Terrorism : Osama Bin Laden

Al Qaeda has taken responsibility for numerous attacks and attempts, including an attack that made Osama bin Laden very well known to many people in the United States. That attack occurred on September 11, 2001. Three planes were hijacked and the hijackers flew the planes into the United States territory, destroying the

targets. On September 11, 2001, Al Qaeda successfully accomplished its most devastating attack against the United States, killing nearly 3,000 civilians. On May 2, 2011, Al Qaeda’s leader, Osama Bin Laden, was assassinated; however, the terrorist network still exists. Two days after his death, Ayman Mohammed Rabie al-Zawahiri was elected as the new and current leader of Al-Qaeda. The network of terrorist is powerful and still growing in the amount of their supporters. Al Qaeda is a global threat because of their large quantity of global supporters, financial position, and access to weapons and

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

Bin Laden was the leader of the Al Qaeda group who focused “on symbolic acts of terrorism instead of military campaigns” (Osama bin Laden).The Al Qaeda group were the terrorists who directly targeted the Twin Towers and these orders were put in place by no other than Osama bin laden. Bin Laden became public enemy #1, after the attack on the trade center he went into hiding for ten years and started “issuing fatwas and taunts over radio and television, recruiting enthusiastic young jihadis to his cause and plotting new attacks” (Osama bin Laden). The US spent these ten years constantly searching for bin laden in fears that he would attempt to attack the US once more. Osama bin Laden organized the attacks on The World Trade Center and he continued to be a threat to the

Al-Qaeda activities in terrorist plots can be traced back to almost 23 years ago, one of their first attack was in 1993 when a associate of Bin Laden named, Ramzi Yousef was charged and found guilty of orchestrating a bombing, that took place in the parking garage of The World Trade Center. It left six people dead and over 1042 injured, Ramzi was sentenced to life in prison without any possibility of parole. In 1995 seven people are killed when two bombs detonate at a U.S- Saudi military base, Bin Laden terrorist group is blamed for the attack. In the summer of 1996 Bin Laden's followers bomb another U.S military base in Saudi Arabia, leaving 19 American soldiers killed and many other wounded. Fast forward to the summer of 1998, a bombs explodes

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,

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

Osama bin Laden’s hatred towards the United States drove him to do horrifying and unreasonable things. This is one example of why I believe mankind in inherently evil.

11 AUGUST 1988 Al-Qaeda is formed at a meeting attended by Bin Laden, Zawahiri and Dr Fadl in Peshawar, Pakistan. The creation of the group brings together extraordinary Saudi wealth, the expertise of a lifetime Egyptian militant, and a philosophical foundation for jihad from a Cairo intellectual. 26 FEBRUARY 1993 The scale of the organisation's ambition becomes clear when they launch an audacious attack on the World Trade Centre in New York - six are killed and 1,000 injured when a 500kg bomb is detonated. JUNE 2001 Bin Laden's al-Qaeda group and Zawahiri's al-Jihad group formally merge. 11 SEPTEMBER 2001 2,974 people are killed as hijacked planes are flown into buildings in America. OCTOBER 2001 US troops invade Afghanistan, committed to ousting the Taliban from power.A history of terror: Al-Qaeda

On September 11, 2001 Osama Bin Laden, leader of the Al-Qa’ida terrorist group, ordered for 19 of his men to hijack four planes. Their plan was to attack certain points in the United States of America. The attacks were suppose to be on New York’s World Trade Center, the Pentagon and the white house. Many innocent Americans and other nationalities were murdered by the terrorist that day. This day struck many years of conflict for both side with many years of war.

Al Qaeda, the organization that the United States is in a constant, never ending battle with, the organization that has made the most impact and changed the United States forever. Al Qaeda is always making headlines with their terrorist attacks, the most known attack September 11th, 2001. This essay is about the terrorist group Al Qaeda, its history and background, Osama bin Laden, their well-known leader, and the major attacks on America.

Bin Laden the biggest terrorist who ever lived! That is what Americans think when they hear the name Bin Laden. But does one even know much about him, such as his family or early life? Probably not they just know that he was behind 9/11. Also, how did he get into terrorism? Did his family raise him to be a terrorist, or did he actually grow up to do something else? Most Americans don’t know much about him. Those people don’t want to know if they were hurt from his destruction. Many families had a hard time such as losing a family member, or a child that grew up not having a parent due to Bin Laden’s doing. Those kids were forever scarred. He has done nothing but terrorize Americans and many other people in other countries. Therefore it is a good thing that he is dead! What were some of the steps used to kill Bin Laden? Also, how was Bin Laden found? Where was he hiding all this time?

As children, we grow up in a world filled with make believe superheros and villains, not knowing that there are real-world villains. One in particular has the power to kill two thousand nine hundred and seventy seven in one day. His name is Osama Bin Laden an international terrorist. Bin Laden is the leader of a terrorist group known as the Al Qaeda and brings terror to many countries. He has took the lives of over ten thousand Americans and twenty thousand ‘others’ in thirty four different countries. Some of the country's Bin Laden has brought terror to is Britain, Jordan, Egypt, and Bosnia just to name a few. The most insignificant action Bin Laden took part in was 9/11. Bin Laden was the leader of the attack and ordered Al Qaeda to capture planes and crash them at the world trade center and the pentagon. Instead two planes crashed into the Twin Towers killing two thousand nine hundred seventy seven individuals. This led America to search and murder him for what he has done in our country.

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

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.