Osama Bin Laden Biography
he Name Osama bin Laden is probably the most well known name in modern history. How could the son of a billionaire Saudi become one of the most wanted terrorist of all time? With wanted posters posted on every corner of the globe and a massive manhunt, Osama bin Laden evaded capture for over nine years, until his death in 2011. How could someone who was privy to a life of luxury resort to living in caves in the Tora Bora mountains of Afghanistan. This paper will focus on how Osama bin Laden was able to have so much influence and power and who was the man held responsible for the deadliest attack on United States soil. This paper will examine the communication skills used to carry out deadly attacks from the beginning of Al-Qaeda and after
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From 1996-2001 he used his wealth and influence to buy protection from the Taliban, (the ruling party of Afghanistan) and formed the group al-Qaeda, that quickly became an interantional terrorist business (Kimmage, Bruce 2005). Osama bin Laden became more well known to the world after the attacks on September 11, 2001 and the remains and extent of his influence and power are still not exactly known. When Osama bin Laden first made claim to a holy war he sent his message by a fax machine and also declared war on America by email methods that were beamed from a satellite to sites all over the globe (Weinmann Gabriel …show more content…
Other messages did not contain words but actions such as attacks in Kenya, Tanzania, Yemen this was the calling card of Al-Qaeda. In 1998, Osama bin Laden’s Al-Qaeda received recognition from the United States as an international terrorist organization, that gave him more of the limelight and word of mouth about Al-Qaeda quickly spread (Huntington, Samuel 1997). Even if Osama was not responsible for the attacks of 9/11 he was given credit for it and he gladly accepted it as a way to tell the world just like the Soviets Al-Qaeda drove out of Afghanistan they could also harm the other superpower of the world, namely the United States of America. Al-Qaeda. Soon thereafter with the massive manhunt for him, Osama turned off all electronic devices that could point to his whereabouts and resorted to face to face communication and couriers, however the use of a courier was his downfall and eventually led to his death (Kimmage, Daniel
From 1996-2001 he used his wealth and influence to buy protection from the Taliban, (the ruling party of Afghanistan) and formed the group al-Qaeda, that quickly became an interantional terrorist business (Kimmage, Bruce 2005). Osama bin Laden became more well known to the world after the attacks on September 11, 2001 and the remains and extent of his influence and power are still not exactly known. When Osama bin Laden first made claim to a holy war he sent his message by a fax machine and also declared war on America by email methods that were beamed from a satellite to sites all over the globe (Weinmann Gabriel …show more content…
Other messages did not contain words but actions such as attacks in Kenya, Tanzania, Yemen this was the calling card of Al-Qaeda. In 1998, Osama bin Laden’s Al-Qaeda received recognition from the United States as an international terrorist organization, that gave him more of the limelight and word of mouth about Al-Qaeda quickly spread (Huntington, Samuel 1997). Even if Osama was not responsible for the attacks of 9/11 he was given credit for it and he gladly accepted it as a way to tell the world just like the Soviets Al-Qaeda drove out of Afghanistan they could also harm the other superpower of the world, namely the United States of America. Al-Qaeda. Soon thereafter with the massive manhunt for him, Osama turned off all electronic devices that could point to his whereabouts and resorted to face to face communication and couriers, however the use of a courier was his downfall and eventually led to his death (Kimmage, Daniel