radical Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. Following the invasion in Iraq in 2003‚ Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and his group of militia‚ who will later be known as Isis‚ got plenty of notoriety in the early stages of the war in Iraq for the suicide attacks on Shia Islamic mosques‚ civilians‚ Italian soldiers fighting with the US‚ and Iraqi institutions. In October 2004‚ Al-Zarqawi’s group officially pledged allegiance to Osama bin Laden’s al-Qaeda. They then changed their name to what’s known as al-Qaeda in Iraq. Attacks
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Goals and Tactics Al-Qaeda has very specific anti-American goals. They want to drive Americans and American influence out of all muslin nations. They also aim to destroy Israel and overthrow pro-western dictatorships in countries around the Middle East. In order to achieve their goal‚ Al-Qaeda uses a number of different terror tactics including suicide bombing‚ car bombing‚ roadside bombing‚ hijacks‚ and paramilitary. They focus their attacks on civilian and military targets. They aim to cause
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Inside Al-Qaida: Ideology‚ Structure‚ Targets‚ and Tactics Monique Bates Columbia Southern University Homeland Security MSE 6201 Dr. Milen October 30‚ 2012 Inside Al-Qaida: Ideology‚ Structure‚ Targets‚ and Tactics The purpose of this paper is to briefly describe and analyze the USA Patriot Act and its abilities to prevent‚ protect‚ and/or respond to current and/or future Al-Qaida terrorists attacks. On the morning of September 11‚ 2001‚ 19 of Al-Qaida’s workers hijacked four U.S
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QAEDA PLOT LEAK HAS UNDERMINED U.S. INTELLIGENCE How often do we‚ as United States citizens‚ consider how safe we actually are in our country? Without further research we may not realized the potential nationwide threat that has been previously discussed between Ayman al-Zawahri (head of Al Qaeda) and Nasser al-Wuhayshi (head of the Yemen-based Al Qaeda). Hopefully‚ the United States’ intelligence agency has intercepted these messages soon enough before any major action has been made.
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Al-Qaeda’s origins and links Al-Qaeda‚ meaning "the base"‚ was created in 1989 as Soviet forces withdrew from Afghanistan and Osama Bin Laden and his colleagues began looking for new jihads. The organisation grew out of the network of Arab volunteers who had gone to Afghanistan in the 1980s to fight under the banner of Islam against Soviet Communism. During the anti-Soviet jihad Bin Laden and his fighters received American and Saudi funding. Some analysts believe Bin Laden himself had security
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Al-Ghazali has been given the title of being one of the great Muslim theologians. Under the study of theologians such as Al-Juwayni and Imam Al-Haramayn‚ Al-Ghazali has made a standing ground of how a religious man should order his life from hour to hour and day to day basis. Majority of his thoughts still have significance in today’s world. For example his analysis of sinful acts and how to avoid them. There are‚ however‚ some of his thoughts that seem to be illogical for when trying to apply
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AL Capone Alphonse Gabriel "Al" Capone was an American gangster who led a Prohibition-era crime syndicate. The Chicago Outfit‚ which subsequently also became known as the "Capones"‚ was dedicated to smuggling and bootlegging liquor‚ and other illegal activities‚ such as prostitution‚ in Chicago from the early 1920s to 1931. Born in the borough of Brooklyn in New York City to Italian immigrants‚ Capone became involved with gang activity at a young age after having been expelled from school at age
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Al Capone Al Capone was a very dangerous Gangster. He had and ran many illegal businesses like bootlegging‚ prostitution‚ gambling and murders. Being highly known as this big gangster guy‚ knowing there was many gangs in the world Al Capone was at the top. Al Capone was the greatest gangster in the 1920s. Al Capone was a wealthy man because money was made fast and easy. Gambling was a business that paid off‚ there were tons of places to go gamble there were stations set up all over the
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his citizen should function within a political or social context‚ this paper seeks to find from different works and opinions of different authors made within his works to provide an interpretation of the role of Alfarabi’s citizen. Abu Nasr Muhammad Al-Farabi‚ referred to as simply Alfarabi‚ lived from about 870 A.D. to 950 A.D. He spent most of his life in Baghdad. Not much is known about Alfarabi’s private life. He was born of Turkish descent in the Farabi district of Turkestan. Alfarabi was generally
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Arabic Lit 1121 Al-Andalus Al-Andalus was referred to as the areas of the Iberian Peninsula which were occupied by the Moors between 711-1492 AD. The Iberian Peninsula is the south western most part of Europe including Spain‚ Portugal‚ and France. The Moors were Muslim people of Arab descent who invaded or settled Al-Andalus from Northern Africa. Before the Moors came to the Iberian Peninsula‚ Spain was ruled under the Visigoths. Their kingdom quickly fell apart when the Moors
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