Essay on TERRORISM AND IMMIGRATION

Al Qaeda was founded in 1988 by the most wanted terrorist in America, Osama Bin Laden, to bring together Arabs who fought in Afghanistan against the Soviet Invasion. Al Qaeda works with allied Islamic extremist groups to take over regimes it deems "non-Islamic" and remove Westerners from Muslin countries. The organization first began with three members and now there are approximately 200 to 1,000 current members. Al-Qaeda began to construct and offer training camps and guesthouses to its recruits; while they also attempted to pull in U.S. citizens for financial, communication, and operation reasons for the benefit of Al-Qaeda and its other affiliations. By 1990 Al-Qaeda was providing military and intelligence training in various areas including Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the Sudan.

Terrorism has been conducted throughout the world on numerous occasions. The groups that perform these actions come from multiple countries from all over the world. The United States even has some forms of terrorist groups and individuals. One of the biggest terrorist attacks was the destruction of the Twin Towers carried out by Al-Qaeda. Also recently there has been attacks in Paris and Great Britain, which were ISIS’s plan. The biggest terrorist organizations include the Taliban, Al-Qaeda and quite recently ISIS. The Taliban was founded in 1994, by Mullah Mohammed Omar, and they kill people in the name of jihad. Al-Qaeda was founded by Osama Bin Laden and also kill for jihad. Finally ISIS was founded recently hand continues to grow rapidly. They kill indiscriminately and how they see fit (Ppcorn, n.d.).

The attack on the U.S. on September 11, 2001 changed the way Americans reacted towards people of Middle Eastern descent. A fear and bitterness settled in the American people that has been passed onto each generation. Americans now have an unease regarding immigrants of copper complexions. Government attitudes have changed as a result deeming it necessary to limit immigration, heighten security in airports, and stereotype a whole race of people igniting worldwide panic. Fear in America after 9/11 has not ceased to exist, influencing every aspect of American life that it can.

About 41.3 million immigrants live in the United States currently, which is almost half of our population (facts on immigration today). Contrast to their parents U.S. born children of immigrants are more likely to be better educated and financially, according to the Center for American Progress. Men, women, and children who are seeking better lives, migrate to the U.S., although for many different reasons as there are migrants. Immigration has changed dramatically throughout history. A major turning point in immigration was the attack on 9/11. Our current president Barrack Obama, is working to reform or changed the damaged immigration system.

The leader of this group was called Osama bin laden.Suprisingly enough it took usa 10 years to finally catch him after the 9\11 attacks. He was then sentenced to death and killed.

  (es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Qaeda)   Al  Qaeda  is  a  terrorist  organization  that  led  the  united  states  and  the  world  a  great  shock,  as  he  tries  to  overthrow  the  governments  that  does not conform to policy opposing Islamic law then the U.S being one  of  the  most  important  and  can  mean  one  of  the  strongest  and  most  influential.   Tries  to  go  against  them  mainly  violence  and  killing,  the  conflict  caused  by  this  terrorist  groups  affects  not  only  when  dead  brings more dead but the immense  cost that make organization such as  the CIA which invest about  2000 million to  achieve the failure of the  soviet Union instead of inve3sting all that money in other things

Once said by, Malala Yousafzai: “In many parts of the world, especially Pakistan and Afghanistan, terrorism, war and conflict stop children to go to their schools. We are really tired of these wars. Women and children are suffering.” Many terrorist groups are taking over Afghanistan and fighting with governments to keep old traditions and cultures around in the country. Al-Qaeda groups were created by Osama Bin Laden. He was a man who fought to keep people and islamics culture together they were called “freedom fighters”. By the 1980’s, he was working to build roads and hideouts and made a base camp for training terrorists. When the Soviet Union separated from Afghanistan in 1989 and Saudi Arabia began to support the United States and move away from Islamic principles, Bin Laden became an outspoken critic of the

As a result of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, most Americans have a general knowledge about terrorism. The U.S. military has been at war for around a decade, continuing the concentration of the media and politicians on Middle Eastern countries and terrorist groups. Consequently, the focus of the nation tends to remain on international terrorist groups rather than domestic terrorist groups. There is a vast amount of terrorism groups in America, including the Army of God, the Aryan Nations, and the Animal Liberation Front, who possess extreme ideals and exist for different reasons. The fact that there are numerous terrorist groups that are composed of American citizens performing tremendous acts of violence within the U.S. seems to go somewhat unnoticed by the general public.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation Domestic•(FBI) categorizes terrorism in the U.S. as one of two types: Terrorism – is terrorist activities that focus on facilities or populations without foreign direction. International Terrorism – is terrorist activities that are foreign‐based and/or sponsored by organizations or groups outside the U.S (). International terrorism poses the greatest threat to our national security. Global trends indicate that the growing number of terrorist groups will become more networked and even harder to identify and

Al Qaeda is the group that started as an Islamic Army that fought against the Soviets in

National terrorism has been the focus of attention since September 11. But now domestic terrorism is becoming increasingly common among hate groups across the nation. Domestic terrorism can be defined as visible crime, or “street crime.” These acts would consist of violent crimes, (acts against people in which injury or death results) property crimes (acts that threaten property held by individuals or the state) and public order crimes. (acts that threaten the general well-being of society and challenger accepted moral principles) It can also however be described as political crime, (criminal acts by or against the government for ideological purposes) which would include the 9/11 and the Oklahoma City bombing.

There are several terrorist groups throughout the world today. All the terrorist groups have one common goal and that is to rid the world of Americans and western influence from the Muslim world. There is one organization that has ties to most of all the terrorist groups in the world and is the most infamous group in the world today and that is the group called Al-Qaeda The word Al-Qaeda means “the base” in Muslim. As an international terrorist organization led by Osama bin Laden. The group seeks to rid Muslim countries of western influence and replace them with fundamentalist Islamic regimes. Al-Qaeda grew out of the of the ashes of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1988, after it helped expel the Soviet

Terrorism and the United States A cloud of anthrax spores looming in the sky of San Diego California

The government can implement many new methods to increase security, or better yet give off the image of better security which is what they have predominantly done, yet ultimately there will always be a way to bypass or come up with a new way to infiltrate that measure. The government so far has done a variety of things ranging from the closing of the Dulles airport (permanently), working with the FAA on new security measures, having pilots carry handguns, and a not so specific, profiling.

From the lips of the FBI, “Terrorism is the unlawful use of force or violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population, or any segment thereof, in furtherance of political or social objective.” On September 11, 2001 the United States of America experienced such actions, it was the largest terror attack experienced by any country. The affect this had on America was tremendous,