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    endeavoring to prove its power and capabilities. Al-Qaeda, a terrorist group, run by Osama Bin Laden, is an explicit example of this. This group’s actions during the early 21st century has changed the lives of American’s forever. On September 11, 2001, al-Qaeda attacked the twin towers and World Trade Center, whilst attempted to attack the White House. This act of terrorism killed thousands of innocent civilians, no matter age, gender or race. Al-Qaeda’s main goal is to diffuse fear throughout the

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    As in Stern and Berger’s book (2015), Al-Qaeda was the origin of ISIS. They were one organization before conflict and ISIS became a new terrorist group (Stern & Berger, 2015). Hashim (2014) also mentioned ISIS was born from Al-Qaeda. That referred ISIS was created from the miscalculation of U.S from Afghanistan civil war in which supported for the development of Al-Qaeda, but not thinking about the danger from this extremist terrorist group. Purpose of Al-Qaeda is establishing Islamic state rather

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    remember where you were on Tuesday, September 11, 2001? Well if you do, then this should be a memory refresher, but if you don’t, heres something for you to learn. There were four airlines that were hijacked by the Islamic Extremist Group, Al-Qaeda. Al-Qaeda had planned to use a suicide attack against the United States. At 8:45 am, two of the four hijacked planes crashed into the Twin Towers at the World Trade Center, the third plane hit the Pentagon in Washington DC and the fourth plane crashed

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    Terror groups such as ISIS and Al Qaeda have struck fear deep into the hearts of many Americans. Fear that has turned into hate and ignorance among these same people because they believe that the acts of less than one percent of an entire population have somehow translated onto the other ninety-nine percent. It is this same fear that spreads hurtful messages around the internet: “Muslims are terrorists!” “Deport them all!” “Take away their rights!” In reality, these people are just as scared

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    The other suspected motive that al-Qaeda had for the September 11th attacks was the United States’ continuing presence in Saudi Arabia. In 1991, when the Gulf War ended, the United State’s Department of Defense reserved approximately 5,000 troops to be stationed in territories located in Saudi Arabia. Part of their responsibility was to carry out the military operation, “Operation Southern Watch” ("Operation Southern Watch"). The goal of this military operation was to ensure that the no-fly zones

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    Investigate an international terrorist organization (al-Qaeda) Al-Qaeda is an international terrorist organization that was founded in the late 1980’s by Osama bin Ladin and Abdullah Azzam. The organization is still currently active today, even though it has become largely decentralized with the deaths of many of its leaders following their attack on the twin towers in New York City, on September 11th, 2001. Al-Qaeda was founded towards the end of the Soviet Union’s attempted expansion into Afghanistan

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    however, the obvious answer would be Al Qaeda. Throughout the 2000’s, Al Qaeda and terrorism were synonymous terms. One could not have one without the other. So, the question must arise: What happened to Al Qaeda? This question is easier asked than answered. Al Qaeda rose to power through the late twentieth and early twenty-first century very effectively and rapidly, but they lost that power just as quickly by divisions in violent Islamic radicalism. Al Qaeda, or “the Base,” is a widespread militant

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    the world, then they are most likely talking about Al Qaeda (The Base/Eir Shura). There are many beliefs that Al Qaeda has been around for centuries due to the views and origins of many threat groups before them. Going of known facts, during the Soviet war in Afghanistan on approximately August 11, 1988 is the date that Al Qaeda was founded by Osama Bin Laden (54 years old) and has been terrorizing many parts of the world ever since then. Al Qaeda was first used for the Arabs who believed that the

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    The only reason why al Qaeda was failing at the time was that they were being defeated by other countries. However, many factors contributed to those defeats, the reason was the strategy, tactics used by al Qaeda and jihadist in general, with the view of the world on which that strategy and tactics were resulted in (McCabe, Thomas R. 2010). To the extremists’ the complete worldview had been on a misguided or unusual assumption that did not have little or no basis of fact. McCabe mentioned the five

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    Al Qaeda: Origins, Development and Objectives

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    International Relations Al Qaeda: Origins, Development and Objectives Select any terrorist group we studied and explain its origins, development and objectives. Al Qaeda is an international terrorist organization that was founded by Osama bin Laden in the late 1980s in Peshawar, Pakistan. The name is Arabic for “The Base of Operation” or “method” (Burke 2004). However, many experts agree that al-Qaeda is more dangerous as an ideology than as an organization. As an organization, it has been

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