Osama Bin Laden’s Claimed Motivations for 9/11 are False
Where did the animosity which lead to the terrorist acts of September 11, 2001 originate? It is obvious at this point in time that the leader of the al Qaeda network, Osama bin Laden, was the mastermind behind the attacks, but the reasons why the attacks occurred and the fact that a small majority of people can support such acts remains very unclear. Osama bin Laden stated in his February 1998 Fatwah, “The ruling to kill the Americans and their allies- civilians and military- is an individual duty for every Muslim.” When examining the three direct reasons given by Osama bin Laden to kill Americans his reasoning based on factual evidence veers far from the truth and his
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Even Osama bin Laden recognized the potential dangers that Saddam Hussein could arise in the region. Peter Bergen quoted Osama bin Laden saying “ A year before Hussein entered Kuwait” he recalled “I said many times in my speeches at mosques warning that Saddam will enter the Gulf. No one believed me.”
In Osama bin Laden’s second fact he refers to the United States as wanting to create havoc in the Middle East even after the end of the Gulf War although they claim to be against this. He also believes that the only purpose for the fighting in the first place was to create devastation. As previously mentioned he recognized Saddam Hussein as a threat thus he must recognize the importance of limiting his global power.
In Osama Bin Laden’s third fact he refers to the United States as wanting to fragment the Middle East states to cover up the Israeli occupation of Jerusalem and the murders of Muslims there. He states in his 1998 Fatwah, “The best proof of this is their eagerness to destroy Iraq, the strongest neighboring Arab state and their endeavor to fragment all the states of the region such as Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Sudan into paper statelets and through their disunion and weakness to guarantee Israel’s survival”. The United States only wanted to limit the
On September 11, 2001, 19 people hijacked four airliners and carried out suicide attacks against their targets.. Two of the planes crashed into the towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, the third plane hit the Pentagon just outside Washington, D.C., and the fourth crashed in a field in Pennsylvania. Over 3,000 people were killed during the attacks in New York City and Washington, D.C., including more than 400 police officers and firefighters. (“9/11 attacks”2010). The conspiracy theories started just days after the September 11, 2001 attack. The conspiracies were easy to spread fast when using the internet and they became more and more elaborate as time went on. The most popular 9/11 conspiracy theory is that 9/11 was orchestrated by the American government.
One of the most controversial events ever to occur is still being talked about to this day. September 11th, 2001 will forever go down in history as one of the most tragic disasters to hit the United States of America. It was heartbreak for all of us to see those towers fall and thousands upon thousands of American lives destroyed. One might ask themselves; didn’t everything get explained a little too quickly? Why did everyone so quickly forget the details to this tragedy? The events of September 11th, 2001 are surely going to be remembered for its brutal truth and will always remind us of the hate that we as humans can create. The events of September 11th happened so fast that lots of details were overlooked but now, six years later one
On September 11, 2001 the World Trade Center buildings one and two were attacked. However, who we were attacked by and even if we were attacked is a hard decision to make. There have been many different claims about how everything on that fateful day happened. There are facts that we know are true, though; Flight 11 flew into the North Tower at eight forty- six in the morning. Soon after, Flight 175 attacked the South Tower. By the end of the day, both towers had collapsed and other hijacked flights had caused damage. The amount of lives lost on September 11 was substantial; 2,749 people from eighty-three different countries died from the attacks (Facts about the attacks…, n.d.). All in all, America was changed forever.
Since the terrorist attacks on 9/11, America has been on edge about the topic of terrorism. Groups like Al-Qaeda, Hamas, Taliban, and now more recently, ISIS, has kept the world cautious of their every next move. Looking more closely into how these groups are formed and operate could help us better understand how they can be stopped. Studying the history of terrorist organizations can help us better predict the future of terrorist organizations.
In this article, one of the main issues is that the tower’s structural engineer, Lee Robertson, addressed the problem of terrorism in the plans for the building, claiming he “designed it for a (Boeing) 707 to hit it”. In the center of the tower there is a central support core. This core is built of sheer concrete reinforced by 44 beams of construction grade steel, which were sealed in asbestos. When the plane hit the north tower it took a direct hit to the core, but the plane that hit the south tower went in on an angle, almost parallel to the core structure. The fuel barley grazes the core of the south tower, with most
The attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001 were the direct result of the failure of US agencies, ranging from the White House to airport security, to recognize vulnerabilities present in the various symptoms. The reason why these vulnerabilities were not acknowledged and repaired is that these various agencies were trapped in a cognitive dissonance cycle of thinking. After the Cold War, terrorism was seen as a regional problem (9/11 Commission, 92). The majority of terrorist groups were either groups sponsored by governments or militants trying to create governments (i.e. Palestine Liberation Organization). As a result, the tactics used for fighting terrorism were centralized mostly in the Middle East and were restricted to
Bin Laden has grown to hate the United States over the years as a result of his Islamic extremist beliefs, and because of past confrontations with Americans. President Bush gave additional reasons for Laden's hatred stating, "Americans are asking, why do they hate us? They hate what we see right here in this chambera democratically elected government. Their leaders are self- appointed. They hate our freedomsour freedom of religion, our freedom of speech, our freedom to vote and assemble and disagree with each other" (par 25). In a 1997 interview with CNN, bin Laden stated his reasons saying, "We declared jihad against the US
However, this sanction was perceived by Bin Laden the cause of Iraqi children dying, since medical supplies were cut short.”(bep.education.com). This was the beginning of Bin Laden's hatred of America and it only grew from here. With this quote in mind, it marks the rain before the storm. In past years, Bin Laden followed the teachings of extreme Arab nationalists, and this event gave him an opening to not only fuel his hatred, but to finally practice what he’s learned. Bin Laden blamed the US for their country's misfortunes, instead of blaming themselves for the deaths of thousands, and the disfigurement of their government. From the US’s point of view, by aiding their nation, it was like giving Hussein’s army each an automated weapon, telling them to fire again. Therefore, by controlling what was given to Iraq was the only way the US knew how to slow them down, and hopefully prevent them from killing again. However, the sanctions didn’t help at all, and instead Bin Laden found another way to get back at the US. This is evidenced by, “Bin Laden believed that the US could be beaten. He had seen examples of this. In 1983, a suicide attack on an American base in Lebanon killed 241 US
One of the sources was simply Osama Bin Laden’s declaration of a holy war against the United States of America and another source was the Fatwa of Osama Bin Laden, a fatwa is a ruling on a point of Islamic law given by a recognized authority. The fatwa was a calling for the killing of all and any Americans, this happened in 1998, 3 years before the 9/11 attacks.
September 11th will always be a dreadful day in history. Four American planes were hijacked and used to destroy national landmarks. Some people try to use this sensitive topic to prey on the United States government. They create conspiracies like the Bush Theory and many more to trash our government because it was not prepared for a terrorist attack. The fact is that no nation is ever ready for a group of people to hijack planes and use them to destroy national treasures. The government ordered a huge investigation of these attacks, and they found the truth. That is why the conspiracy theories about the hijackers, the Pentagon, and the twin towers during the September 11th attacks do not withstand the facts.
Fourteen years ago, on September 11th 2001, the future for the entire country was impacted and changed. The United States wasn’t engaged in any wars, few of us had ever heard of Osama bin Laden, and we deported half the number of people we do today. But maybe hardest to believe, you didn’t have to take your shoes off at the airport.
Bin Laden openly perpetuates conflict between Islam and the West. “This battle is not between al-Qaeda and the U.S.,” the al-Qaeda leader said in October 2001, yet “this is a battle of Muslims against the global crusaders.” From Bin Laden’s perspective, this “clash of civilizations” between Americans and the West has been under way for centuries and it is just the most recent incarnation of the Christian Crusaders. In October 2001, the Arabic satellite news channel aired an interview in which Bin Laden expressed his views on Huntington’s “clash of civilizations” thesis. The following is a summary of bin Laden’s points in this interview:
When President Barrack Obama mentioned of the September 11th attack, for a moment the wounds left in the hearts of the Americans started bleeding again. There was nothing that could that could stop the bleeding other than one statement: “the perpetrator of the attack has been brought to justice”. On the night of 2nd May 2011, the Americans were woken up by the unusual speech delivered by the 44th president of the United States of America. The speech began by the president mentioning one of the worst terror attacks that have ever happened on the American soil. At that moment, the citizens remained silent as they listened and watched the speech. All they
History has shown many times that a single human being is capable of vast influence among people and/or a society, especially for religious purposes. Generally, when people think about influential leaders tied to a religion, they think of the great leaders that strived for peace and equality for all, such as Mahatma Gandhi. Justly, the big religious figures who were not so great for the world are often not given any credit for being the influential, strong leaders that they were, such as Osama Bin Laden. Obviously no one wants to give props to someone who negatively impacted the world but many times these evil leaders are very similar to their opposites. Morals must be disregarded to make this comparison but it is worth making. As previously mentioned, the comparison going to be made is of polar opposites; Mahatma Gandhi and Osama Bin Laden. They both greatly influenced and affected the world based on actions they took because of their religious beliefs. One practiced Ahimsa, who preached non-violence, and the other one Jihad, who fought a war with non-believers. But which of their two messages was more successful; non-violence or violence? Not successful in regards to humanity or morals, but in influence, leadership, and how long their message resonated. Both religious figures will be evaluated from their beginnings in order to see all their influences and intentions, as well as the situations they were put in that pushed them to make the moves the did.
The United States has been involved in the affairs of the Middle East for decades and they’ve had various reasons for being there, whether it was to wage war or to prevent outside influence that would undermine their own influence in the region, it always seemed to revolve around one thing: oil. As we all know, oil is a very profitable resource and it’s a huge part of many nations’ economies and because this is the case many wars are fought over this black liquid. The U.S. is no different in that they did just about anything to maintain their access to Middle East oil. As a result, United States actions in the Middle East today has been formed through the decades long desire for their oil.