Yemen : The Original Land Of Birth Of Osama Bin Laden

On the morning of September 11th, 2001, the United States of America was tragically attacked by members of al- Qaeda. Nineteen radicals associated with the Islamic extremist group hijacked four airliners and carried out suicide attacks against planned targets in the United States. Of the

The bombings on the United States embassies in East Africa were several attacks that happened on August 7, 1998 in Nairobi, Kenya and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. These attacks occurred simultaneously and involved truck bomb explosions at the American embassies in these countries resulting in the death of hundreds of people and destruction of property. Moreover, these attacks happened on the same date that marked the eighth anniversary of the arrival of the United States forces in Saudi Arabia. The genesis of the attacks were largely associated to the members of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad that culminated in the placement of Osama bin Laden among the top ten most wanted fugitives by the United States. These attacks on the American embassies were not only shocking to the world but it also resulted in the understanding of the serious security threat posed by terrorists and terror organizations.

On September 11’th 2001 on the morning hijacked by 19 Arab men 4 aircraft were all heading towards California, and used them as suicide missiles. They flew into the World Trade Center two twin towers, the Pentagon and after a long struggle with passengers crashed last down on a field. World Trade Center consisted of seven buildings, three of the buildings collapsed and the four others were damaged by the other collapsed. It is believed that the 19 Arab men, was led by the Egyptian Mohammed Atta (1968-2001) 5.

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.

October 12, 2000. USS Cole was attacked while refueling by a small boat loaded with explosives. The explosion left a forty foot wide hole in the vessel with 17 American sailors dead. Simple timing and opportunity are all that terrorists need to accomplish their mission.

On September 11th, 2001, the Unites States of America was attacked by suicidal al-Qaeda terrorists. Early that morning, nineteen al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked four commercial jets, which did have passengers on board. The terrorist purposely killed themselves and the

The USS Cole Navy destroyer was attacked on October 12, 2000, by a small boat loaded with explosives while it was being refueled at the harbor in Aden, Yemen. This terrorist attack killed 17 of the ship’s crew members and extensively damaged the ship, and injured 39 others. The facts of this terrorist attack to date indicate that it may have been executed by Islamic radicals with credible links to the terrorist group headed by Usama bin Ladin (O’Rourke & Perl. 2001).

Osama Bin Laden, seventeenth son among fifty brothers and sisters, was born on 1957 in Saudi Arabia. Mohammed Awad Bin Laden, Osama Bin Laden’s father, was a rich man who owned a large construction company. His family’s company was the largest in the kingdom of King Saud from Saudi Arabia. After Mohammed built a good relationship with the royal family, the king issued a decree that all construction projects should go to Bin Laden. As his father was having a good jog in the kingdom, Osama had his primary and secondary education in Jeddah. In Osama’s early years, age 13, he experienced the loss of his father, who had

In 1994 CIA agent Daniel Coleman heard rumors of a so-called “Saudi Prince,” who was leading an infant criminal organization from a cave in Afghanistan. Initially the Agency had more important subjects to worry with than a slim, turban wearing man threatening Christians from across the Atlantic Ocean. However, in late 1995 the CIA decided to open a case on the “Saudi Prince” named Osama bin Laden.

On September 11, 2001 an Islamic terrorist group attacked the usa.This group disliked the USA a lot but they did not have the sufficient power to attack the USA directly. They decided to crash four planes into memorable places in the USA.

On September 11, 2001, nineteen members of Al Qaeda took control of four planes. Two of these planes hit the Twin Towers at the World Trade Center. A third plane crashed into the Pentagon while the fourth plane crashed in a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. This day is now known as 9/11. (Smith, “What Happened on 9/11”). Two thousand, seven hundred fifty-three people were killed at the World Trade Center attacks. One hundred eighty-four people were killed at the Pentagon. All forty of the crew and passengers aboard Airlines Flight 93 died near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. (CNN Library, “September 11th”).

March 10, 1957, Osama bin Laden was born. Osama was born into a wealthy family he was the seventeenth child out of fifty six. Osama had five wives and twenty children. One does not just become an extremist for no apparent reason. To Osama Islam was not just his religion, it shaped his life politically and just in

The Soviets invaded Afghanistan, in 1979. Osama, believed he should join Afghan in his duties as a Muslim to fight the occupation. He moved to Peshawar, Afghanistan. Osama used aid from the United State under CIA Program, operation cyclone. After the Soviets left their country in 1989, Osama went back to Saudi Arabia. He returned as a hero, the United States referred to him as a “Freedom Fighter.” Osama was disappointed with what he thought was a corrupt Saudi government. His frustration with the United State occupation, Saudi Arabia, during the war of Persian Gulf. Osama spoke against Saudi government, reliance of American troops.

On September 11, 2001, members of the Islamic group Al-Qaeda hijacked four airplanes and flew two of them into the Twin Towers in New York City. The other two planes were hijacked and flown into the Pentagon, in Washington D.C. The World Trade Center, in New York City, took the biggest hit (Bergen 2001). This event was very devastating and made many Americans uncomfortable, because it decreased their feeling of security. The terrorist was a major eye opener for the United States. The terrorists had been living in the United States, and some came to the United States right before the event occurred (Bergen 2001). On the day of the attack, they had gone under the radar and successfully smuggled box cutters and

“Tonight, I can report to the American people and to the world that the United States has conducted an operation that killed Osama bin Laden, the leader of al Qaeda, and a terrorist who’s responsible for the murder of thousands of innocent men, women, and children.” –Barack Obama If that did not give you chills, then I do not know what will. Knowing that Osama Bin Laden is dead is one of America’s biggest reliefs. I never thought that this day will come. I chose Osama Bin’s speech to the nation about Osama Bin Laden being dead. In this paper, I am going to research and critically examine and evaluate by using the five classical “canons” of rhetoric. I will explain into detail Obama’s speech dealing with the invention, organization, style, delivery, and memory.