Osama Bin Laden, born in 1957, was the seventh child of fifty born into the extremely wealthy Bin Laden family in Saudi Arabia. Since adolescence, Osama Bin Laden’s attachment to the Wahhabis sect of the Islamic religion exceeded expectations and ultimately led him to organize Al-Qaeda. Al-Qaeda is a radical Islamic group held responsible for the September 11, 2001 attacks, which established Osama bin Laden as one of the world’s most renowned Islamic terrorist. Osama Bin Laden’s first action began with recruiting Muslims to support his movement of creating a shift in Islamic society from pro Western to anti Western, which allowed him to influence a friction between the US and Al-Qaeda, as Al-Qaeda’s main objective was to eliminate Western …show more content…
Peter L. Bergen, the author of, The Osama bin Laden I Know, describes Al-Qaeda’s first attack, “Al-Qaeda’s first attempted attack, an unsuccessful attack on U.S troops staying at the Gold Mohur Hotel in Aden, Yemen.” (Peter L. Bergen). After months of scheming, on December 29 1992, the Yemen Hotel Bombing attack was carried out to prove to the United States the credibility and seriousness of Al-Qaeda’s threats. The attack was unsuccessful, however nonetheless effective as it established the US as Al-Qaeda’s main targets and created the foundation for many more attacks to come. On February 26 1993, Al Qaeda once again proved their resolve by bombing the World Trade Center in New York City. Cathal J. Nolan describes the event, “Al Qaeda was involved in planning the car bomb attack on the World Trade Center in New York (February 26, 1993), which killed six Americans and injured thousands.” (Cathal J. Nolan). This fatal bombing confirmed American fears of a new enemy. Osama Bin Laden publically expressed his approval of Al-Qaeda’s second and deadly attack in an interview with CNN. The attack immediately made national news, justifying Al-Qaeda as a significant and serious threat to the safety of American citizens in the United States. The establishment of a progressing conflict between Osama Bin Laden and the West became evident as Al Qaeda’s schemes and attacks threatened Western …show more content…
In his book , Unholy War, John Esposito mentions…., “ Responding to mounting international pressure, especially from the United States and Saudi Arabia, in May 1996 Sudan expelled bin Laden.” (Unholy War John L Esposito). While Osama bin Laden took refuge in Sudan, Al-Qaeda executed an attack in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Soon after, the US and Saudi Arabia admonished Sudan for still accommodating Osama Bin Laden. Although Sudan was initially recognized as Osama Bin Laden’s safe haven, ultimately Sudan joined forces with the US and Saudi Arabia against Al-Qaeda by expelling Osama bin Laden from Sudan. This demonstrated the newly developed relationship between the West and Muslim governments. Another example of a collaboration between Muslim countries and the West was during the Afghanistan War in 2001. The war broke out after the 9/11 attack in New York City when the Taliban regime refused to surrender Osama bin Laden. In the article, Afghanistan War , The Hutchinson Firm states, “Pakistan delivered a US ultimatum to the Taliban that they should hand over bin Laden or face massive retaliation by the US and its allies.“(Afghanistan War.) The Pakistani government assisted the US in attempts to capture Osama bin Laden because Al Qaeda was a
Osama bin Laden was an adversary of the West for years and it was known to the whole world. Unfortunately, he took it a little further by having two planes fly into the World Trade Center, one into the Pentagon and another plane possibly for the White House. As we all know, this is the unforgettable day of September 11, 2001. Thousands of Americans were innocently murdered that day and in our own country by a terrorist organization. The United States of America would not stand for this and rapidly sought out Osama Bin Laden for what he had done to us. This is the day that caused the United States to accelerate the search and destruction efforts of bin Laden. Soon after September 11th, the United States was very involved in Afghanistan in trying to find him.
... Islamic countries. Bernard Lewis also raised an additional point that Osama bin Laden felt he had to fight the United States because there was no one else who could since the fall of the Soviet Union. Osama bin Laden has made such allegations against the United States not because they are true, but only to help him in his ultimate goal of proving to the World that the Islamic world can defend itself and that he is capable of it. He also made such allegations to try to unite the Islamic world in hopes that an Islamic state may rise.
The attacks that occurred on 9/11 took place on September 11th, 2001. In this devastating event, four different attacks had taken place. Each of the attacks were carried out by terrorists. The group responsible for the attack was Al-Qaeda, a militant Islamist organization that is known to be global in present day. The group itself has a network consisting of a Sunni Muslim movement that aims to make global Jihad happen. Furthermore, a stateless, multinational army that is ready to move at any given time. This terrorist group focuses on attacking non-Sunni Muslims, those who are not Muslim, and individuals who the group deems to be kafir. Ever since the late 1980s, Al-Qaeda has been wreaking havoc all around the world. The leader of the group once being Osama bin Laden. Three planes were bound for New York City while another plane headed towards Washington, D.C. which was supposed to take out the U.S. Capitol. Two of the airplanes crashed into the World Trade Center. One plane hitting the North Tower and the other hitting the South Tower. The third plane had crashed into the Pentagon taking out the western side of the building. The last and final plane was focused solely on taking out the U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C. but failed due to passengers of the plane coming hijacking it from the hijackers. The passengers attempted to take out the hijackers but sadly failed, crashing it into a field in Pennsylvania. Throughout the content of this paper, we will be focusing on the role of media when it comes to 9/11; more specifically: how the media's coverage of 9/11 manipulated our feelings towards 9/11, how it affected Islamophobia in America, and the lasting effects of 9/11.
On September 11, 2001, many people’s lives were changed. Not only Americans, but Muslims and Islamist alike, were affected. (A Nation Challenged 80). Family members and friends were lost, lives were taken away, and New York City was torn to pieces. Two planes hit the Twin Towers, otherwise known as the World Trade Center. One plane was flown into the Pentagon located in Virginia. One last plane was flown into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania after being taken over by the passengers. The nineteen men who hijacked these planes were from the Islamist militant group known as al-Qaeda. (The 9/11 Commission Report). An editorial in the New York Times said, “It was one of those moments in which history splits, and we define the world as ‘before’ and ‘after’.”
The reason why i think that Osama bin ladens death is the most important is that he was the one responsible for allot of peoples deaths.Like the bimbing if the world trade towers, and an attempt to bomb the national guard training center. He also tried to kill a egyptian president named Hosni mubarak. not to mention that he all of the other people that he killed and his men killed. That had inspired us to take him down people attacking the us by half. The death of him came by specially trained team for the job ( Navy seals ) sent in to take Osama bin laden out.
Osama Bin Laden had not only been responsible for one of the biggest attacks in American history but also for so many more all around the world. For instance, in 1992, the first attack by Al-Qaeda was carried out as a bombing at the old Mohur hotel in Aden, Yemen, where U.S. troops had been staying while on the route to Somalia. They also targeted a second hotel which was the Aden Movenpick for the same purposes. They followed through by pa...
Al Qaeda’s history began during the Cold War. Western countries, such as the United States, and its allies supported militant units within Islam to fight the Soviet Union. The United States formed an alliance with the Pakistan Interservice Intelligence Agency (ISI) (White, 2012). The ISI is equivalent to the United States intelligence agency CIA. The ISI, along with the United States began training and arming the mujahedeen (holy warriors) to fight the Soviet Union. In 1979, Afghan mujahedeen along with Saudi Arabia fought the Soviet Union invasion of Afghanistan (White, 2012). The United States supported the Afghan mujahedeen along with any other form of Islam to combat the Soviet Union. The United States developed an unde...
Osama bin Laden was the terrorist mastermind who orchestrated the largest terrorist attack on United States soil in history. He induced the deaths of nearly three thousand unsuspecting Americans and struck fear into an entire nation. Through impeccable communication and influence bin Laden was able to organize the 9/11 attacks, but afterwards al Qaeda began to face their downfall.
I chose this topic because I want to learn more about Osama’s life why he wanted to commit the war on terrorism against the western theory of how it is super bad at all times. From what
Osama Bin Laden is brought up to a be Muslim extremist. He spent most of his adulthood waging a holy war against the west. Most people know him as the man behind 9/11, and the leader of “Al Qaeda” . He is one of the most popular terrorist leaders in modern history.
The plan to carry out the 9/11 attacks was beneficial to Bin Laden by Khalid Sheik Mohammed, his informer. (Carr 298). Planes where chosen carefully for them. They chose a Tuesday because the flights where usually quiet. (Stewart 51). Before the attacks on 9/11 the hijackers all took flight lessons in the U.S. costing them $250 each time. (Stewart 53). The time they where taking flying lessons, some say that the hijackers hid the weapons in the airport. Most people say they had help on the inside (Stewart 51). A month before the 9/11 attacks Bin Laden had told the U.S he had planned attacks on us. He says that the United States is a place of wickedness and corruption. Bin Laden Said “it was a Muslims duty to kill Americans”(Stewart 49). September 15, 2001 Newsweek said “F...
Al-Qaeda is an international Islamist extremist terrorist network founded in the late 1980s by Osama bin Laden. Al Qaeda practiced an extreme version of the religion of Islam. The group is intensely opposed to the United States and other Western, democratic nations. They are especially against the military presence of these countries in Arab nations. Since the group’s creation by bin Laden in the late 1980s, Al Qaeda has helped coordinate and fund numerous bombings worldwide. Their aim had been to overthrow governments in the Middle East, and elsewhere in the Muslim world, which do not strictly enforce a religiously sanctioned political and social order. Attacks against the United States were intended to cut American support for many of these governments; U.S. support was viewed by al-Qaeda as a major obstacle to creating a global order under Islamic
Al Qaeda is leading by Osama bin laden that was born and grown up in Saudi Arabia; his family was very rich and respected by Saudi Royal household and the public. When he finished his University in Saudi Arabia, he becomes an extreme religious person. Osama started to help Islamist movement against communist in Yemen (Gunaratna, 2005) . In December 1997 when Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan he went to Pakistan and then Afghanistan to help Afghan group to protect it from Soviet Union. At the time a Palestinian Jordanian, Dr Abdullah Azzam esta...
After the 9/11 attack, Al Qaeda has surpassed as the world’s most infamous terrorist organization. Al Qaeda is the network organized by Osama bin Laden. Al Qaeda main goal was to drive all Americans and all American influences out of the Muslim nations. Al Qaeda has waged many attacks on the United States, and many other countries all around the world.
Historical Significance: The September 11th, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, orchestrated by Al-Qaeda and Bin Laden, were the events that launched the U.S. War on Terrorism. Al-Qaeda’s attack on the United States was carried out by members of radicalized Islamic groups, whose objective was to spread jihad against the secular influence of the West. This tragic event provided the historical b...