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Osama bin Laden’s hatred towards the United States drove him to do horrifying and unreasonable things. This is one example of why I believe mankind in inherently evil.

Wright has a special way of explaining things. When reading this book, a reader need not have a background knowledge on terrorism, Wright crafts the book in such a way that it consists of a ten page list of the main characters, fifty pages of notes, a list of interviews held, a bibliography and a clear bibliography for those who would love research the topic more. He also

This paper will talk about the largest terror group called Al Qaeda. Stating the facts on when this terror group formed, their motives, and graphs on numerous innocent lives. The most notorious Islamic terrorist group is Al Qaeda. Its pioneer, Osama Bin Laden, issued a fatwa (a religious decision) in February 1998 requiring an overall Islamic sacred war to slaughter Christians and Jews. Laden's key targets seem to be U.S. property. Al-Qaeda is a terrorist group that was established by Osama Bin Laden in the late 1980s. It started as a strategic system to help Muslims in Afghanistan battling against what was then the Soviet Union amid the Afghan War. Individuals were enrolled all through the Islamic world standing Al-Qaeda's roots and connections.

Osama bin Laden is a powerful influential leader to his followers. He also has significance approaches to them as well. Bin laden created a new group in 1988 called al-Qaeda (“the base”) to where it would focus on a symbolic act of terrorism instead of military campaign. A year later in 1989 the Soviets withdrew from Afghanistan, soon after that bin laden returned to Saudi Arabia to step up fundraising for the new and more complicated mission (History.com 2009). The pro-Western Saudi royal family feared that bin Laden’s fiery pan-Islamist rhetoric might cause trouble in the kingdom, so they tried to keep him quite as they could. Therefore, the royal family took away his passport and refused to accept his offer to send “Afghan Arabs” to guard the borders after Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990 (History.com 2009). However, the Saudi royal family did not make it any better when they sought help from the “infidel” U.S. instead. Since bin Laden was furious about being snubbed by the Saudi royal family, he vowed that it would be al-Qaeda, and not the Americans, who would one day; prove to be “master of this world.”

In the past weeks we have explored what makes up the mind of a terrorist by considering various psychological and behavioral factors of terrorism. Another factor we discussed was Osama Bin Laden: Terrorist CEO and the evolution of Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda. I will summarize categorizing the means of communication and influence they have upon advancing terrorist narratives, the psychological and behavioral factors within Al-Qaeda leadership and affiliate groups, compare and contrast his ability to communicate and exert influence upon these various audiences from the years preceding 9/11 until his death. All these factors play a part with one another in order to understand the big picture.

During the1970s, The USSR was the biggest threat to America and radical Islam were not as a concern of the USA. With this being known the USA began funding and training Islamic militants to fight Russian in Afghanistan (Cganemccalle, Newsome.com, 2011). These militants, known as the Mujahedeen would rebel the Russians out of Afghanistan and later become known as the Taliban, Al Qaeda and the Muslim Brotherhood. One of the most prominent members of the mujahedeen, was a wealthy son of a Saudi Arabian businessman named Osama Bin Laden. One of the first non-Afghan volunteers to join the ranks of the mujahedeen was Osama bin Laden, a civil engineer and business from a wealthy construction family in

Osama Bin Laden was born on July 30, 1957 in Saudi Arabia. He was the founder of the al Qaeda organization. Osama comprised al Qaeda in 1993 form of militant Muslims he had met while serving in Afghanistan. Bin Laden recruited soldiers based off their ability to listen, good manners, obedience, and their pledge to follow their superiors. By 2001, Bin Laden attempted successfully attacks on several countries using the help Al Qaeda. Al Qaeda was responsible for the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11, 2001.

Fawaz Gerges, who has done extensive research on Al-Qaeda, has described the themes of development on Al-Qaeda. During the early 1990’s the ideology of Sayyid Qutb [3] had a large influence on the objectives of Al-Qaeda. Qutb stood for the concept of hideous schizophrenia [4], and believed that it has been forever implemented into western societies. Gerges states that it was not until 1996 that Al-Qaeda shifted its focus on the “near enemy” to the “far enemy”. This change in ideology was expressed in the 1996 declaration written by Bin Laden. It was a way to inform Al-Qaeda’s vast network the slight change in ideology, and served to express the newly support in the principles of hideous

two terrorists and how they have gone from a non-terrorist to a terrorist. The Differential Association theory goes more into

In the op-ed column, “What's their plan?” Thomas L. Friedman exerts a sense of urgency and a different view on the problems in the Middle East. Friedman argues that fighting ISIS isn't just about the United States but about the countries in the Middle East deciding for themselves if they will become a peaceful society. In the column, Friedman effectively and efficiently uses ethos, pathos, and logos to make his point.

These females are more likely to support male relatives, educate the young in al Qaeda’s ideology, providing support for operations and assisting with finances. However, the female’s role changes when the female assumes the role of the male in suicide bombings, resulting in the supporting role becoming less effective. (White, 2012) Women who support al Qaeda are better educated than the males, and their interests tend more to the traditional roles rather than taking on an operative position. (White, 2012) As Bin Laden stated in his 1996 declaration of war, al Qaeda women were to motivate sons, brothers and husband in the encouragement of jihad. Furthermore, Bin Laden described women as victims of Western imperialism. (White,

For the majority of the free world, the character of Osama Bin Laden is relative to the attacks of September 11th, 2001. In the years to follow, the evidence collected as a result of a worldwide, multinational manhunt, revealed the complexity of the Al-Qaeda leader. In her published memoirs, former wife of bin Laden, Najwa bin Laden claims her husband had conflicting personalities (Farmer, 2009). Najwa cited her husband as a disciplinarian who would often beat their (his) children for displaying to much joy, laughing too much

Presidential elections are approaching quicker than ever, and the population is hoping that our new president will be able to solve global issues that were meant to be solved years ago. Unfortunately, there are many problems for a president to solve in four years, which is why we hope our new president will need to focus on the most urgent issues at hand. One of these issues is, of course, the surge of terrorism coming from the Middle East, namely from the group called ISIS.

Ayman al-zawahiri was an ophthalmologist (eye surgeon) and also one of the founders of Egyptian militant group Islamic Jihad. After the death of Osama Bin Laden, he was made the leader of al-Qaeda on 16 June 2011.Under his leadership al-Qaeda continued its jihad against crusader America and its servant Israel and whoever supported them. According to some authentic resources Zawahiri was also suspected to be the operational brain behind the 11 September 2001 attacks in US.As he is one of the group’s chief ideologue and missionary. On the list of 22 most wanted terrorists, issued by the government of US in 2011, Zawahiri was second only to Bin Laden and continues to have a $25m bounty on his head. He went underground after the US-led attack to overthrow the Taliban. One of his wives and two children also got killed in an US air strike in 2011. Security analysts believe him to be hidden somewhere around Afghan-Pakistan border region. US again launched an air strike in Jan 2006 at Damadola, a Pakistani village near the Afghan-Pakistan border, where they suspected zawahiri to be hiding and killed eighteen villagers including four children. US sources suggested

In order to fully interpret the nation of Iraq’s holistic condition during and after the Saddam Era, Social, Political, and Economic factors must be weighed accordingly and in contrast to each other. In order to do this, the span of years leading up to 1989, and