Osama Bin Laden was the leader of the Terrorist group Al-Qaeda‚ the organization that claimed responsibility for the September 11 attacks on the United States‚ along with numerous other mass-casualty attacks against civilian and military targets. He was a Saudi Arabian‚ a member of the wealthy bin Laden family‚ and an ethnic Yemeni Kindite. He was also born in the family Mohammed Bin Awad Bin Laden. He studied at university in the country until 1979‚ when he joined mujahideen forces in Pakistan fighting
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the war’s goal(s). By doing so we can determine whether there can be an end point. For America under George Bush the goal was to ‘defeat this evil‚ wherever it is found.’3 But this creates a problem. Would the end be the defeat‚ eradication of Al Qaeda and the Taliban wherever they are? Or was Bush suggesting the eradication of all terrorism‚ i.e. stopping any group from using terrorist techniques? It seems more obvious to accept the former‚ due to the fact America invaded Iraq‚ Afghanistan and
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plane demolished part of the Pentagon (the US military headquarters) in Arlington‚ Virginia. The final plane crashed in Shanks Ville‚ Pennsylvania. Both articles agreed that exactly 19 terrorists hijacked the 4 planes; and that the attack was made by Al Qaeda‚ which was led by Osama bin Laden. An over-all of 2‚996 people were killed in the 9/11 attacks‚ including the 19 terrorist hijackers of the four airplanes. At the World Trade Center‚ 2‚763 died after the
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widely accepted account that the September 11 attacks were committed solely by al-Qaeda. In a 2008 global poll of 16‚063 people in 17 countries‚ majorities in only nine countries believe al Qaeda was behind the attacks. 46% of those surveyed believed al-Qaeda was responsible for the attacks‚ 15% believed the U.S. government was responsible‚ 7% believed Israel was and another 7% believed some other perpetrator‚ other than al Qaeda‚ was responsible. The most popular of all conspiracy theories is that the
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swelling the ranks of those who fight it for revenge. Outside Pakistan‚ there is an impression that the drones are being used against the terrorists in Pakistan’s Tribal Areas under some kind of secret deal between the CIA and Pakistan Army. Another al Qaeda top echelon leader has been killed on January 11 in Miranshah in North Waziristan through this alleged ‘coordination’. This was said to be Abdullah Khorasani‚ who is believed to have been playing a key role in planning the overall strategy of terror
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The Ethical Implications of the Current Government Drone Strike Polices 8/1/12 Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) first made their appearance in 1919 when Elmer Sperry‚ who also invented the gyroscope and autopilot‚ attacked a captured German ship with the first UAV loaded down to with explosives(("U.s. army unmanned‚" 2010). At the time this was a revolutionary weapon‚ but if we fast forward 80 years from the time of that experiment‚ UAVs became a common and prolific part of the modern battlefield
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Western style. Consequently "bin Laden" has become nearly universal in Western references to him‚ Arabic convention notwithstanding. Bin Laden also has several commonly used aliases and nicknames‚ including the Prince‚ the Sheikh‚ Al-Amir‚ Abu Abdallah‚ Sheikh Al-Mujahid‚ the Lion Sheik‚[1] the Director‚ Imam Mehdi and Samaritan.[2] Childhood‚ education and personal life Main article: Childhood‚ education and personal life of Osama bin Laden See also: Bin Laden family Osama bin Laden was
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the moment‚ information on who has been killed and how many were of people were intended targets is shrouded in secrecy. Moreover‚ according to statistics from the TBIJ children have been killed in these drone strikes yet the US claims that they are Al-Shabaab terrorists. One chilling question is‚ who decides who a terrorist is and is not? What happens when civilians are killed based on faulty meta-data? Article 4 of the Geneva Convention stipulates that an individual must satisfy certain criteria
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Osama Bin Laden’s life started on March 10‚ 1957‚ in Riyadh‚ Saudi Arabia. Osama’s life started out great. He was very wealthy and privileged growing up. He was also a demure boy while he was young. Bin Laden was tall for his age and had an athletic physique. Osama befriended Abdul Aziz‚ a lifelong friend‚ on a trip into the desert. He also was befriended and influenced by Abdullah Azzam‚ who influenced his beliefs later in life‚ when he was in school. While he was young‚ Bin Laden spent as
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March 16‚ 2010 Holy War Inc. Book Review If you don ’t know the difference between al-Qaeda and the Taliban (and before September 11 ‛01‚ I sure did not) or if you ’re a little fuzzy about where Yemen is in relation to Afghanistan‚ this is an excellent book. Peter Bergen is CNN ’s terrorism analyst and an experienced reporter. He uses a wide range of sources including his own experience to describe the al-Qaeda terrorist organization. There ’s even a map of the Middle East that you can refer to
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