Osama Bin Laden is considered to be the most wanted face of terrorism; the main face of the Al Qaeda group and worst terrorist in American history. After his worst event he put together: 9/11‚ Bin Laden went into hiding for 10 years: 2001-2011. On May 2‚ 2011 Bin Laden was found and killed by the US Government. From being a sweet boy to a killer‚ Bin Laden’s views on muslim beliefs became more dangerous than it should’ve been. Being an apprentice to a man‚ Abdullah Azzam‚ Bin Laden learned the key
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Alex Carde The rise of the Taliban traces back to the Reagan presidency when he did not fulfill his promises to Afghanistan after the Afghan-Soviet War. From there Islamic Fundamentalists formed an extremist’s party known as “mujahideen” or as we know it‚ The Taliban. The Taliban has continuously used questionable tactics to run their regions and are constantly under scrutiny from western nations such as the United States. One problem in particular is their treatment of women. The Taliban also
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Taliban By Ahmed Rashid Ahmed Rashid’s Taliban was the best book on the history and ideology of the Taliban when it was first published in 2000. It still is. In three sections that read easily and fluidly‚ Rashid oulines the ideological and historical origins of the Taliban‚ the Taliban’s interpretation of Islam‚ and the Taliban and Afghanistan’s place in "the new great game‚" a competition between regional and western powers for that region of the world. Fanaticism Resurgent In 2000‚ the Taliban was
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These claims are often reinforced with partisan interpretation of history and selective evidence. The real attitude and concrete policies towards the dispute‚ however‚ are often governed by perception of short term “national interests” as defined by dominant political elite of the two countries the interests that apparently are irreconcilable and non-negotiable. While each side sticks to its claims over Kashmir‚ the Kashmiri Muslims continue to pay a heavy price for their defiant struggle against
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financing the Islamic brigades‚ later known as Al Qaeda” (Chossudovsky). In a single-minded attempt to defeat the communist Soviet Union‚ the US funded Islamic fundamentalist groups (many of which would soon warp into terrorist organizations) like the Mujahideen. And when the US did exit Afghanistan‚ “The massive infusion of military aid to multiple sides of the Afghan conflict‚ the power vacuum left behind from the Soviet withdrawal‚ and persistent ethnic divisions set the stage for continued fighting”
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Al-qaeda was founded by the multi-millionaire Osama Bin Laden in the late 1980s. Osama bin Laden had not always a despicable person. He started training mujahideen‚ a group of Islamic Jihadist. A Jihad is Islamic fundamentalist who participates in or supports jihad‚ especially armed and violent confrontation. After Osama returned to Saudi Arabia he was thought to be a hero‚ and the US even referred to him
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Role Of Youth To Combat terrorism & Regionalism December 11‚ 2008 Since September 11‚ 2001 many Americans‚ along with others around the world‚ have been preoccupied with the why of what happened. We wonder how humans could kill themselves and innocent people‚ believing they are doing this in the name of God. But terrorism is not new and exists everywhere. Terrorists have come from religious fundamentalist organizations‚ social protest groups‚ and radical political movements‚ both of the left
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Introduction Pakistan was founded on 14 August‚ 1947 along with India when the two nations achieved independence from the British Colonial Empire. The partition of the sub continent had occurred along ethnic-religious lines with Pakistan created in those adjoining territories that had majority Muslim populations. Thus the country of Pakistan with seventy million people had above 90% Muslim population. On the other hand‚ India had a majority Hindu population but Muslims were also a sizeable second
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invaded Afghanistan in 1979‚ Bin Laden joined the Afghan Resistance believing that as a Muslim it was his duty to fight. Osama moved to Peshawar‚ Afghanistan. Using aid from the U.S. under the C.I.A. program Operation Cyclone‚ he began training a mujahideen‚ a group of Islamic Jihadist. When the Soviets pulled out of Afghanistan in 1989‚ Osama returned home as a hero. The U.S. referred to him and his soldiers as “Freedom
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Osama bin Laden had quite a difficult upbringing as a child. ‘‘The father had very dominating personality. He insisted to keep all his children in one premises. He had a tough discipline and observed all the children with strict religious and social code. He maintained a special daily program and obliged his children to follow’’. Bin Laden’s father was very strict on him as a young boy. It was said that Bin Laden’s father treated them as ‘’big men’’ and expected them to act as such. I believe this
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