The Terrorist Organization Named Al Qaeda

As millions were watching the events unfold in New York, American Airlines Flight 77 circled over downtown Washington, D.C., and crashed into the west side of the Pentagon military headquarters at 9:45 a.m. Jet fuel from the Boeing 757 caused a overwhelming firestorm that led to the structural collapse of a portion of the enormous concrete building. All told, 125 military personnel and civilians were killed in the Pentagon, along with all 64 people aboard the airliner. (9/11 Attacks, 2012) It was initially thought that this plane was bound for the White House or the Capitol Building; however, because of lack of visibility coming from the west as it did objects obscured these targets making the terrorists change their plans and crash into the Pentagon. (Limbacher, 2001)

On the morning of September 11, 2011, a terrorist group called, al-Qaeda hijacked four airliners and carried out suicide attacks against targets in the United States. Two of the planes were flown into the Twin Towers in New York City, a third plane crashed in a field in Pennsylvania, and a fourth plane crashed in the Pentagon, just outside the Washington, DC. Over 2.900 people were killed, and more than 6.000 were injured. There were multiple reasons for why the terrorist group, al-Qaeda did what they did.

September 11, 2001 is one of the most infamous dates in American history. On this day, 19 radicalized Islamic militants hijacked four United States-based airplanes. Two of the planes were flown into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City. Thousands of first responders, occupants of the Towers and bystanders were killed or injured. The third plane flew into the Pentagon in Washington D.C. and 125 people were killed. The passengers on the fourth plane revolted and forced the hijackers to crash into a field in Stony Creek, Pennsylvania. A total of 3,000 people were killed and over 6,000 were injured that day (“9/11 Attacks” 1). After the most detrimental terrorist attack in the history of the United States, action needed to

The September 11 assaults (often referred to as 9/11) involved a series of four organised terrorist assaults by the Islamic terrorist group Al-Qaeda in the United States on the Tuesday morning of, September 11, 2001. The assaults comprised of suicide attacks that were used to target popular U.S landmarks. This atrocity was carried out by 19 terrorists from the east coast of America, where they hijacked four airlines, which they later crashed into the twin towers in New York City. Two American airline planes: flight 11 and flight 175 crashed into the north and south towers of the World Trade Centre and within 2 hours collapsed also affected 10 other buildings located in the same vicinity. A third plane flew into the United States department of defence building, more commonly known as the Pentagon. Lastly the fourth plane steered towards Washington D.C, the passengers became aware about the other attacks and they tried to intervene, this caused the plane crash into a field near Pennsylvania. It was the deadliest incident for fire –fighters and law enforcement

On September 11, 2001, the Islamist terrorist group known as al-Qaeda launched a series of terrorist attacks on the United States of America, specifically in the New York City and Washington D.C areas. Nineteen al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked four planes with the intention of using them as suicide attacks that would crash those planes into designated buildings, or targets. Two of the four passenger jets were flown into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, both of which collapsed entirely within two hours of being hit. The third plane was crashed into the Pentagon, and the west side of the building, which is the

As millions viewed the occasions unfolding in New York, American Airlines Flight 77 hovered over downtown Washington, D.C., and hammered into the west side of the Pentagon military home office at 9:45 a.m. Plane fuel from the Boeing 757 brought about an overwhelming inferno that prompted the auxiliary breakdown of a segment of the monster solid building. Everything considered, 125 military staff and regular folks were slaughtered in the Pentagon, alongside every one of the 64 individuals on board the aerial

The terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 shook up the lives of all Americans. On September 11, 2001, nineteen radicals who were associated with the Islamic extremist group al-Qaeda high jacked four airplanes with the intent to carry out terrorist attacks. Two airplanes went into the towers of the World Trade Center in New York City killing over two thousand six hundred people. They also attacked the pentagon in Washington D.C killing over one hundred people, as well as a plane going down in Pennsylvania killing all people aboard the plane. Due to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, national security has improved dramatically with the intent of an increase of public safety.

Al-Qaeda, or “the Base” in Arabic, is an arrangement of extremists initially organized by Osama Bin Laden. Al-Qaeda originated throughout the uprising against the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. Thousands of volunteers from around the Middle East came to Afghanistan as mujahideen, warriors fighting to defend fellow Muslims. Bin Laden returned to his native Saudi Arabia after the Soviets withdrew from Afghanistan and founded an organization to help veterans of the Afghan war, thus creating the basis of al-Qaeda. The death of Bin Laden, who was killed in a joint operation by US troops and CI operatives in May 2011, complicated the future of al-Qaeda. Some speculated that the group might seek retaliation, while others wondered if they would wallow without their supreme leader. More than a month after bin Laden’s death, al-Qaeda named Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri as their new leader. Following bin Laden’s death another powerful top ranking al-Qaeda leader, Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, was killed in June. Fazul Abdullah Mohammed was the leader of al-Qaeda in East Africa and was responsible for the organized US embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania in August 1998.

People in Washington, D.C. watched the third plane fly into the side of the Pentagon. This caused a structural collapse of part of the concrete building. Just around one hundred and twenty five people were killed and around sixty four people on the plane were killed (history.com). These attacks were financed by the Osama bin Laden’s terrorist organization (history.com). They made these attacks because they were retaliating for the support from America for Israel. Some of the terrorist that were involved with this took flying lessons in the United States for more than a year. There were a total of nineteen terrorist that were included with these attacks. This day is one that had a huge impact on America (history.com)

“On a sunny September morning, nineteen Islamic terrorists from Al Qaeda hijacked four commercial jets and flew two of them into New York City’s World Trade Center, destroying its twin towers and killing more than 2,900 people.”2 September 11th 2001 at 8:45 in the morning, a high jacked commercial airplane crashed into the 80th floor of North Tower of the World Trade Towers instantly killing hundreds of people and trapping even more people in the floors above the crash.3 Then less than 20 minutes later a second airplane crashed into the 60th floor of the South Tower of the World Trade Towers.4 The second airplane crash caused a huge explosion and prompted the evacuation of

Progress can be seen as moving forward or the onward movement towards a destination or a particular goal through any means necessary. This has shaped the mindsets of humans, countries, and terrorist organizations. Whether it is progress that comes from active, exemplary methods and actions or that from negative, violent, and unclean methods.The terrorist group al-Qaeda has one primary goal, to eliminate all US influence in the world and has pursued that goal through negative, violent means. However, the efforts of Al Qaeda towards eliminating all U.S. influence around the world have been unsuccessful because of the obstacles posed by the U.S. military and its counterterrorism efforts.

The terrorist organization I chose is Al Qaeda. Al Qaeda translates into, “The Base, The Foundation or The Fundament". This terrorist organization was established in 1988 and is still going on to the present day. This is one of the most active and dangerous terrorist groups out there today. Al Qaeda is worldwide but they are mainly located in the Middle East.

On September 11, 2001, there were four coordinated suicide attacks in the United States. On Tuesday morning four airplanes were hijacked by Al-Qaeda terrorist. There was a total of 19 terrorists who hijacked the four planes on 9/11. “All the men were from nations in the Middle East” (Smith 1). The Al-Qaeda terrorist was led by Osama bin Laden. The hijackers flew American Airlines Flight 11, a Boeing 767-200ER, and United Flight 175, also a Boeing 767-200ER (Benson 2) into the World Trade Centre buildings. This led to the buildings catching on fire, and collapsing. Another hijacked plane also destroyed half of the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. This attack killed 184 people, including the passengers, and the terrorist. There was another

On the morning of Tuesday September 11th 2001, 19 Alquaeda members hijacked four passenger airlines. Two of the planes were crashed into the north and south towers of the World Trade Center in New York, the third one hit the Pentagon in Washington D.C but only led to a partial destruction of the western side of

On September 11, 2001, a group of terrorists associated with al-Qaeda hijacked four airliners and carried out suicide attacks throughout the U.S. Two of the planes flew into the twin towers at the World Trade Center, a third plane struck the Pentagon, and the fourth plane crashed in a Pennsylvanian field. The attacks resulted in immense destruction and damage resulting in many initiatives to combat terrorism. Since the attacks of 9/11, the United States has been impacted in many ways. Terrorism has grown around the world as more groups continue to form and plot sporadic attacks on innocent bystanders. The United States government persistently responds to these attacks as terrorism has certianly influenced public safety, political, military, educational, and religious institutions.