War against terror

One of America’s nightmares in the height of the Cold War started coming to fruition in the December of 1979, the Soviets have invaded a country outside of the Eastern Bloc. The invasion of Afghanistan marked a ten year bloody occupation of the region to try install a friendly government, and curve the Civil War within Afghanistan. Ten years, million of lives, and billions of dollars later the Soviets failed, and withdrew from Afghanistan. The failed “intervention” contributed to the fall of the

the Cold War and the War on Terror, the United States of America used the media to depict Soviet and Middle Eastern people as foreign enemies that posed a threat to U.S. national security. The bombing of the World Trade Center on September 11th, 2001 changed the lives of millions of Muslims forever because they began to be targeted by U.S. media corporations. Media corporations started to depict Muslims in the Middle East as terrorists to persuade the American public to wage the War on Terror in the

The War on Terror Within the history of the United States, there have been many enemies, foreign and domestic; among these combatants are terrorists led by radical Islam. These terrorists first major offensive against the United States began on September 11, 2001, a date many will remember for the rest of their lives. This attack has been a harbinger to the United States beginning a war on terror. This war on terror began as retribution for those lost in terror attacks, leading into aiding the

To attempt to understand terrorism and pass judgment on it one must look to the origin of the word itself. The word terrorism was first used during the “Reign of Terror” that happened after the French Revolution. The French word it is based on meant “one frightens” and primarily referred to state-sponsored acts. Although the current official definition of terrorism has remained mostly unchanged for decades it does

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Following the attacks of September 11, 2001, then President George W. Bush stated “[o]ur war on terror begins with al Qaeda, but it does not end there. It will not end until every terrorist group of global reach has been found, stopped and defeated” (Bush, 2001, p. NA). The nature of the war on terror has changed dramatically since its inception in 2001. With al Qaeda decimated, its remaining leaders, members and supporters have fractured into several splinter groups each with their own aspirations

Terrorism, in a modern day perspective, has been molded as a Middle Eastern threat to Western Civilization; although the whole idea of terrorism itself has existed for ages. Undoubtedly, “The War on Terror,” is a western form of saying to depict the general aspect of terrorism. Through all aspects of the world, terrorism, is defined as an act of unruly and warlike tactics that mainly creates harm to civilians. Usually, these acts of violence are not simply for the use of harming citizens, but to

In the book,The Thistle and the Drone : How America's War on Terror Became a Global War on Tribal Islam author Akbar Ahmed analyzes the cultures and histories of four tribal societies (the Pukhtun, the Yemenis, the Somalis, and the Kurds) that have been the subject of America’s brutal war on terror and provides insight into the way that this war has been the cause of instability and increasing global violence. A central theme in the book is examining the effect that the ruthless and unsympathetic

The Reign of Terror, the fight for freedom, that caused the complete opposite. The Reign of Terror was considered a period of remorseless repression and bloodshed. As of 1793 the newly acclaimed National Convention of France declared their first actions to be of those that destroy monarchy and create a republic. With inside and outside threats arising King Louis XVI, left France in hope of safety in his wife’s country of Austria. At the border of France he was caught. He was tried and executed for

• A terrorist is a person who frightens other people especially as a political weapon with an aim of demoralizing the government by terror. The aim is to create a political, religious or ideological terror. • A Jihadist refers to a person whose belief is that the Islamic state governing the Muslims must be created and that if this is violated then there is a violent conflict. • A Fundamentalist is a person who believes in the strict interpretation of principles related to religion and in tolerates