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Al Qaeda

            
             Terrorism is defined as " simply the contemporary name given to, and the modern permutation of, warfare deliberately waged against civilians with the purpose of destroying their will to support either leaders or policies that the agents of such violence find objectionable"(Carr 6). One of the biggest known Terrorist groups today is Al Qaeda, founded by Osama Bin Laden. This global terrorist group has been terrorizing various parts of the world since 1988, their first headquartered base in Afghanistan. There hate for the US is justified by Osama's words of their religious jihad. " Al Qaeda believes themselves to be defenders of the "nation" or "kingdom" of Islam generally, and they certainly consider that kingdom to be at war with the United States."(Carr 228). They believe that god wants everyone who does not follow their religious theories to die. By killing them, they are guaranteed into heaven. .
             Osama lost his father when he was 13. He married at the age of 17 to a Syrian girl who was a relative. He grew up as religiously committed boy and the early marriage was another factor of protecting him from corruption. Osama completed his education at the university in Jeddah. He had a degree in public administration 1981 from King Abdul-Aziz University in Jeddah. (Jacquard) In addition to the general Islamic commitment he started forming an Islamic responsibility at early age. His father used to host hundreds of pilgrims during Hajj season from all over the world. Some of those were senior Islamic scholars or leaders of Muslim movements. ( Williams) This habit went on even after his father's death through his elder brothers. He used to make good contacts and relations through those gatherings. At secondary school and university he adopted the main trend of many educated Muslims at that time, Muslim Brotherhood. There was a collection of Muslim scholars in Jeddah and Mecca at that period. There was nothing extraordinary in his personality and that trend was rather very non-confrontational.


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1. CIA Kills al Qaeda's Second-In-Command

The United States scored another huge victory in the war against terrorism, after a US drone attack in the mountains of Pakistan's Waziristan area resulted in the death of Atiyah Abd al-Rahman, al Qaeda's second-in-command after Ayman al-Zawahri, who succeeded Osama bin Laden following his death. "It's been confirmed that al Qaeda's number two, Atiyah Abd al-Rahman, was killed earlier this week in Waziristan, Pakistan," said a senior US Administration official (Hindustan Times). ... These campaigns are worsening the tension between the United States and Pakistan but hav...

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2. Terror

When Al Qaeda was founded, it was dedicated to opposing non-Islamic governments (Pike). ... Al Qaeda has been known universally since the year of its establishment, with given rights. ... Al Qaeda will be known for eternity for what it has done to the US. ... Al Qaeda is organized with Bin Laden, the general, at the top, followed by other Al Qaeda leaders and leaders of the terrorist groups. ... Al Qaeda may have several hundred to several thousand members. ...

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3. Terrorism

It is hard and almost impossible to find out exactly who has Al Qaeda links since it is a cause instead of a nationality. ... For example, in December 2001, a man named Richard Reid, a British citizen with Al Qaeda ties, boarded a transatlantic flight headed for Miami with explosives in his shoes. Reid pled guilty to all charges saying, "I am a member of Al Qaeda. ... The Al Qaeda ruined it for the world, and if the world would like the United States to open her doors again, they should stand up and fight. Until the Al Qaeda is destroyed, the United States should not allow anyone but her citiz...

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4. Terrorism in the 21st Century

What is Al-Qaeda and how did it change the world history? Al-Qaeda is an organized terror group that operated majorly in the Middle East. ... So many people lost their lives and the world woke up to the reality that terror by Al-Qaeda was real. ... The rise of Al-Qaeda lead to the rise of other terror groups such as Al-Shaabab that is now terrorizing people in Africa. The terrorist groups organized under the Al-Qaeda are so many hence posing a threat to the safety of people. ...

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5. Ahmed Terrist Plot

Staten Island man, Farooque Ahmed, was arrested for attempting to help al Qaeda plan multiple bombings in the Washington D.C. area. Ahmed, a computer engineer from Virginia, made sketches and surveillance videos of the subway stops of the Pentagon, the Arlington Cemetery, and a nearby mall for who he believed to be al Qaeda, but was actually the FBI (Kennedy). On July 19,2010, Ahmed met a man who he believed to be a member of al Qaeda in a hotel room to give him a memory stick containing video images of a Metrorail station in Arlington. ... He met continually with individuals he believed to...

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6. AL QAEDA NETWORK

One of the biggest known Terrorist groups today is Al Qaeda, founded by Osama Bin Laden. ... Al-Qaeda is an Arabic term that means the base. ... Al- Qaeda also considers the United States to be a primary enemy of Islam. ... In the late 1980's, Bin Laden founded al- Qaeda to resist the Soviets. ... Al- Qaeda is believed to support other Islamic extremist groups throughout the world. ...

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7. The Turbulent War on Terrorism

Taking action on that foreign policy, the United States waged a war against terrorism which initiated the invasion of Afghanistan to bring justice to al Qaeda for their terrorist attacks, remove the Taliban regime that supported al Qaeda and their declaration of holy war against America, and establish peace and democracy in Afghanistan. ... The United States had ignored previous terrorist attacks from al Qaeda against Americans and American embassies around the world, yet the attack on American soil could not be ignored. The terrorist group al Qaeda took responsibility for the attacks which we...

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8. Torture

For example, many Americans believe that al Qaeda members in captivity that have thus remained silent and not provided interrogators with information should be administered truth serums so they can provide the U.S. with any information that could lead to the arrest of more al Qaeda members, and other terrorist fugitives still at large. ...

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9. Profiling

Profiling should be used, since most of the Al-Qaeda terrorists have the same demographics. Most, if not all of the Al-Qaeda terrorists are Arab Americans. There aren't 80 year old nuns or Japanese businessmen in Al-Qaeda. ...

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