... the video to broadcast. Any bias they have toward Arab concerns is no different than the biases American media like CNN or Fox News have toward American interests. Al-Jazeera is almost completely uncensored by government. They are much more free than the American media ... that has to deal daily with the Federal Communications Commission and sometimes the Pentagon. Al-Jazeera may have laid the framework to becoming the international news source of the future. Although based in Qatar, they belong to no country but to Arab ... speaking peoples worldwide. This cross border support is the ...

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... more than once. He decided to have his own front and to run his own battles with his own command. Among the Arab fighters he had, there were senior Arab ex-military men from Syria and Egypt with good military experience. The story of the guesthouse and the camps was very attractive for ... more Arab mujahedeen to come and there was a significant surge in their numbers at that period. (Jacquard) From then until 1989 he had ... Soviets. In addition to many exchanges of fire and small operations, the first major battle he had face to face with the Soviet army with pure Arab personnel was ...

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... more than once. He decided to have his own front and to run his own battles with his own command. Among the Arab fighters he had, there were senior Arab ex-military men from Syria and Egypt with good military experience. The story of the guesthouse and the camps was very attractive for ... more Arab mujahedeen to come and there was a significant surge in their numbers at that period. (Jacquard) From then until 1989 he had ... Soviets. In addition to many exchanges of fire and small operations, the first major battle he had face to face with the Soviet army with pure Arab personnel was ...

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... wealthy westerners while the middle class and intellectuals are drawn toward these radical groups in order to expel imported ideologies and forms of government. Radical Islamic organizations have declared a holy war, Jihad, in order to bring the Arab world together and take their place as a world power. In order to accomplish these goals, Islamic radicals have mainly used terrorism ... form of training, money, and weapons to a variety of terrorist groups, such as Hizballah, HAMAS, and the PIJ.Sudan is another large supporter of terrorist organizations. The Sudanese Government supports t...

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The Aftermath of September 11th September 11th changed more then New York cities skyline. There were changes in the U.S.A government, changes in the security of airlines, changes in our lifestyle. In fact, it is hard to find anything that wasn't ... a field in Pennsylvania. The hijackers of the planes were from different Arab states. They were part of a terrorist group lead by Osama bin Ladin, there purpose was to start a holy war against the United States. After September 11th, the government was awakened and realized they had to secure their homeland from terrorism. ... and Uzbekistan offe...

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... common interests which is to follow Islam in its purest and most original form. Following the calamitous events of 9/11, the United States government investigated the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for any possible connections with Al Qaeda in view of the fact numerous airplane hijackers had Saudi Arabian ... groups because of Bin Laden's self-proclaimed affiliation. Such stereotypes were challenged during Al Jazeera Center for Studies' conference "Salafism in the Arab World: Perceptions, Trends and Challenges" held in Doha, Qatar January 18 and 19, 2014". The conference brought together exper...

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... again. This was short lived and predictably so following what happened shortly after being granted their sovereign state. The Israeli government began claiming prime land of neighbouring countries as theirs based on their religious history. Backed by the U.S. government through modern weaponry the Arab opposing states were at a disadvantage in defending their rightful land. It was only after months of discussions and peace ... small provinces that poverty is at its worst. This is why Palestinians and Israelis have been at war for several years losing several causalities and living in ram...

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... contributions to national development. In 1977, women comprised over 15% of Afghanistan's highest legislative body. It is estimated that by the early 1990s, 70% of schoolteachers, 50% of government workers and university students, and 40% of doctors in Kabul were women. Afghan women had been active in humanitarian relief organizations until the Taliban imposed severe restrictions on their ability ... ending the first siege of Kabul.  March 20, 1995 - Following the killing of Abdul-Ali Mazari, leader of the Shia Hizb-I Wahdat, Taliban forces are expelled from Kabul by government forces...

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... the 9/11 attacks. Radicalization resulting from the Afghan Jihad is a major concern. Following the Afghan war with the Soviet Union, the radicalization of Arab militants began. This led to the founding of Al Qaeda in 1988. This aimed to establish jihad in other parts of the world. The ... Afghan-USSR war, problems in the Middle East were compounded by the introduction of two western ideologies. It became a battle between socialism and Arab Nationalism. The situation became worse when the ideologies did little to change the quality of life of the said societies. Assessing the historical ...

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... that it would now judge countries by their willingness to help. The most important focus of this coalition was to gain the support of Arab nations, some of which have significant sections of their populations who sympathize with Islamic militants. Given a list of conditions that must be met ... in order to take part in the coalition, Bush has basically asked these nations to choose sides. Arab nations were given a stark choice, either declare their nations members of an international coalition against terrorism, or risk being isolated in a growing global ... US. President Bush approved a...

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... towards their inception, their reputation as an powerful entity was solidified when they forcefully took control of the national government. The Taliban were not recognized as a formal government internationally with the exceptions of Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. Despite their lack of formal acknowledgement, international powers such as the United Nations took actions against the ... clinics. We want security.". (The insurgency in Afghanistan's heartland - Asia Report No. 207, 2011, p. 18) For these people who feel they have been failed by the government, the Ta...

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... history have also played a large role in women's rights. The abundance of natural resources and civil wars have led to a more male dominant government and overall system (Fish). The phenomenon of women in the Middle East developed a lot because of economic structures. Throughout history, women ... struggle of women's rights. Economics fundamentally pushed women and men into their domains. Men fell into the public sphere, controlling politics and government whereas women were placed into the domestic sphere due to the biological and the economic system. This arrangement still affects women...

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... it down. There can be political terrorism when an economically and militarily powerful nation exerts pressure and influence to support a foreign nation's government, a government that in turn oppresses its people. The support of the United States of Batitista in Cuba and the support of the participation of the ... the similarities do not end there. There are questions that remain unanswered, or if answered, remain unclear about the role of the American government in these attacks. Questions have been raised about American officials not informing the command at Pearl Harbor of the possibi...

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... it down. There can be political terrorism when an economically and militarily powerful nation exerts pressure and influence to support a foreign nation's government, a government that in turn oppresses its people. The support of the United States of Batitista in Cuba and the support of the participation of the ... the similarities do not end there. There are questions that remain unanswered, or if answered, remain unclear about the role of the American government in these attacks. Questions have been raised about American officials not informing the command at Pearl Harbor of the possibi...

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... the world, because in our country, like most others in the world, women are doctors, lawyers, teachers, government leaders, and exercise the right to vote. In every other Arab region in the world women's rights are not restricted as they are in Afghanistan. As elsewhere in the Muslim ... many Afghan women. The Taliban's restrictions on women are not in line with the reality of other Muslim countries. Women are serving in high government positions, and they have the right to vote. Throughout the Muslim world, women fill countless positions as doctors, lawyers, teachers, judges, and ... ...

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... the USSR, they were supplied full military resources and were given enough money to live a royal life but the conflict came just when the US army made its stations in Arab territory which gave a resultant of war. Part2 [main focus] Taliban's were basically the Pashtun group and were supported by nearly all the pathans of Afghanistan as well as ... Afghan authorities. Both the signatories of the Bonn Agreement and the United Nations Security Council have entrusted the U.N. with a great deal of responsibility in helping Afghanistan achieve a civilian representative government. The U.N. Sec...

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... the world, because in our country, like most others in the world, women are doctors, lawyers, teachers, government leaders, and exercise the right to vote. In every other Arab region in the world women's rights are not restricted as they are in Afghanistan. As elsewhere in the Muslim ... many Afghan women. The Taliban's restrictions on women are not in line with the reality of other Muslim countries. Women are serving in high government positions, and they have the right to vote. Throughout the Muslim world, women fill countless positions as doctors, lawyers, teachers, judges, and ... ...

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... their position in society. They may in some way feel persecuted or oppressed because or their race, religion, or they feel exploited by a government. Any group that uses terrorist actions have very complex and powerful reasons to engage in those activities. In 1957 a radical Muslim by the name ... infrastructure and manpower to fight a protracted conflict (Shahar 1). He took the task of getting men to fight for Afghanistan first. He advertised all over the Arab world - which includes Saudi Arabia, Israel, Jerusalem, Iran, Iraq, Turkey, etc. - for young Muslims to come and help fight for...

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... so dangerous is that they are unpredictable and their willingness to die for their religion. Terrorism is the single greatest threat to the United States Government. The U.S. has suffered great loses in its history to terrorism, especially its interests in other countries. The U.S. greatest enemies are Islamic ... anarchists in Italy, Spain, and France used terrorism. At the end of World War II in 1945, conflict in the Middle East between Arab nations and Israel arose, which produced successive waves of terrorism. The two sides are still fighting to this date. Most of the terrorism ... ...

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... hours in line to donate blood in hopes of saving the lives of fellow Americans. However throughout the rest of the world, people living in Arab countries were found dancing in the street, celebrating the slaying of thousands of innocent American lives (5). Many Arabs believe America is just getting a taste ... primacy behaviors and mind their own business when it comes to there social matters. State primacy and patriotism is strong in Afghanistan and the Taliban government also. Their willingness to do anything for their country and religion is what makes it so difficult to control their...

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... 11th attacks: Bin Laden and his followers regard America as their main enemy because it is America that leads the Western and democratic world, and supports the moderate Arab regimes. Moreover, America is regarded in their eyes as controlling and contaminating the holy places of Islam-particularly those in Saudi Arabia through the presence of military personnel ... developed since the Persian Gulf War would help (the) U.S...fight an unpredictable foe." Another reality that weighed towards a possible military intervention was that the Taliban, Afghanistan's terrorist harboring ruling go...

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... . Al-Qaida is a network of many different fundamentalist organizations in diverse countries. Its primary ideology is the using of terrorism to attain their political goal and to overthrow western-influenced government and to replace them with Islamic regimes under the rule of Shariah, or Islamic law. In 1979, when the Soviet troops invaded Afghanistan, Osama bin Ladin moved his business to ... Afghanistan and enter to his first part of holy war. He helped to recruit young Muslims from all over Arab world, and set up facilities to train them. The Afghan government donated land and resourc...

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... images and words, terrorists have the opportunity to spread fear all over the world. The hijacking of the 1985 TWA Flight 849 on its way to Rome was a demonstration by Arab perpetrators, they wanted the Palestinians to release 700 Lebanese civilian held up in Palestinian camps. The hijacker's declaration was granted and the victims of the flight after 17 days were ... to punish Americans for its policies in the Middle East. In a follow on attack, the groups planned to blow up buildings and key transportation nodes in New York City, U.N headquarters, a U.S government building, two tunnel...

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... Laden understands modern media and spin. Within hours of the first U.S. bombs and missiles landing in Afghanistan, he released a video that contained not just the usual diatribes but, to many Arab listeners a detailed and convincing history of the U.S. and Israeli aggression against them." (4p) But Roger Simon also said that "George Bush, on the other hand he has spent much of ... with as severely as the terrorists themselves. Three months later, the Taliban regime that then ruled was gone and Washington was scanning the horizon for other regimes to attack. The government of Iraq was th...

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... fundamentalist political party swept the board, taking the political world by surprise as no one predicted such an event. Despite this result, the election was declared a void as the ruling government did not recognize the result despite the fundamentalists wining over 70% of the vote. The country is now ravaged by civil war. Islamic fundamentalists believe that society such be ruled ... again in 1956 over the Straits of Tiran. 1967 also saw another war between Israel and it's Arabic neighbors, and again, victory was very comprehensive. All these wars illustrate that Arab nations such a...

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