior sufficient to distinguish it from others within an embracing culture or society (Merriam-Webster dictionary). Radical Islam is an extreme form of Islam that is a cultural-social ideology which dominates all aspects of the believer's lives; a form of Islam dedicated to the conquest of the world by any means possible (the clarion project). I have chosen to examine this...

Terror and Lies: September 11, 2001 The words scribbled on a piece of paper by Connecticut resident Randy Scott the morning of the September 11, 2001 tragedy read, “84th Floor west office 12 people trapped.” These were Scott’s last words, but the note survived the collapse of the World Trade Center. Ten years after 9/11, DNA testing confirmed the blood on the note belonged to Randy Scott, and New York City Medical Examiners tracked down the Scott family. When Scott’s wife saw the note, she...

Terrorism Paper 11/16/09 There are several terrorist groups throughout the world today. All the terrorist groups have one common goal and that is to rid the world of Americans and western influence from the Muslim world. There is one organization that has ties to most of all the terrorist groups in the world and is the most infamous group in the world today and that is the group called Al-Qaeda The word Al-Qaeda means “the base” in Muslim. As an international terrorist organization led by...

Global Terrorism Terrorism is a big issue all around the world. Terrorism is the systematic use of terror, often violent, especially as a means of coercion. Also are violent acts which are intended to create fear, are perpetrated for a religious, political, or ideological goal and deliberately target or disregard the safety of civilians. Terrorists use murder, kidnapping, hijacking, and bombing to pursue a political agenda. Terrorists are not just subject in the United States, it happens all...

"I really believe that the pagans, and the abortionists, and the feminists, and the gays and the lesbians who are actively trying to make that an alternative lifestyle, the ACLU, People for the American Way, all of them who have tried to secularize America. I point the finger in their face and say: " you helped this happen. This could be if we all fast and pray this could be god's call to revival" Jerry Falwell's thoughts on the September Eleventh terrorist attacks. The average person...

War on Terror Outline I. Introduction to War on Terror 1. The War on Terror was initiated by the United States and the United Kingdom after terrorist attacks on both countries. 2. It was started to try to extinguish Al Qaeda and other terrorist groups 3. War on Terror is also known as Operation Enduring Freedom in Iraq and Afghanistan. 4. On December 18th, 2011 troops exited Iraq and began their focus on Afghanistan’s terrorism conflicts. 5. Today, The War in Afghanistan is...

There are many distinct evils in the world today. More specifically, terrorism. Terrorism is a giant problem in not only America, but across the globe. The worst terrorist attack in America happened on 9/11. The events on that day led to a stronger union of the people, war in the Middle East, and pride in the United States. First, the attack on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 led to a stronger union of the American people. The United States of America decided after that...

Tonya Hamilton Catherine Grandorff ENGL 130 29 September 2012 America and Her People From 1776 to present day, America has been ever changing and her people have been a different breed, no matter where their ancestors came from. America stands for the freedom of any U.S. citizen, and any American willing to share the ideas of the people have defined what America means and the character of her people. When September 11, 2001 came with such tragedy to America’s shores, everyone was...

[name redacted] American Military History [prof redacted] Terrorism- A Cause and Effect? On September 11th, 2001, Two 747 Jet airliners hijacked by Al-Qaeda terrorists crashed into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City. Simultaneously, another airliner crashed into the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. The loss of life was tragic, and launched the United States into years of war on terrorism and on Osama Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda, his Islamic militant group. But...

The Slow Boiling of America by Radical Islam US Army Officer Major Nidal Malik Hasan’s attack at the Fort Hood Army base on November 5, 2009 killed 13 US soldiers and wounded 30 more. Eyewitness reports state before Hasan opened fire, he yelled “Allahu-Akbar,” which translates as “Allah [God] is great,” a phrase uttered by many radical Muslims in recent history just before committing similar acts of violence in the name of Allah (Allahu Akbar). As shocking as this incident is, it is only...

Influential does not equate with "good" or "positive" behavior. It simply means: powerful, important, significant, dominant or prominent. None of these are synonymous with good. Osama Bin Laden lives thousands of miles away, purportedly in a cave, and people are talking about him more than Hillary Clinton who is roaming the streets of New York and Washington D.C. quite publicly, trying to get attention. This is a woman who could be the first female president in U.S. history. Without a doubt...

For those who spend their lives working to prevent and end wars, whether and how war itself can be justified must be an urgent question. Of course, war’s justification is an ancient tradition. Bizarrely, Just War theory was formulated within the Christian church, whose founder chose a donkey instead of a war horse and taught his followers to overcome evil with good. Not only is the theory still mainstream among churches but, as Dan Smith, head of an important NGO working for conflict...

Barack Obama Speech Notes Paragraph 1: President Obama begins his speech in a direct, strong manner, emphasizing the importance of the issue at hand; the immediacy of his statement conveys a serious tone. His use of words such as “terrorist” and “murder of thousands of innocent men, women, and children” (loaded language) support the rightness of the President’s actions, as well as appeal to the emotions of his audience (emotional appeal, pathos). Paragraph 2: President Obama provides...

“I believe that freedom is the deepest need of every human soul,” (George Bush). As president of the United States of America, Bush knew this as well as anybody. However, a great way of life such as freedom can turn a person evil in 2.5 seconds. Osama Bin Laden wanted peace and security for Palestine very badly, badly enough to make him do the ultimate crime. He felt as if Palestine was his responsibility to keep safe. To Bin Laden there was only one way to get his Holy City back, attack the...

"We'll lead a broad coalition of nations who have a stake in this fight," Obama pledged in his weekly address, referring to the Islamic State by an acronym. "This isn't America versus ISIL. This is the people of that region versus ISIL. It's the world versus ISIL." (Anne, G. 9) The ISIS vs. ISIL debate over what to call the terrorists wreaking havoc in Iraq and Syria continues to confuse. Take CNN, where the network uses ISIS exclusively, while Obama Administration officials use ISIL, and...

Purpose The purpose of George Bush’s speech is to justify his future military actions and to unite the Americans by appealing to their emotions. Bush used a variety of emotive language and stylistic devices to express his concern over the incident for the audience. Content and Theme Firstly, Bush structured this speech is very small paragraphs. When he delivered the speech he speaks very slowly and never speaks more than 6 sentences at a time. Also, he pauses very often to allow the...

Osama bin Laden Assassination Terrorism is a problem that almost every country in the world has to deal with. The United States has had many terrorist attacks, whether directed towards the military, the government and its property, or people. The United States has dealt with this terrorism on many occasions. A terrorist is someone, often a leader of a group who causes intentional destruction and fear on another person, groups or society, disregarding the safety of the other persons for many...

A suspected al Qaeda terrorist wanted in connection with the October 2000 bombing of the USS Cole blew himself up with a grenade late Wednesday as Yemeni security forces closed in on him in Yemen's capital city, security sources said. Authorities had gone to a suspected al Qaeda hideout, a house in a poor section of Sana'a's downtown, and a firefight ensued. The suspect jumped into a taxi, and as authorities tried to stop the vehicle, the man pulled out a grenade and was apparently trying to...

How does Obama persuade the audience that the killing of Osama bin Laden was legitimate? Obama’s purpose of the speech is to persuade the audience that the killing of Osama bin Laden was legitimate. To do this, Obama has to appeal to all of his audiences, but particularly towards the American citizens because they were the people who were affected most by 9/11. Obama also targets his speech at al Queda as well as other terrorist groups to convey the actions he will take to keep his American...

Assignment 2. “Prepare a written briefing for a Board (you can choose any company real or imaginary) explaining why they should increase or decrease their security in relation to the threat of terrorism.” BRIEFING ON THE THREAT OF TERRORISM POSED TOWARDS TELECOMS ORGANISATIONS OPERATING IN AFRICA Purpose: The purpose of this briefing note is to present an overview of terrorist threats within Africa, spesifically towards the Vodacom organisation operating in the Democtratic Republic of...

Terror is a strong and overpowering fear. It's hard to believe that some individuals' goals are to instill this in us -- to wreak havoc and destruction among the innocent. It's becoming more and more evident with each new year. Fanatical groups around the world are slowly coming out. Terrorism, based on intimidation and fear, no longer will be cast aside: the United States will stand and fight for the freedom and values of its people. Terrorism isn't anything new to the United States, from The...

Omar Larios Mr. Sullivan English 50 Essay #2 2 April 2013 Terrorism Connie Schultz author of the article New Airport Policy: Grin and Bare It, Schultz says “Not exactly secret agent man.” when referring to Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the underwear bomber. Because she says that he isn’t exactly a secret agent, even though he still had the potential to be dangerous, rather than something more adequate for a terrorist shows that Schultz is not too concerned with terrorist threats happening...

“I was never an American. I was immediately a New Yorker.” How is Changez’s sense of identity altered over the course of the novel? In Mohsin Hamid’s 2007 thriller novel ‘The Reluctant Fundamentalist’ we’re told the story of a young scholar, Changez, and his troubles as a Pakistani during his time before and after the 9/11 terror attacks in America. This turmoil is allegorically simplified by Changez’s own personal relationship with his love interest, Erica, evident given that her name is...

Shining brilliantly in the clear blue sky above America’s east coast, the sun promised a good travel day. The summer of 2001 was nearing its end as thousands of lower Manhattan office workers followed their usual morning routine. Many worked in the skyline-defining twin towers of the World Trade Center. In Washington, meanwhile, employees of the Department of Defense were at their desks in a section of the Pentagon. On this September 11 morning, four planes were scheduled to leave American...

Usama bin Laden and His Selection Of Terrorism Usama bin Laden, born in 1957, comes from a wealthy Saudi Arabian family that owns a multinational construction business. He used his inherited wealth to finance Afghan forces fighting the Soviet Union's occupation of Afghanistan in the 1980's. After the 1991 Gulf War, he was distressed that Saudi Arabia allowed U.S. forces to remain in the Arabian Peninsula. To advance his agenda of expelling the U.S. from the Islamic world, he worked...

Racial Profiling Racial profiling has been a part of the United States justice system about as long as there has been a justice system. In 1944 the supreme court made the decision that racial profiling was not unjust or unconstitutional. They said it is okay to practice during times of great emergency. Since then there have been countless lawsuits towards the United States for unlawful searches based on ethnicity. Many of these searches involve innocent citezens who are treated unfairly....

Compare And Contrast ISIS To The KKK, Gangs, The Mexican Cartel, Or The Mafia. Sabrina Reyes Mrs. Mims English IV 4th period October 7, 2014 How many innocent people have to die? “After the bombings on ISIS from the USA, they have beheaded two American journalists as a direct result of the bombings. They claim they were “acting as a direct result of your transgression towards us!” ISIS has also vowed: “WE WILL NOT STOP UNTIL WE QUENCH OUR THIRST FOR YOUR BLOOD.”, Says hub pages...

CDA AND POWER RELATIONS Hafiz Ahmad Bilal Department of English, University of Sargodha, Sargodha, Pakistan Tel: 92-321-600-2709 Email: ahmadbilal.uos@gmail.com Akkasha Tariq (Corresponding Author) Department of English, University of Sargodha, Sargodha, Pakistan Tel: 92-300-600-5445 E-mail: ak.jolly34@gmail.com Sadaf Zahra...

‘Conflict has positive outcomes’ War does not determine who is right — only who is left. ~Bertrand Russell. Without conflict we won’t truly know the capacity of someone’s inner strength and understanding. Conflict is a true test which raises issues that otherwise wouldn’t be raised, issues which need to be dealt with in order for us to grow as a person. Hardships test and shape us as we learn from our experiences of dealing with them in our everyday lives, increasing our inner strength and...

 Rhetorical Research Outline I. Introduction A. Background on Islamophobia: Islamophobia is the fear against Muslims in the Western society. The term Islamophobia was first created in 1922 by Etienne Dinet, a French Orientalist painter who throughout his career became interested in Arabic culture and Islam. However, it escalated in 2000 due to the attacks carried out by Islamic extremists (violent Islamic activists) to the western society. The small quantities of Islamic extremists...

The lone Survivor What is the lone survivor? Most of us know it know it as a movie that is based on a true story and that’s it. But the Lone Survivor tells the incredible tale of four Navy Seal members tasked on a covert mission to neutralize a high-level al-Qaeda. The mission is operation Red Wings, tasked with overlooking a village and try and capture or kill a highly dangerous Taliban member that was in links with another dangerous Taliban member Osama bin laden. Faced with an impossible...

Terrorists are defined as persons who are mostly members of groups that support or perform terrorist acts upon other individuals or populations, because of a difference in opinion. Today Terrorism is conducted in a wide display of illegal political and religious organization in order to further goals of forcing their own religious or political views on others. Terrorists come from basically anywhere, a terrorist is simply an individual or group of persons who terrorize another person or...

Afghanistan has been in war with the U.S. mainly because, The Taliban refuses to follow through with the commands that the U.S. gave them, as well as ‘The Three Phases’, Also the planned attack in 2001, but mainly because the U.S. wants the mineral resources that are found in Afghanistan. The Taliban refused to undertake 3 simple tasks: shutting down the terrorist training camps, giving up the Al-Qaeda leaders and returning all American and Foreign citizens, which is part of the reason that we...

************** COM/310 – COMMUNICATION: NEWS ANALYSIS: WAR ON TERRORISIM *************** ******** The War on Terrorism and the devastation of its consequences around the globe have been a prominent albeit contagious issue that professional journalist and media consumers have constantly debated, dissected and scrutinized amongst each other. Television networks across multiple continents have developed documentaries that reflect the different views on this issue. These...

Josephine O’Brien DIT, 4th year Eleven years after 9/11 America is weaker not stronger. Discuss. 6th December 2012. International Political Economy (BUS4005) John Hogan Contents Page number Introduction4 2.Microeconomics4 2.1New York4 2.2 Consumer Sentiment5 2.3Airline and Insurance industry5 2.4Foreign Oil5 3.Macroeconomics6 3.1Cost of War6 3.2Unemployment7 3.3Annual Federal Budget Deficit7 3.4Balance of Trade8 3.5Security8 4.International Relations 8 4.1The...

I was quite saddened by the event that took place on September 11, 2001. An unfortunate tragedy occurred in New York that will go down in history. Two airplanes crashed into the World Trade Center, causing them to collapse, injuring and killing thousands of people. When I first learned of the catastrophe, I was in my dorm room asleep because I don’t have classes on Tuesdays. My mom called me and informed me of the horrendous episode and it actually took me a while to realize what...

International Terrorism – The World’s Greatest Challenge Today Today the threat of terrorism is becoming more and more serious. Terrorism is considered the greatest threat against the safety of the world, and especially the USA, today. The extent of the terrorism has increased significantly over the last couple of years, since the terrorist attacks against the US on the 11th of September 2001. After these attacks former president of the US, George Bush declared a war against terrorism....

Islamophobia Originally named Cordoba house, Park 51 is a project to build a Muslim cultural center and a mosque that is only two blocks away from Ground Zero. The plan has already been approved by city authorities and is backed by Mayor Bloomberg. But the project is confronted with a large protest. Some opponents are concerned that an Islamic cultural center near Ground Zero would offend the families who were affected in the 9/11 attacks. Protesters have compared Islam as extremists...

Rhetorical Analysis In President George W. Bush’s speech to the American public on September 20, 2001, Bush utilizes rhetorical devices to craft an effective speech. He uses an instructive and demanding tone, makes an appeal to Logos, and varied syntax. The strongest device of Bush’s speech is his decisive and instructive tone. Throughout the entire dialogue, Bush uses statements and facts to consolidate all of his various ideas and points into concise sentences that directly state what has...

MAN-MADE DISASTERS Presented • Apoorv By • Lavany a Avir al • Nikh • INDEX   Introduction  Types of Man-Made Disaster  Terrorism  Nuclear  Biological Threats  Cyber Attack INTRODUCTION   Man-Made hazards OR Anthropogenic hazards can result in the form of a Man-Made disaster. In this case, anthropogenic means threats having an element of human intent, negligence, or error; or involving a failure of a human-made system. This is as opposed to natural hazards that cause natural...

Osama bin Laden’s Death: A Brief Introduction of Abbottabad and Pakistani Support Network The world’s most wanted terrorist Osama bin Laden was killed on May 2, 2011 in a US Navy SEALs raid at a compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. He was 54 years old at the time of his death. The news of Osama’s death spread like a wild fire in the entire world. It was a huge victory for the U.S. in the war against terrorism and to eradicate Al Qaeda and a huge defeat to Al Qaeda. The news created a mix...