The Attack Of Al Qaeda Osama Bin Laden

On September 11, 2001, the worst attack on the United States took place from the extremist group called al-Qaeda. Al-Qaeda had 19 members hijack four U.S. airplanes and used them to strike various targets on the East Coast. This attack of terrorism killed nearly 3,000 people. Osama Bin Laden took responsibility for being the mastermind behind this attack. Americans were scared and

On the morning of September 11 2001, terrorists hijacked four planes from American Airlines and United Airlines with the goal of ruining the U.S economy. Two of the planes achieved their goal and targeted both towers of the World Trade Center along with the Pentagon, resulting in the death of approximately 2,975 people. The events that took place on this day had a great impact not only in America, but around the world as well. After this day there were major changes in air travel, new government regulations, and a financial crisis.

On the morning of September 11, 2001 life as we know it in America changed forever. 19 men from a Muslim extremist organization known as al-Qaeda hijacked four airplanes with the intent of killing thousands of Americans. Three of the four airplanes hit their targets, the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, the last plane was crashed into a field in rural Pennsylvania after the passengers tried to regain control. These attacks killed almost 3,000 people, injured over 6,000 others, and caused at least $10 billion in infrastructure and property damage. The man behind these attacks was a Saudi Arabian man named Osama bin Laden. These attacks caused mass panic throughout the world, but it also increased patriotism throughout the United States. It also is what got us into the Global War on Terror.

Bin Laden was the leader of the Al Qaeda group who focused “on symbolic acts of terrorism instead of military campaigns” (Osama bin Laden).The Al Qaeda group were the terrorists who directly targeted the Twin Towers and these orders were put in place by no other than Osama bin laden. Bin Laden became public enemy #1, after the attack on the trade center he went into hiding for ten years and started “issuing fatwas and taunts over radio and television, recruiting enthusiastic young jihadis to his cause and plotting new attacks” (Osama bin Laden). The US spent these ten years constantly searching for bin laden in fears that he would attempt to attack the US once more. Osama bin Laden organized the attacks on The World Trade Center and he continued to be a threat to the

After that was all said and done, Bush had one more step in this process to capture and murder the leader of Al Qaeda, Osama Bin Laden. He did this by sending troops to Afghanistan, the original home base of Al Qaeda and ruled by Taliban. Sending troops to Afghanistan freed 28 million people from the terrorist organization of Taliban. “Afghanistan is a world away from the nightmare of the Taliban. Twenty-eight million people are free.

One of the most known and worst events occurred on September 11, 2001. Terror attacks occurred in the United States of America in the cities of Washington D.C. and New York City. An Al-Qaeda terrorist group organized this attack by sending terrorists on four different airplanes to crash into the World Trade Center in New York City, and the Pentagon in Washington D.C. Two planes crashed into the World Trade Center, while another one was targeted for the Pentagon. Although one plane hit the Pentagon, the other went off course and crashed into a field in Pennsylvania. The plane that crashed into a field in Pennsylvania was supposed to either hit the White House or the Capital building. Over 3,000 people died and this day in

After the audio message including in 2008 when he threatened retaliation of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip in 2009, when he challenged the nerve of the new president, Barack Obama to fight against al-Qaeda. December 2001 went hiding in the Tora Bora cave complex. The United State searched for Osama bin Laden along the Afghanistan- Pakistan border. In 2004 Osama bin Laden emerged a video message tape claimed responsibility for the September 11 attack. Osama bin Laden had thousand of militant worldwide followers like Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Libya, Bosnia,

On September 11, 2001 America witness one of the worst attacks on american soil. “With the islamic extremist group named al-Qaeda hijacked four airliners and carried out suicide attacks against targets in the United States”. On that day “Two of the four planes were flown into the world trade center located in new york city”. The other plane was flown into the pentagon located in washington. The fourth plane was droved into the ground by the passengers on the plane. There were no survivors on that plane. Over 3,000 people were killed during this terrorist attack.

“We love death, the U.S. loves life. That is the difference between us two.” Osama bin Laden said this himself. This quote shows the hurt that Osama bin Laden wanted to cause us in the U.S. Whenever you think of people who have changed the world, you normally think of their changes being positive, not in his case. Unlike people such as Martin Luther King, Abraham Lincoln, Rosa Parks, Benjamin Franklin, etc, who have changed the U.S. for the better, he made us worse. Bin Laden made us scared, hurt, and unsure where to go from here. He has done a lot more than some may know. He is an evil man who did many evil things, he took the lives of the helpless, innocent, and clueless. America was not this way before.

The terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 shook up the lives of all Americans. On September 11, 2001, nineteen radicals who were associated with the Islamic extremist group al-Qaeda high jacked four airplanes with the intent to carry out terrorist attacks. Two airplanes went into the towers of the World Trade Center in New York City killing over two thousand six hundred people. They also attacked the pentagon in Washington D.C killing over one hundred people, as well as a plane going down in Pennsylvania killing all people aboard the plane. Due to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, national security has improved dramatically with the intent of an increase of public safety.

(Osama Bin Laden- Quora) Osama had been planning this attack for a while. Osama laid out his animus against America as early as 1996 when he laminated in a Fatwa published by a London based newspaper Osama said, “The people of Islam had suffered from aggression and deathly thoughts.”(Osama Bin Laden- U.S news) The 9-11-01 attacks, however obscene and inexcusable made by Osama own account neither unprovoked nor inspired by some radical interpretation of the Muslim Faith.(Osama Bin Laden- U.S.) Instead, they were a most extreme expression of widespread antipathy for America’s middle east policies.(Osama Bin Laden- U.S. news) Osama was said to have laughed when he was asked why he attacked America.(Osama Bin Laden-History) Also, Osama was said to have said that he hates America. (Osama Bin Laden- History)

On September 11, 2001 Flight Two planes were flown into the towers of the World Trade Center in New York City. The planes where hijacked by 19 Al Qaeda terrorists that brought along their weapons , to many Americans the mention of 9/11 can be horrifying with the memories that they might have experienced that day with the site of the twin towers being brought down. Because of the hijacked planes, it destroyed many lives as well as the families that lost someone in that tragedy. The United States has changed since September 11th, 2001 because after new changes in airport security was made, deportation rose, and immigration decreased.

September 11, 2001 changed the United States forever. This disastrous attack on the Pentagon and the twin towers at the World Trade Center destroyed the lives of thousands of people. Over 3,000 people were killed, including hundreds or firefighters and policemen, many of which were never found. The attackers were Islamic terrorists from Arab nations.

September 11, 2001, millions of New Yorkers and American citizens woke up and started their day, unprepared and unaware for the catastrophic attack that would be taking place in just a few short hours. At 8:46 a.m., Eastern Standard Time, Flight 11 crashed into the North Tower. The impact killed all of the passengers and crew as well as hundreds inside the building. At 9:03 a.m., a second plane, Flight 175, crashed into the corner of the South Tower killing passenger, crew, and workers who worked on floors seventy-five to eighty-three. Flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon at 9:37 a.m. killing approximately 185 individuals (History.com Staff). Because of the damaged to the support system, fires, and impact at extremely fast speed, the South Tower collapsed at 9:59 a.m. (Lipton and Glanz). Having heard about the acts of terrorism that had just taken place in New York and Washington, D.C., a group of passengers drove their plane, Flight 93, into a Pennsylvania field killing everyone on board but possibly saving hundreds of other lives in the process. The North Tower collapsed at 10:28 a.m. 102 minutes after being struck (History.com Staff). On September 11, 2001, almost twelve hundred people were wounded or killed by “coordinated suicide attempts” by Al Qaeda terrorists. In result to the four airplanes being hijacked and used for premediated reasons, the United States government instituted new regulations for entering the country and airport security as well as expounded on systems already in place.

Three years prior, the Taliban’s totalitarianistic power held 90% of Afghanistan under their grip (Dugdale-Pointon). Former leader of Al-Qaeda Osama Bin Laden is offered protection by Mullah Omar as the Taliban continues to grow if he agrees not to plot against the U.S and start a conflict and publicize his global jihad. Controversial to the present day, scholars are still unsure if the Taliban knew of Bin Laden’s future intentions at the time (CRF). Once the September 11th attacks on American Soil were conducted by Al-Qaeda, the Taliban refused to turn over Bin Laden or give any whereabouts on those involved in the attacks