analysis of Al Qaeda’s organization and strategy .This essay will do so by providing context as to who and what is Al Qaeda, by exploring the diverse history it has built alongside its allies and exposing its financial networks . Secondly, this essay will examine Al Qaeda’s ideology and key objectives. Lastly, this essay will analyse this network by comparing and contrasting existing operations and strategy in three of its regional nodes and illustrate how this model of operation and strategy is further
Al Qaeda has been more than willing to share their basic ideological vision with the world since the religious group was founded. While many aspects of the documents released are very straightforward and to the point, it is blurred what the intended audience is. It wasn’t until the release date of the second declaration of jihad, in 1998, that any western power was the intended audience. One of the first statements issued by Osama bin Laden, in 1996, was the first call for jihad [1] against the
of ISIL and al-Qaeda. Islamist group is known to be having the highest degree of terrorist attack, especially among the Sunni orientated groups. Islamic terrorism is described as the post-cold war phenomena, particularly after the 911 attack, there is on average an attack every day around the world. Introduction ISIL Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), which controls territory mainly in Iraq and Syria, was formed in April 2013, it was grown out of al Qaeda. The main ideology behind the organisation
This paper analyzes Al-Qaeda as a very difficult somewhat intelligent, most circulated and uncontrollable organization, an organization which has made it a duty to confront our Nation’s national security and intelligence for about 15 years. Even with the death of their leader Osama bin Laden’s in May of 2011; the organization remains actively at large by replacing it leadership head with Ayman al-Zawahiri. I also analyzes 5 aspects of Al-Qaeda as an organization, namely the, History, Goals, Internet
Al- Qaeda Profile Al-Qaeda and its leaders, Osama Bin Laden and Ayman Al-Zawahiri are frequently popular world news subjects. (Piszkiewicz, 2003, p. iii) The world seems to want to be constantly aware of the goings on of these people and their organization. There is no secret to the desired need for this information. As most people know Al-Qaeda is a significant and ongoing threat to the world, with regard to terrorist activities and continued fundamentalist extremism with regard to jihad, or what
analysis of: (a) the movement’s ideology and the way it understands its role. Terrorism occurs when a group or an individual, uses the combination of violence and fear to enforce, political, religious or financial goals. Al Qaeda is a terrorist organisation which, emerged in the late 20th century. To understand the organisation’s motivation, it is important to explore their ideology and their portrayal within the organisation and the outside world. The formation of Al- Qaida is believed to have occurred
Codex: Two Terrorist Organizations Al-Qaeda and Aum Shinrikyo Al Qaeda: Origins People too commonly forget that the story of Al-Qaeda is very much the story of Osama Bin Laden: so much of the development and evolution of Al-Qaeda truly is dependent on this one man. Thus, this means that their narratives are forever intertwined. "The primary founder of Al Qaeda, Osama bin Laden, was born in July 1957, the seventeenth of twenty sons of a Saudi construction magnate of Yemeni origin. Many Saudis
around the globe. Why is this phenomenon occurring and what are the best options available for the operational artist to counter it where it occurs? This paper examines the global jihadist threat as currently manifesting itself through groups such as Al Qaeda and Islamic State of Iraq and Syria/Levant (ISIS/ISIL). There are several arguments furthered by this paper building on the works of other scholars and analysts. Primarily that the current jihadists threat is actually a global revolutionary movement
The al-Qaeda of today is a vastly different entity from the al-Qaeda formed by Osama bin Laden towards the end of the Afghan war against the Soviets in 1988 (Alexander and Swetnam, 2001: 37). The evolution, or as Burton (2006) has termed it “devolution”, of al-Qaeda, is partially linked to its terrorist acts, and, in particular, the counter-terrorist measures employed by governments to deal with them. This is most evident in reference to the single most expensive, in terms of life lost and economical
When speaking about al-Qaeda, this paper refers to an organization with numerous affiliates that promotes a global terrorist interpretation of jihad and thus inspires a movement of followers via the Internet. Jihadism is the modern ideology and terrorist interpretation of jihad, and jihadists are persons who hold up its principles and doctrines. An intermediate control level of al-Qaeda and other organizations exists, and it can be illustrated with the steady output of ideas and agendas. However