Terrorism : An Ongoing Threat

Osama Bin Laden started the al-Qaida group. In addition, Bin Laden embraced the belief of jihad which lead him to creating al-Qaida in 1988. Osama thought Muslims should stir up in holy war and try to create one Islamic State. Bin Laden wanted to prove that Americans would not be "master of this world," he believed it was al-Qaida. The al-Qaida group started leaving their mark. Killing hundreds, they were responsible for the largest act of terrorism on U.S soil. In September 9th, 2001, the New York's World Trade Center was hit. As a result, the United

In response to growing Western influence in the Middle East, Osama bin Laden formed al-Qaeda, a global militant Sunni Islamist Organization, in 1988. The terrorist activities of this group resulted in the creation of America's Operation Neptune Spear which successfully led to his capture and death in 2011. Osama bin Laden was born on March 10, 1957 to Mohammed bin Laden and Hamida Ghanem. His father was a Saudi millionaire, however, his mother was only a slave to the bin Laden family when Osama was born. In 1962, Saudi Arabia banned all forms of slavery, enabling Osama to become more part of the bin Laden family. In addition, as more U.S. troops began to occupy countries in the Middle East, extremists like bin Laden were infuriated and declared a jihad, or holy war, on the United States. After al-Qaeda was formed and initiated a number of terror attacks against Americans, including the 9/11 acts, the United States launched an operation to eliminate their number one enemy (PBS, 1).

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

In 1988 bin Laden founded one of the world’s most infamous terrorist groups, al-Qaeda (the Base). Al-Qaeda's purpose was to encourage muslims to join jihad and perform acts of terrorism and violence, especially towards western countries. The following year bin Laden returned to his home in Saudi Arabia to collect donations for his new group and to help with his father's construction company. The Saudi Arabian government had been notified of bin Laden’s plan to collect donations, so the confiscated his passport, forcing him to stay in Saudi

Terrorism which usually rarely ever used to happen has recently happened to spike in targets for terror over the past few decades.From the more recent attacks in Berlin to the various assassination attempts on US presidents.It can already be seen as something that cannot be taken very lightly.As a result many terror attacks keep on increasing over the decades. In the past the major figures for terrorism were Osama Bin Laden and Al Qaeda. Even though Bin Laden died terrorism still continues and it can even be said some terrorists could see Bin Laden as martyr for his horrendous terrorist attacks upon the US.

Osama bin Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden was a Saudi Arabian that came from a very wealthy family. He was born the seventeenth child out of fifty-two to the family of billionaire Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden in Saudi Arabia. From an early age he was somewhat obsessed with religion and politics. During his time in school he was devoting more of his time and money to advance Islam and Islamism. While Bin Laden was studying at a university in 1979 he decided to join the Mujahedeen military in Pakistan that was combating Soviet Union forces in Afghanistan. Bin Laden gained popularity by assisting the Mujahedeen in finances, personnel recruitment, and arms supply. After the war he moved to Afghanistan and declared war on the United States. It was he who founded the Al-Qaeda, which was the group that masterminded the September 11 attacks on the United States, along other numerous terror attacks around the world. From 2001 till his death in 2011, bin Laden was the number one target of the war on terror with a $25-million-dollar bounty placed on his head by the FBI. He was eventually shot and killed in a compound in

Because of this, bin Laden resented the Western influence all over the world, especially in the Middle East. As a result of this hatred, in 1988, bin Laden formed a new group called al-Qaeda, and this group embraced acts of terrorism in order to remove the Western influence and kill Americans in the Middle East. During this time, bin Laden resided in Saudi Arabia to build al-Qaeda, but the pro-Western Saudi royal family was worried that the group would cause trouble, so the family denied bin Laden’s permission to send Afghan Arabs to guard the border and instead asked the United States for help. This angered bin Laden, and he left for a more militant country, Islamist Sudan. After this, bin Laden and al-Qaeda had participated in many violent acts against the threat of the United States’ dominance in the Middle East. For example, bin Laden praised the attack of the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center in New York, caused the bombings of United States embassies which killed about 250 people, and bombed the U.S.S. Cole, an American warship, and killed seventeen sailors. Since then, bin Laden had called for a holy war against the United States for reasons such as stealing the

Born into a successful family, Usama bin Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden, better known as Osama bin Laden, attended the most prestigious school in Jeddah. When he attended Al Thagher, he was recognized as an intellectual student and was invited to take part in an Islamic study. In this study he was taught “loyal observers of Islam would institute the holy word—even if it meant supporting death and destruction.” Taking what he learned, Osama bin Laden turned to Pan-Islamic ideas and formed Al-Qaeda. He and Al-Qaeda reigned terror across the globe through a series of terror attacks.

In the past few decades, there have been various terrorist attacks throughout the world. Most importantly, countless acts of terrorism have been committed in the United States of America, that have gradually influenced the way the American security system and security at public buildings, public places, are run. Because of this act of terror, the American government has made protecting its citizens and country a top priority. These attacks, and the nation's response to them security-wise, still affect American's lives today physically and emotionally. Seeing that the 1993 World Trade Center Bombing, September 11, 2001, and the Boston Marathon Bombing have happened on American soil, they have forever changed the way the country deals

One of the largest man made tragedies to hit the United States happened on September 11, 2001. On this date, early in the morning, a terrorist group called Al-Qaeda sent planes into New York City's Twin Towers, the Pentagon in Washington, DC, and another unknown location that was thwarted. In all, over 3,000 people died in the attacks, the overwhelming majority civilians, including nationals from over 90 different countries ("Bin Laden Claims Responsibility," 2004). In response to the attack, the United States launched a global "War on Terrorism," invading Afghanistan to depose the Taliban region (who had harbored al-Qaeda), enacted the US Patriot Act, and formulated a policy to rid the Middle East of terrorist or terror-sponsored States. After the 9/11 attacks, U.S. security policy received myopic scrutiny and there were a number of changes made so that America could anticipate and prevent acts of terrorism. A new Cabinet Level Department was formed, Homeland Security, and on September 14, 2001, Congress authorized use of military force against any individual, group, or state that participated in the 9/11 attacks. In the January 2002 State of the Union Address, President Bush assured the nation that we would never again allow aggressors a first-strike option. This continued to be a theme in his speeches (West Point, Philadelphia, etc.) until the National Security Strategy (NSS) changed in September 2002 to include preemptive attacks as a viable course of action when dealing

The Terrorist Organization Al Qaeda is determined to end the U.S. influence in Islamic Nations. Al Qaeda and its founder Osama Bin Laden are believed to be responsible for many of the worst terrorist attacks of the 20th and 21st century Bin Laden's goal for Al Qaeda began to change during the Persian Gulf War, when he became angry at the presence of U.S. soldiers in Saudi Arabia. Al Qaeda continued to focus on U.S. targets throughout the 1990s, and it is suspected of being involved in the U.S. embassy bombings in Africa in 1998 and the bombing of USS Cole in Yemen in 2000.

Osama Bin Laden was born on July 30, 1957 in Saudi Arabia. He was the founder of the al Qaeda organization. Osama comprised al Qaeda in 1993 form of militant Muslims he had met while serving in Afghanistan. Bin Laden recruited soldiers based off their ability to listen, good manners, obedience, and their pledge to follow their superiors. By 2001, Bin Laden attempted successfully attacks on several countries using the help Al Qaeda. Al Qaeda was responsible for the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11, 2001.

Have you ever had a fear for your family, your town, your country, or your world. How about the fear to have everything taken from you, destroyed, and not caring if it has hurt you or not? What about your fear and pain is, and can be someone else’s happiness? The fear of you being terrorized? That is terrorism. Someone else bringing fear and terrorizing you. That is a terrorist’s goal. Terrorism is common and is very difficult to stop. The government promises protection for the people, and their home, but they can not give that protection if they can not stop terrorism. Terrorism needs to stop to protect the live of the people, and their country.

Terrorism is a very real and serious threat. The United States of America is not the only country under attack by terrorists, the US is simply another target. Countries such as the United Kingdom, Ireland, Iraq, Myanmar, Yemen, Japan, and many other countries have all been under attack by terrorist groups. The UK and Ireland were both under attack by the Irish Republican Army (IRA). They had a simple plan outlined in their “Green Book” they wanted “the establishment of a ‘Democratic Socialist Republic,” for their long term goal. As for a short term goal, the book simply says, “Brits out,” (Boyne). They had a goal and were working towards achieving it. As for the attacks in Japan, the most notable attack there happened in the subway. A doomsday cult known as Aum Shinrikyo carried out the attack by releasing sarin gas, a nerve gas, into the Tokyo subway system. Although the attack had a relatively low number of fatalities, it still caused a major scare in Japan. Aum Shinrikyo believes that one is allowed to kill another human who is committing evil deeds and destined for hell anyway (Seto). Finally, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and many other Middle Eastern countries are still under attack by many terrorist organizations. Groups such as the Taliban, Al Shabaab, and Al Qaeda are still very real threats. Al Qaeda, for an example, have attacked America, the most famous being the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City in 2001. Many of these groups have attacked