Analasys of an article

On September 11, Al-Qaeda leader, Osama Bin Laden steered 2 planes into the Twin Towers located in New York in the U.S.A. From this point onwards, the word “terrorism” put fear into the hearts of many and Osama Bin Laden became world renowned.

The media suddenly put biased pictures out on television, radios and newspapers. The end result was to position the reader on what to think about this complex issue of terrorism.

The article “Now for Osama” contributes to the fear of

terrorism. It states that even though Saddam Hussein was captured, Osama Bin Laden is still a fugitive and if not caught, terrorism will never end. Osama’s ability to remain free and to defy US power is a huge

inspiration to other similar organisations to retaliate against the western world.

The US is trying extremely hard to capture Osama Bin Laden .The US Intelligence Agencies have said that “Saddam was always known to be hiding in a relatively small ar

These two articles create a binary opposition through the contrast of the terrorists and the US. Article 1 shows terrorism from the view of the US and how bad Osama Bin Laden is. The other voice heard is that of the US causing unnecessary death and destruction in Iraq. There are a small number of marginal voices heard in the articles, such as the police commander Mohammad Hashim who blames the attacks on “The enemies of the government,” referring to the Taliban militants.

says “Osama Bin Laden has millions of sworn enemies” Osama Bin Laden is thematised in throughout the text, thus foregrounding him.

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