In a time when George Bush and Al Gore were forced by the Supreme Court to end the recount in Florida and later, President Bush would call for a War on Terror, America was becoming more defensive both internally and internationally. It is in this context that a young man named Osama bin Laden was studying in Saudi Arabia and not behaving as morally as one may have hoped, drinking and partying. If Osama bin Laden were to die due to alcohol poisoning in his adolescence in 1976, al-Qaeda would not be formed. Four significant effects of Osama bin Laden’s death in the 70s would be bin Laden’s family denouncing and putting money towards advertising against the United States, bin Laden’s future colleague forming an Islamic extremist group without …show more content…
His family rose to power and affluence during the twentieth century due to connections with the royal family of Saudi Arabia Osama bin Laden's father's construction business while bin Laden was younger. After college, bin Laden formed the Islamic extremist group, al-Qaeda, with a number of men who had the same ideals as him about the politics and the economy in Saudi Arabia and the Arabian peninsula and he used his family's money to help fund said group and their training. This made Osama bin Laden the “face” of al-Qaeda and the most well-known leader. After the September 11, 2001 attacks in New York City, 2,996 people were killed and the United States government's price tag increased rapidly and the moral of the American people declined. Al-Qaeda and its terror attacks have shaken America economically, socially, and politically and changed how Americans see Middle Eastern religions and led to mass numbers of hate crimes against Muslims and Muslim …show more content…
After the death of Osama bin Laden, his immediate family is hit hard emotionally and attacks western culture, specifically partying and drinking, and uses their money to advertise their outrage with what drinking and partying did to their son and with a net worth of about $7 billion (Frank, 2009) the bin Ladens reach a large amount of people and since most people there respected their opinion, a significant number of Saudi Arabians follow and start to stray from western culture and the temptations it holds when trying to live a “traditional” Muslim lifestyle. A second short term effect of Osama bin Laden dying from alcohol poisoning is bin Laden’s future colleague forming an Islamic Extremist group without bin Laden’s assistance. Abu ‘Ubaidah al-Banshiri, was born in May of 1950 in Cairo, Egypt and had strong feelings against Americans interfering with the politics in the Arabian peninsula. Al-Banshiri formed the group al-Qaeda with other men who felt the same. Al-Qaeda tried to get people to join the group and, “issued a fatwa, or religious edict, holding that “to kill the Americans and their allies—civilians and military—is an individual duty for every Muslim…” ( Funk &
Saddam Hussein was the former president of Iraq for over twenty years. Born on April 28, 1937, in Tikrit, Iraq, Saddam Hussein was a secularist who rose through the Baath political party to assume a dictatorial presidency. Under his rule, segments of the populace enjoyed the benefits of oil wealth, while those in opposition faced torture and execution. After military conflicts with U.S.-led armed forces, Hussein was captured in 2003. He was later executed.
After Bin Laden, the founder of al-qaeda, threatened the U.S. he and his organization planned the 9-11 attack. They had hijacked 4 planes to crash them into certain places. With the crashes, they had killed about 3,000 people in that terrorist attack. Osama Bin Laden will be remembered every 9-11 for the terrifying attack on 2001.
To understand the convoluted events of Al-Qaeda’s reign of terror on America I had to delve into the history of Al-Qaeda’s origins and
Osama Bin Laden changed the world on September 11, 2012, when he orchestrated the 9/11 bombings on the World Trade Center in New York City. He has also formulated many other attacks including the October 2000 attack on the USS Cole, and attacks on the US embassies in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania in 1998 (Encyclopedia of World 1). Osama Bin Laden had a negative influence on societies, economies, and religion throughout the world because of his actions in masterminding many radical terrorist attacks, and because he created and funded al-Qaeda.
The news of Osama bin Laden’s death greatly upset al-Qaeda, and they swore to avenge the death of their leader. The US received many threats from the terrorist group but there were no more attacks
Osama Bin Laden became a threat to America because of how powerful he was and he knew he had the United States in fear. Bin Laden had a full army that was skilled and had experience in war because they already fought against the Soviet Union (Spindlove & Simonsen, 2013). He was from Afghanistan therefore terrorism was nothing out of the ordinary. He had all of the resources he needed right at the tip of his fingers. Having an army already on his side and ready to fight was an advantage because they could start planning their future attacks right away. Bin Laden and al Qaeda were able to plan the 9/11 attacks for a very long time, and members involved were actually operating in the United States (Spindlove & Simonsen, 2013). There were individuals
Osama bin Laden came from a very well-known Saudi family (Rosen). His father had his own successful construction company and was even close to the royal family (Rosen). His father died in a helicopter crash when Osama was only ten years old (Rosen). Bin Laden inherited a portion of his father’s fortune and became very wealthy (Rosen). However, bin Laden wanted to do something incredible in his own right to really live up to the “bin Laden” name (Rosen). He ended up finding a way to do so by successfully leading Afghanistan to defeat the Soviets
Exiled from his native land of Saudi Arabia, Osama bin Laden resides in Afghanistan where he administers his network of terror. He blames the United States and the West for the struggles of the Muslim world. His goal is to create a society governed by Islam, free from the corruption of the West, and the culmination of this dream is to drive the United States and the Jews from the Middle East. He fights this war not only through terrorist action, but also with the power of language, and the skills of rhetoric and propaganda to accomplish his goals.
I share similar opinions with you in regards to the United States choosing to fight without proper negotiation for certain wars. At the time, President Obama had believed that the war in Afghanistan was a war of necessity, not a war of choice. However, there is evidence that suggests otherwise. For example, the United States did try to make a deal with the Taliban to turn over Osama bin Laden, like you mentioned. However, it was unnecessary to bomb the cities in Afghanistan so quickly after America was denied. The Taliban had only refused to hand over bin Laden because the United States didn’t provide any proof or evidence that he was actually involved in the 911 attacks. In other words, the Taliban weren’t actually refusing to turn him over
The terrorists’ attacks on September 11, 2001 centered on New York City was a devastation that affected the United States as Al-Qaeda wanted to instill fear in the mass public, and also send a message simultaneously to their counterparts that they were not to be taken lightly. Since then, it has never been forgotten and was one of the worst tragedies to occur in recent history. In an otherwise positive note, Osama Bin Laden has since been killed and his death has directly caused a morale decrease in the terrorist faction. Terrorism was always in play when it came to the United States, but it only came into the limelight with the 9/11 attacks. The attacks brought numerous repercussions, such as future health issues, problems with economics,
He helped persuade 4,000 Arabs to make the trip to Afghanistan for training. The Saudi government brought him in for questioning and kicked him out of the country. Bin Laden responded by lashing out at the Saudi Arabia government and the royal family by writing lengthy essays denouncing the royal family. Terrorist activities that occurred in Saudi Arabia after that were blamed on him. He went to Sudan for safety and refuge. Sudanese government welcomed Bin Laden more for his construction and engineering skills than his links to Jihad fighting. Sudan was offering itself as a sort of haven for terrorists, and there he began setting up legitimate businesses that would help finance Al Qaeda. He arrived in Khartoum with his three wives and his fifteen children, and devoted himself to breeding Arabian horses and training police dogs. Al-Qaida at that time attracted the attention of wealthy Saudi investors and founded charities and aid programs that also supported their terrorist activities. Quietly Osama bin Laden set up camps to train terrorists, smuggled weapons to Egypt and
On December 25, 1979, the Soviets invaded. This started a chain reaction which has resulted in a torn country, fighting for freedom from its traditional Muslim government. Soviet Russia invaded in hopes of establishing a communist, and pro-Soviet, regime in Kabul. After the invasion, the Soviet leaders decided to kill the President of Afghanistan at the time; President Amin, because the leaders were afraid that he had connections with the United States. After his murder, the Soviets installed their own leader, President Babrak Karmal, who they controlled for their own desires.
“Muslims, Bin Laden argues, must reverse a series of humiliations that they’ve endured since the Ottoman Empire, the last Muslim great power, was dismantled after World War I. Al-Qaeda’s 1998 declaration of a jihad, or holy war, against ‘Jews and Crusaders’ urges Muslims to attack ‘the Americans and their allies, civilian and military,’ supposedly as a response to U.S. policies that al-Qaeda feels oppress Muslims: the stationing of troops in Saudi Arabia; the backing of U.N. sanctions against Iraq; support for repressive Arab regimes; support for Israel; alleged complicity in Russian attacks on Muslims in Chechnya; and interventions in Bosnia, Somalia, and other Muslim regions that bin Laden sees as attempts to spread America’s empire. These Western policies, according to al-Qaeda, add up to a ‘clear
The Islamic State is a world wide threat to freedom and democracy. Although not the first of its kind, the Islamic State deploys violent tactics to eliminate or terrify its enemies. Isis has become the world's deadliest terrorist group and also a major threat to the world population especially to the people those who were living in middle Eastern countries. Their ultimate goal is to create a world which is ruled under a leader who ruled according to The Quran. They wants the world to follow that leader. Thousands of young peoples are joining from different part of the world as jihadis to Isis. most of them were attracted to a fake afterlife proclamation called martyrdom were if they were killed in the name of Allah, they will enter to heaven which is full of virgin womens and alcohol, they can enjoy and live as their wish. In this research paper i am focusing on the origins, world wide funding and support from subversive groups,
Ever since the bombing of the World Trade Center on February 1993 the United States of America has stepped up its commitment to stopping terrorism. The general public after the bombing also took a new view on Islam, a negative one. The February 7 arrest of Ramzi Yousef made the world open its eyes to Islamic terrorists. The FBI is even involved in terrorist investigations and it does not help the image of the Islamic people that most wanted man by the United States of America is Usama Bin Laden, a Saudi Arabian. He is the leader of the terrorist organization known as Al-Qaeda, which is one of the most active terrorist groups. His central issue is the United States presence in the Arabian Peninsula and the military presence in his former homeland Saudi Arabia. Bin Laden made a declaration in February 1999 in the name of his "International Islamic Front for Jihad against Jews and Crusaders." He stated that "to kill Americans and their allies, both civil and military, is an individual duty of every Muslim who is able, in any country where this is possible." These kinds of statements are immediately taken by the Western media and given to the public. The public of course reacts with anger and creates a bias against