September 11th 2001 is a day Americans will remember for the rest of their lives. This was the day Al Qaeda, a radical Islamic group organized by Osama Bin Laden in the 1990’s, terrorized America. Al Qaeda hijacked four airplanes and executed suicide attacks on four sites in the United States of America. The first two of the airplanes were flown into the Twin Towers in New York City, another hit the Pentagon in Washington DC and the last plane crashed into a field in Pennsylvania, but could have been headed towards the White House or United States capital building. Thousands of people died and these terrorists’ attacks changed America’s fabric forever.
Al Qaeda is the group that started as an Islamic Army that fought against the Soviets in
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On Febuary 26th 1993, 7 members of Al Qaeda planted a bomb in a truck in a parking garage below The North Tower of the World Trade Center. Although the bomb did not do extensive damage to the World Trade Center as compared to the 9/11 attacks “…six people were killed almost instantly.” (The 1993 Trade Center Bombing) and thousands were injured in some way. Another major terrorist attack executed by Al Qaeda was the USS Cole Bombing. In October of 2000, while in Aden, Yemen the USS Cole made a rest stop to refuel. Meanwhile two suicide bombers carried explosives on a small motor boat next to the USS Cole, “The blast ripped a 40-foot-wide hole near the waterline of the Cole, killing 17 American sailors and injuring many more.”(The USS Cole Bombing)
It did not stop there, before 9/11, These are just a few of the planned attacks on America by Al Qaeda prior to 9/11, but none of them were as radical as 9/11. Three main issues that changed significantly before and after 9/11 was homeland security, war, and battling terrorism. Homeland Security is a major byproduct that evolved after 9/11. America’s Homeland Security’s goal is to guarantee that America is safe, guarded, and buoyant against terrorist attacks and other harmful acts. Their core goals include: “1.Prevent terrorism and enhancing security; 2. Secure and manage our borders; 3. Enforce and administer our immigration laws; 4. Safeguard and secure cyberspace; 5. Ensure resilience to disasters;”
In 1993, al-Qaeda members planted a bomb in a car which was planned to explode under the World Trade Center which resulted in 6 dead and 1,000’s injured before the
On September 11, 2001, the Islamic group, al-Qaeda, hijacked four airplanes and spreaded out against targets in the United States. “Two of the planes were flown into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, a third plane hit the Pentagon just outside Washington, D.C., and the fourth plane crashed in a field in Pennsylvania. Over 3,000 people were killed during the 9/11 terrorist attacks” (“9/11 Attack”), which caused the U.S. horrific sorrow.
Al Qaeda, or Al Qaida, is a global militant Islamist organization. It was agreed upon as a terrorist organization by almost every nation such as the United States, NATO (North Atlantic Treaty), the European Union, United Kingdom, United Nations, India, and many more countries. Al Qaeda is a organization
The event that happened on the 11th of September were a series of four coordinated terrorists attacks by the Islamic terrorist group al- Qaeda and Osama Bin Laden, on the United States on the morning of Tuesday September 11, 2001. 19 militants associated with the Islamic extremist group al-Qaeda hijacked four airliners and carried out suicide attacks against targets in the United States. Two of the planes were flown into the towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, The Twin Towers. A third plane hit the Pentagon right outside of Washington D.C. The fourth plane crashed in a field in Pennsylvania. As referred to as 9/11, these attacks resulted in extensive death and very bad destruction triggering major U.S initiatives to combat terrorism and defining the presidency of George W. Bush. Over 3,000 people were killed during the attack in New York City alone including the Hijackers. This incident that happened on September 11th changed the life for everybody, and it changed the way of life for Americans. 9/11 made the United States, the Americans paranoid. It made us tighten up and more secure. 9/11 also had a big effect on the Muslim/Arab Americans. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_11_attacks)
“On a sunny September morning, nineteen Islamic terrorists from Al Qaeda hijacked four commercial jets and flew two of them into New York City’s World Trade Center, destroying its twin towers and killing more than 2,900 people.”2 September 11th 2001 at 8:45 in the morning, a high jacked commercial airplane crashed into the 80th floor of North Tower of the World Trade Towers instantly killing hundreds of people and trapping even more people in the floors above the crash.3 Then less than 20 minutes later a second airplane crashed into the 60th floor of the South Tower of the World Trade Towers.4 The second airplane crash caused a huge explosion and prompted the evacuation of
Al-Qaeda grew from the Service Office founded in 1980 lead by the infamous Osama bin Laden. This was an office that was tasked with destroying Muslim brigade that stood in the way of the Soviets invasion of Afghanistan. However, Laden did not want to stop after this task. He began to train and recruit warriors from over 20 countries. With these fighters, Bin Laden planned to carry the holy war past Afghanistan. This lead to the creation on Al-Qaeda in 1988. The group was focused on removing western influence from Muslim theocracy and create strict Islamic governments.
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 held accountable for some of the most tragic and horrifying acts of terror in history. Still, many people do not fully understand what Al-Qaeda is, who is behind it, and why it exists. A fluid, agreed-upon definition does not exist for the extremist
Al Qaeda started out with three members and grew over the years, becoming one of the most widely known terrorist organizations in the world. Al Qaeda was founded in 1988 by Abdullah Azzam, Ayman al-Zawahiri and Osama bin Laden, who later became the most wanted terrorist in America. Abdullah had a position as a lecturer at King Abdul Aziz University in Jeddah, where he most likely met Bi Laden who was enrolled there as a student. As bin Laden’s teacher and mentor Azzam influenced and helped Bin Laden start the Al Qaeda organization in 1988. Ayman al-Zawahiri later joined to two and is currently the leader of Al Qaeda. . The organization started out in Pakistan and Afghanistan and later spread across five different continents. Over the years
Progress can be seen as moving forward or the onward movement towards a destination or a particular goal through any means necessary. This has shaped the mindsets of humans, countries, and terrorist organizations. Whether it is progress that comes from active, exemplary methods and actions or that from negative, violent, and unclean methods.The terrorist group al-Qaeda has one primary goal, to eliminate all US influence in the world and has pursued that goal through negative, violent means. However, the efforts of Al Qaeda towards eliminating all U.S. influence around the world have been unsuccessful because of the obstacles posed by the U.S. military and its counterterrorism efforts.
On September 11, 2001 a terrible tragedy occurred. Thousands of innocent people lost their lives. 19 Al qaeda hijackers took control of four planes. Two Boeing jetliners were crashed into both World Trade Centers. American Airlines Flight 77 was crashed into the pentagon. One Hijacked plane was headed for washington D.C., but the passengers aboard took it over, and crashed it into a field. The first tower was hit at 8:46. The next tower was hit at 9:03. At 9:59 the south World Trade Center tower collapsed. At 10:28 the north World Trade Center tower collapsed. Al qaeda is a terrorist group that affected the world by attacking the United States on 9/11.
September 11, 2001, a devastating day for many Americans across the nation, left many innocent people injured and dead. This was the day the Twin Towers collapsed due to a terrorist attack. “The attackers were Islamic terrorists from Saudi Arabia and several other Arab nations. Reportedly financed by Saudi fugitive Osama bin Laden’s al-Qaeda terrorist organization” (History.com) The terrorist hijacked four American Airlines so they could crash them into the World Trade Center. The Twin Towers stood as symbols of American wealth and success. (The Day That Changed America, p. 19) Al-Qaeda believed if they could surprise attack the U.S. they would weaken our country and frighten the rest of us, but this act of terror strengthened all to stick together and not let them believe the terrorist have won. More than 3,000 people died while inside the towers. Some had no faith in getting alive so many began to jump so they didn’t have to panic and die a slow painful death. Millions across the country witnessed both towers collapse in New York and on the news, it was almost everywhere.
Al Qaeda is a global organization founded by Osama Bin Laden. It is one of the most powerful and rich terrorist organizations in the world. The group is responsible for major attacks such as September 11th and many other bombings. Through the years Al Qaeda has transformed from a terrorist organization into a fighting group. It is now something known as jihadist networks. These networks of Al Qaeda are so powerful and can be seen as a global threat because of their worldwide supporters, financial means and their access to weapons.
As for religion, “Al Qaeda believes in its own version of Sunni Islam”(Web. Religious Terrorism). Sunni Islam is by far the largest religion of Islam. In 2009, Sunni Muslims were the majority of the world 's Muslim population
The Al-Qaeda organization was created anywhere from August 1988 to late November 1989 after the Soviet Union crossed the border into Afghanistan (McCormick, 2014). During this time Osama bin Laden and a few associates meet in Peshawar, Pakistan withdrawing forces from Afghanistan in order to help build the Al Qaeda training camp. From 1991 to 1998 Osama bin laden moved his base/training camp to Sudan where he
AQAP aligns with the DNA of symbolic terrorism because the group is the closest version to Osama bin Laden’s al-Qaeda, which is built around a sense of Denial of their identity and by a perceived threat to the Islamic world, Negation of the West and its ideas, and Affirmation through an identity that provides a model of heroic action (Rowland & Theye, 2008).