normal civilian person say‚ what the heck! These people that Kyle had to kill posed threats to his fellow comrades. But does religion make violence okay to commit? First‚ lets look at what George W. Bush and Osama bin Laden both said after the September 11‚ 2001 attacks. According to Osama bin Laden‚ “Fight in the path of Allah‚ you are not charged with the responsibility except for yourself‚ and urge the believers‚ lest Allah restrain the might of the rejectors‚ and Allah is stronger in might and stronger
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co-ordinated attacks; Osama Bin Laden‚ leading the terrorist group “Al Qaeda”‚ later confirmed that they were indeed responsible for the attacks. This assault on the United States of America was the largest in modern history. Al-Qaeda‚ through Osama Bin Laden‚ cited the United States’ support of Israel‚ the presence of American militant forces in Saudi Arabia‚ and sanctions against Iraq as the key motives behind the attacks. Making a public statement about the cause‚ Bin Laden said "we are free ..
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The years following 9/11 attacks there has been actions taken by the United States. (document 1) The United States took actions after the 9/11 attacks‚ one of them was when Gorge Bush announced a war on terrorism‚ with the goal of bringing Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda to justice. Another action they took was the Patriot act which Obama extended in 2010. In document 9 says that the USA Patriot Act was made to get information easily and was some parts were renewed to stop terrorist‚ they say that
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Is violence ever justified? The debate about the use of violence has been on going for the last decade. Violence‚ the act of causing physical harm to another person willingly‚ has often been categorized as being an uncivilized‚ unjustified act. It is mostly known‚ and commonsensical knowledge that attacking or inflicting harm upon another person is “wrong”. Most of us frown upon people who resort to such violent acts‚ and they are punishable by law. However‚ as we progress into the 21st century
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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 as a “freedom fighter.” Although
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As Eliot Aronson says‚ “We Americans seem to thrive on competition; we reward winners and are disdainful of losers.” When the United States was hunting for Saddam Hussein and Osama Bin Laden‚ they were determined and were not going to give up; they were the “alpha male” in pursuit of win. When they “killed” Osama Bin Laden‚ the subsequent reaction of the public personally sickened me. The gargantuan number of people in the streets celebrating the death of a human being seemed inhumane to me and
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months to plan such an act. In addition‚ it would’ve required a lot of support 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
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London ; New York : Routledge. 3. Coleman‚W.‚& Perrin‚ P. (2006). Osama Bin Laden. Farmington Hills‚ MI : Greenhaven Press. 4. Katona‚ P.‚ Intriligator‚ M.‚& Sullivan‚ J. (2006). Countering terrorism and WMD : creating a global counter-terrorism network. London ; New York : Routledge. 5. Pedahzur‚ A. (2006). Root causes of suicide terrorism : globalization of martyrdom. New York : Routledge. 2. Bergen‚ P. (2006‚ October 26). What Osama Wants. The New York Times. A25. 2. CDI Terrorism Report: Al Qaeda
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In any case‚ only a few know the real reason of why Osama Bin Laden and his terrorist group presented such a shocking demonstration of war. The beginning of the thinking behind 9/11 could be traced back to 1951‚ when the United States consented to support Israel in their finance related emergency because of the
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Shingo Yamane Religion and Terrorists I didn ’t know the word “terrorist” until September 11th in 2001. That day is the day when people all over the world couldn ’t believe their eyes. Who had ever seen the moment when two airplanes crashed into the towers? It was the very shocking moment. I just came home from school and turned on TV‚ and then all the channels were filled up with the emergency news of that unexpected incident. Even though I was only nine years old on that time‚ I was old enough
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