Dc Sniper Attack Research Paper

At the age of 20 in 1946 he was sentenced to prison for larceny and breaking and entering. During his time in prison he joined the Nation of Islam and after being released in 1952 he became one of its leaders. He was the

Three long weeks the Washington area was terrorized by a series of random sniper attacks. At first, the shootings seemed to be random, but were soon discovered to be coordinated attacks by John Allen Muhammad and his accomplice named Lee Boyd Malvo. The sniper’s claimed the lives of ten victims over the span of three weeks time, starting the second of October 2002 and ending around the 23 of October. Following leads, the police found a tree stump in their back yard that had been used for practicing. The two men were found sleeping in their car at a rest stop, in possession of guns matching the ballistics of the bullets found at the crime scenes. According to Crime Museum, in 2003 Muhammad was convicted on two counts of capital murder, homicide committed with intent to terrorize government or the public at large, conspiracy to commit murder, and the illegal use of a firearm. (Crime Museum) In March 2004, a judge from Virginia sentenced Muhammad to death. In 2009 Muhammad was executed by lethal injection. Boyd was also charged twice with capital murder and the unlawful use of a firearm. Boyd pleaded not guilty on all charges because of insanity stating that he was under Muhammad’s complete control according to Crime Museum.

In 1930, Poole met Fard Muhammad, who believed that it was time for the blacks to return to Islam, supposedly the religion of their ancestors. He became devoted to the religion, and, in 1934, was given the title "Supreme Minister." In 1942, he was jailed for evading the draft. The draft called for all males between the ages of 18 and 44 to join, and he refused, on claims that he was 45 and that his religion forbid it. Muhammad was then released at the end of the war, and found a likeness of himself in Malcolm X, which was one of the young new Muslims who had joined the Nation of Islam after the war. When he was released in 1946, he was undisputed head of the nation of Islam. Later in the 1950s Muhammad claimed X as his best disciple. Then,

Despite his dismal upbringing, Malcolm was able to graduate from his junior high school at the top of his class. He was aspiring to become a lawyer, but after one of his teachers told him that trying to be one was, "no realistic goal for a nigger", he decided that school was not for him and moved to Boston for awhile and made a living working a number of jobs, none of which were permanent. Eventually he would find himself working as a waiter at a restaurant called Small's Paradise in Harlem, New York. It was at this time that Malcolm Little began using and then selling drugs and even committing burglary. In 1946 he would be arrested for burglary and sentenced to ten years in prison. It was during his stay at the Charlestown, Mass. Prison that he would make maybe the most significant change of his life. Malcolm would begin studying the teachings of Elijah Muhammad, the leader of a small cult-like Islamic group that called themselves the Nation of Islam, he also began to study the Koran (the Islamic holy book). It was during these long years in prison that Malcolm was able to educate himself fully and came to the conclusion that he wanted to join Elijah and the Nation of Islam and fight for equality between blacks and whites.

At 3:19 in the morning on October 24, 2002 to be correct ballistic identification was instrumental in helping Montgomery County Police Chief Charles Moose and a group of examinations find the Washington DC territory snipers that was threatening the Washington DC zone throughout 23 long days. Tragically 10 individuals had been indiscriminately gunned down and three were critically injured while completing activities in their everyday life such as taking a casual walk, shopping at the Spotsylvania Mall, attending school, pumping gas, eating out, and going to work. A big break in the case came ironically from the sniper themselves. On October 17, 2002 an anonymous caller claiming to be the snipper boasted that he was responsible for the murder

Malcolm graduated the eighth grade, but by the age of fifteen he dropped out of school and began running the streets. Malcolm began to make friends with drug dealers, thieves, and pimps. By the age of twenty, Malcolm was convicted of burglary, he then served seven years in prison. While in prison Malcolm, furthered his education. During his prison time, his brother Reginald would visit and discuss his recent encounters with the Muslim religion. His brother Reginald belonged to the religious organization the Nation of Islam. By the time Malcolm was released from prison, he had undergone a transformation from a criminal to a religious priest, for the Nation of Islam. Malcolm had become a student of Elijah Mohammed teachings. Through these teachings Malcolm developed individual views about race in America and around the world. The more Malcolm learned about the teachings, the more he despised white citizens and he blamed them for the struggle of African Americans.

He came later in history, born in 1925, and passing on the twenty-first of February. He had lived through a very rough time frame, since he was African American, he was discriminated against and treated very unfairly by a lot of people in his community. When he spent time in jail for larceny, he was sentenced to ten years in prison and he spent his time reading and studying for the lack of education he had. Soon after getting freed, he quickly put effort into his activists movements, causing the National of Islam to grow rapidly. “Due largely to his efforts, the Nation of Islam grew from a mere 400 members at the time he was released from prison in 1952 to 40,000 members by 1960” was explained in the article. Him fighting back and being so persistent in trying to fight for the rights of people’s lives, ended up causing his unfortunate assassination while preparing for a speech in the Audubon Ballroom in

The second attack occurred on February 26, 1993 carried out in New York, USA. Ramzi Yousef, who later on is known to plan and execute many attacks planned to use a truck bomb on the World Trade Center in New York. Yousef drove the truck under the World Trade Center to the parking garage. He believed the bomb take out Tower One’s foundation and knock down Tower Two in the process. If the attack were to go as planned the attack would have killed over 250,000 people. However, the foundation did not break, it shook but remained stable. He succeeded in killing six people and injuring 1,042 others.

He did not like how the United States functioned in terms of racism toward the Arabs and the amount of freedom women have (“Is this the man,” 2001). His trip to the U.S. made his realize he wanted to be loyal to the Islam and that was it. Once he returned home to Egypt about two years later, he decided to become a part of the group called the Muslim Brotherhood (“Is this the man,” 2001). Unfortunately, once he joined the Muslim Brotherhood, he and the rest of the members were arrested and placed in prison more than once, where he was eventually murdered (“Is this the man,”

Around 570 CE, the birth of Muhammad happened in Makkah. His clan, the Hashim, was poor. Unfortunately for Muhammad, his dad died early throughout Muhammad’s life. His mom sent him to a nomad family, where he learned Arab traditions. At the age of 5 or 6, he went back to the city, reunited with his mom. Unfortunately for both of them, Muhammad’s mom died shortly after some time. He became a trader at the age of 12 with his uncle, and has success at Seria. When he was 25, he had his marriage with Khadijah and had one kid to spread the bloodline of the Muhammad family.

To Muslims, the life of Muhammad is a story revealed. Muhammad was born in or around 570 AD in the sun blasted Arabian Peninsula, a land of scarcity whose tribes were always in a state of war. While still an infant, Muhammad’s parents gave him his first tasteful of life in the dessert. Muhammad was from a town named Mecca, but he was sent off to live with the better

In 1995, car bomb attack on Vinnell Corporation Office led to the deaths of six people, including five Americans.

Muhammad was born in Mecca, but tragically he had a very hard childhood. He was orphaned at the age of six and his grandfather and uncle took him in. Muhammad had to work from a very young age, leaving no time for a normal childhood filled with leisure time. He finally had some economic stability when he married a wealthy widow named Theodora, and took advantage of his newfound leisure time to meditate on religion in a cave near Mecca. It was here that the angel Gabriel spoke to him, and he started his journey on being one of the most influential religious leaders in the world. Muhammad had to flee Mecca with his followers to Medina as a result of his teachings, but returned a few short years later to capture the city. He and his followers eventually built up a great empire, spreading their faith throughout the world. Two of the major pillars of their faith, Islam, are Shahadah and Hajj. Shahadah is the first pillar of Islam, and it is the Islamic creed which states that Allah is the one and only god and that Muhammad is the last and greatest of his prophets.

     Mohammed was born in 569 B.C.E. Mohammed had lost both of his parents by the age of 6, leaving him in the care of his grandmother and uncle. At 12 years old, his uncle took him on a caravan to Syria, where he picked up certain points from the Jewish and Christian religions. He married a wealthy woman at age 25, and they

He earned a degree in business administration from King Abdul-Aziz university in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia in 1981. During his late childhood and university years, he became acquainted with the Muslim Brotherhood group, which laid the foundation for his later actions. His religious beliefs became the guidepost from which his radical views were supported.