AFGHANISTAN-TALIBAN AND THEIR DOWNFALL 5. Geo-Strategic Importance of Afghanistan. Afghanistan is Central Asia’s land locked country‚ spread over an area of 253‚ 861 miles. Bordered on the North by the Republics of Tajikistan‚ Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan‚ North-East by the Chinese province of Sinkiang‚ on the South-East by Pakistan‚ and on the West by Iran. Afghanistan’s geopolitical importance has been that of a buffer state first between the Tsarist Russian and the British Indian Empires and
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event left the whole country shook and though to some people it may not be a big deal‚ for majority of the people it was and still is till this day. Three weeks after 9/11‚ as the US began launching air strikes against Taliban positions‚ a video of Bin Laden sitting
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of the “end justifies the means” effect on leadership today. The death of about 12 million people was the end that was justified in Hitlers cruel view and actions on the fact that the Aryan race was perfect and all others were inferior. Osama bin Laden was the leader of the al-qaeda group that on the morning of september 11‚ 2001‚ committed 4 suicide attacks. The 19 terrorists hijacked 4 passenger jets‚ 2 went to the twin towers in New York‚ 1 to the Pentagon‚ and 1 was thought to of been heading
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The Chase in the Middle East Lex Brown 4/5/15 International Law Ward Many know of the infamous terrorist organization Al-Qaeda‚ Saddam Hussein‚ and Osama bin Laden. The masterminds behind the September attacks on the Twin Towers and the Pentagon. The cause of many years of American turmoil‚ wars‚ and the flight regulations increasing. But the problem was not solely between the United States and the terrorist group. It was wide-spread. How did they catch the steam and momentum they needed to obtain
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dedicated their lives to serve our country. Although Osama Bin Laden is dead threats still exist from the Taliban and the remaining al Qaeda forces; however‚ many Americans feel it is time to leave Afghanistan because the majority of the objectives of the war are complete. The Afghanistan government took a hands-off stance to preventing Taliban occupation. The Taliban and al Qaeda recruited young Muslim men and women to join their cause. Osama Bin Laden‚ head of al Qaeda‚ who “symbolized evil” (Carter‚ 2011)
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Osama bin Laden‚ did. This wasn’t bin Laden’s first attack‚ but it was his biggest. He’d been involved in many things before. For example‚ he was involved in the bombing of the World Trade Center in 1993 and the attempted assassination of the Egyptian president in 1995. However‚ those didn’t stop him from doing something as big as 9/11‚ killing almost 3‚000 Americans. September 11 is a day no one will ever forget. Imagine this: You’re flying on a plane to go somewhere and visit your family or go
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Omar Larios Mr. Sullivan English 50 Essay #2 2 April 2013 Terrorism Connie Schultz author of the article New Airport Policy: Grin and Bare It‚ Schultz says “Not exactly secret agent man.” when referring to Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab‚ the underwear bomber. Because she says that he isn’t exactly a secret agent‚ even though he still had the potential to be dangerous‚ rather than something more adequate for a terrorist shows that Schultz is not too concerned with terrorist threats happening domestically
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¨The September 11 attacks were precipitated in a large part because Osama bin Laden‚ the leader of the militant Islamic organization al-Qaeda Held native beliefs about the United States in the run-up to the attacks¨(The Plot). A little under 3‚000 people were killed during 9/11. Everyone woke up normally getting ready for work or school‚ no one would have thought this would have been the worst terrorist attack in US history. People were surprised on how they planned all of the attacks and people
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from others such as government officials‚ Al Qaeda‚ Osama Bin Laden‚ the victims‚ the victims’ families‚ and the New York Police Department. Another conspiracy relating to Bush behind 9/11 involved a tie between the president and Osama Bin Laden. Theorists claim that the Bushes and the Bin Ladens have been friends for many decades. Bush 41 was business partners with Osama’s father. Both were board members of the Carlyle Group. The family financed Bush 43’s early oil
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Also terrorists may cause harm because the difference in race‚ nationality‚ or religion. Major terrorist groups are the Palestinian Liberation Army‚ Hezbollah‚ and Al- Qaeda. Al- Qaeda is best known from being under leadership of Osama Bin Laden. Osama Bin Laden was behind the hijacking of the planes that flew into the World Trade Center on September 11‚ 2001 and also the attack on the USS Cole. Many innocent lives were taken on that horrifying day‚ people lost their mothers‚ fathers‚ sisters‚ brothers
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