Killing, bombing, revenge, murder, assassination, terrorism, are all the things Osama Bin Laden is capable of. He was the 17th of 52 children born to Mohammed Bin Laden. He was more of the middle child but not the youngest of his family. He went to a Pakistani city on the border of Afghanistan to join resistance. Osama bin laden wanted to stay close to home and he married young and he joined the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood. I believe that Osama Bin Laden wanted to get revenge on the United States for bombing Iraq.
He was a father and he had children but he commanded them to live all under one roof. He was strict and said they have to learn and observe their religion. He demanded them that when they got a little older that they have confidence.
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He returned to Saudi Arabia to step up his complicated mission. Saudi Arabia was afraid of Laden’s fiery plan that might hurt the kingdom. He has his passport taken away and he thought there was an injury that was from the U.S. Bin Laden was saying that the Al-Quida is not Americans because they thought they were called masters of the world. Later he left Saudi Arabia, then there was a bombing in a hotel in Yemen where Americans were staying at, but no Americans died but two Austrians died. "Osama Bin Laden." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 26 Feb. 2017. Web. 28 Feb. 2017.
There was a bombing at the world trade center in New York in 1933 where it destroyed the Khobar Towers which it was a truck that destroyed the towers. Bin laden had people trained Somali rebels that killed 18 Americans in Mogadishu in1933. There was an assassination to president Hosni Mubarak which they attempted to
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While they could not find a trial to do Al-Quida where already getting up their biggest attack yet of all time. On September 11, 2001 there was an attack and the biggest thing that shocked everyone in the whole world is when two planes had crashed into the towers which killed hundreds of people that where in those two towers. Many had families and loved ones but most of the people were able to get out the towers. "Osama Bin Laden." Biography.com. A&E Networks Television, 22 Apr. 2014. Web. 28 Feb. 2017.
Osama bin laden was seeking chemicals and nuclear weapons. After that, the Al-Quida tried to communicate and to tell the Americans that Osama Bin Laden had better of communication of technology. He was known as the most threating terrorist ever. He claimed that the whole world as a fair territory. Baker, Peter, Helene Cooper, and Mark Mazzetti. "Bin Laden Is Dead, Obama Says." The New York Times. The New York Times, 01 May 2011. Web. 28 Feb.
Osama Bin Laden was the most wanted man in the world, after the attacks of September 11. On September 11 2001 two planes crashed in to the Twin Tower, another plane crashed in to the pentagon, and another crashed into a field on rout to the nation’s capital, killing three thousand people mainly civilians. (Benson) Hours after the attacks the CIA and FBI stared a search to find who was responsible for the attack; with in the day they found that the terrorism group al-Qaeda was the brains behind the operation. With extensive research American FBI came to the understanding that Osama Bin Laden was the leader of an anti-American terrorism group al-Qaeda group and ordered for the attack. (Benson) After the Bush declared to war on terror (the war to end terrorism) in September 2001 he appointed the CIA and FBI to start the search for Bin Laden, the search started October 2001. (Benson) Shortly after Obama was elected in to office in 2008 he made finding Bin Laden the top of the priority list (Obama). The search for al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden took ten years after extensive CIA research and the brave efforts of seal team six.
On May 2nd, 2011, the people of the United States awoke to some of the best news they would hear for many years to come; Osama bin Laden had been killed. President Barack Obama delivered the message at 7:30AM and the country was buzzing about it for weeks after. Osama bin Laden was a name that every American man, woman, and child knew. On 9-11-01, four planes were hijacked by terrorists and crashed into strategic locations to sow chaos, confusion, death, and destruction into the American people. 2,977 innocent Americans died on that fateful day, and the man who decided they should die and be subject to terror was Osama bin Laden. Since that fateful day, America has donated massive amounts of time and money to find Osama, and bring him to justice. However, time and time again he evaded capture and kept us chasing him.
In short, there are two major events that led to Osama bin Laden's terrorist views: the death of his father in 1967, when he was only ten years old. This event brought Osama bin Laden closer
Muslim lives have been lost fighting for Al-Qaeda and innocent civilians have died, being caught in the middle of this war. Osama Bin Laden is responsible for changing society and the lives of many Americans, troops and his own followers.
E- Despite following Islamic religion, he formed Al Qaeda. He’d reward money to those that helped, and punish those that didn’t. The one that was a transactional leader, Osama Bin Laden could influence anyone with his cunning words.
He was the 17th of 52 children born to Mohammed bin Laden, a Yemeni immigrant who owned the largest construction company in the Saudi kingdom ( History.com Staff ). Osama lived a privileged, and carefree youth. His siblings were educated in the West and would later go and become employees at his father's company. Osama bin Laden chose rather to stay close to home. He went to school in Jeddah, decided to married young and, alike all if not most Saudi men, Osama decided to join the pact of the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood. In 1988, bin Laden created a new group of anti-american semites called al Qaida, that would focus on acts of terrorism instead of trying to start military campaigns. After the Soviets withdrew from Afghanistan in 1989, bin Laden saw this as a golden option so he returned to Saudi Arabia to step up fundraising for this new and more complicated project. After al Qaeda started to really blossom, Osama decided it was time to better protect himself and his family from arrest, or death, and win even more recruits to al Qaeda's mission, bin Laden moved from Sudan to Afghanistan in 1996. During the movement of bin Laden, the scale of al Qaeda's attacks continued to increase. Osama and his forces began to ramp up their attacks. Now bin Laden was conducting large scale raids, attacks, and incersions, such as the attacks on two United States Embassies in Nairobi, Kenya and Dar-es-Salaam,
Bin Laden was on the FBI’s most wanted list for 10 years until the SEAL aided by the CIA captured him on May 2, 2011 in Abbottabad . Osama was one of the main founders of the terrorist group Al-Qaeda that targeted not only American citizens, but also anyone who stood in the way of what their beliefs were and what they thought to be their mission on Earth. Al-Qaeda was formed in 1988. Bin Laden formed the Al-Qaeda network whose job was to carry out global strikes against Western interests (Osama Bin Laden Biography). He is believed to have orchestrated at least a dozen attacks, some were successful,while others ,were not. Among the worst of these were two truck bombings, in which more than 200 people were killed , both happened on August 7, 1998, of U.S. embassies in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania (Osama Bin
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
Everyone knows who Osama Bin Laden is and about his horrendous lasting impact on our country and our planet, but have you ever wondered why someone would do something so awful? Osama Bin Laden became the world’s most wanted man because of his early life education, the forming of Al Qaeda, and his attacks on the United States in 2001. Bin Laden grew up in a good, very successful home, and then moved onto one of the most prestigious high schools in Jedda and was very successful. It was through an exclusive Islamic study group with a teacher where Osama learned “the principles of violent jihad” and that the Arab world should go by those rules “even if it meant supporting death and destruction” (Osama bin laden). These extreme views may have never
When I saw him I screamed “May America Burn in Afghan flames” In Arabic of course. He immediately looked at me and screamed “Death to America!”. He was guarded by some of his followers from Al-Qaeda. I was on a trip to Afghanistan and I was secretly hoping to meet him. He had inspired me as a young agent, trying to track his every move had taken up most of my young adult life.My ideology undercover had made me look like an extremist that was hoping to meet the man behind it all.
The Soviets invaded Afghanistan, in 1979. Osama, believed he should join Afghan in his duties as a Muslim to fight the occupation. He moved to Peshawar, Afghanistan. Osama used aid from the United State under CIA Program, operation cyclone. After the Soviets left their country in 1989, Osama went back to Saudi Arabia. He returned as a hero, the United States referred to him as a “Freedom Fighter.” Osama was disappointed with what he thought was a corrupt Saudi government. His frustration with the United State occupation, Saudi Arabia, during the war of Persian Gulf. Osama spoke against Saudi government, reliance of American troops.
Osama argued that he basically had the right to retaliate after his people suffered oppression. What really started to move him towards retribution was the bombardment of 1982 where America allowed the Israelis to invade Lebanon. He described how he could never forget the scene of children screaming and homes being destroyed. Also, while all of this happened, the whole world was witness to it but did not say or do anything. This ended up resulting in his conclusion to punish the oppressors. He wanted America to taste what it felt like to have the same thing done to them. He also says that one cannot be blamed for defending oneself especially if all he was trying to do was correct the great wrongs that were done to his people. By fighting, he
The group states that certain scriptures in the Quran and the Hadith speak about mass-murder, genocide, child molestation and slavery and how the holy writings justify these violent acts. The Al-Qaeda main goal is to drive out the Americans and the American influences that it has over all of the Muslim nations, the ideology for the group is referred to as " Jihadism" which means to be marked by the willingness to kill. Al-Qaeda also wants to destroy Israel and to be able to unite all Muslims and establish a force following the rules of the first Caliphs. The Caliphs is a form of a Islamic political religious leadership, the person who becomes a Caliphs is known to be a successor of the prophet Muhammad. Although Bin Laden started Al-Qaeda he did not run the organization by himself, he had a top advisor named Al-Zawahiri. Al-Zawahiri was born to an Egyptian upper class family and was a certified surgeon. Zawahiri joined the radical Islamic movement in the late 1970s, he served three years in prison for the assassination of Anwar Sadat who at the time was the 3rd President of Egypt. After his release from prison he meet Bin Laden and the two instantly became friends,
Osama bin Laden communicated with his organization and the world through several different methods. Before 9/11 bin Laden was already a well-known terrorist. His communication skills and ability to lead an organization were comparable to that of a CEO of a company. (Hoffman, 2003) He was able to easily relay what he wanted done and it got carried out. His methods of communication include: emails, couriers, word of mouth and violence. Each of these proved useful in bin Laden’s quest.
One of the world’s deadliest terrorists, Osama bin Laden, has cause havoc throughout the world by committing terror acts carried out by his Islamic extremist group, Al- Qaeda. Bin Laden has caused many problems throughout the world by his terrorism and this all came to an end on May 2, 2011. Seal Team Six was sent into his bunker and put an end to his life and his 10-year hide out after the 9/11 terror attacks on the World Trade Center. Osama has been the leader of Al-Qaeda since 1988 and since then has committed numerous amounts of terror attacks on all parts of the world. Osama bin Laden has developed over time as a leader of Al-Qaeda, and through his beliefs of Muslim brotherhood, he developed into an extreme Islamic terrorist.