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    III. These are the impacts of Bin Laden’s death. The death of Osama bin Laden by American forces signifies a symbolic victory on the war on terror movement. Bin Laden is the first leader and forefather of Al Qaeda terrorist movement that is based on extreme Islamic beliefs to execute political and religious purposes. Many Americans applauded as justice was served to the man who planned the attacks of 9/11, which slayed thousands of innocent Americans almost fifteen years ago. Many people decided

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    The 9-11 tragedies changed the lives of the world and united our Country. The terrorist group that planned the attacks on the United States was al-Qaeda. The leader of al-Qaeda was Osama bin Laden. Osama bin Laden was born in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and then he would move to Afghanistan where he would start al-Qaeda. Al- Qaeda planned carefully in the attacks on the Unites States by sending nineteen militants over a period of several years to keep our suspicions down. They also held their meeting all

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    Terrorism Paper In 1988, Osama Bin Laden founded what is the most widely know terrorist network today, Al Qaeda. It started off small with only three members, but it grew vastly over the years. This is the organization that held the blame for the September 11th attacks on the United States, along with numerous other outbreaks against the world. In 1992 after establishing Al Qaeda, Osama Bin Laden was banished from Saudi Arabia, he then founded a new base in Afghanistan, where he declared a war

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    Osama Bin Laden Thesis

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    western perspective, Osama Bin Laden in nothing more than an inhuman murderer, therefore no one spends time to investigate why he does what he does, and for what reasons thousands of people sacrificed their lives for his cause, however, a quick glimpse through his excerpt shows that he does have an ideology that can be very appealing to a large number of people, any person that feels targeted by the United States can potentially find his claims to be persuasive, therefore, Bin Laden is not simply an

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    The invasion of Afghanistan (October 2001 - December 2014) The invasion was triggered by the September 11 attacks. It was intended to target terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden’s al-Qaida organization, which was based in the country, as well as the extreme fundamentalist Taliban government that had ruled most of the country. Taliban is the ultraconservative political and religious faction that ruled Afghanistan. Barack Obama, the president in 2008, said this: “We did not ask for this fight. On

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    “A declaration of Jihad,” on August 23, 1996 deals with Osama bin Laden order to sanction a defensive war (jihad) after he gained refuge in Afghanistan. Osama bin Laden is a well-known terrorist and is the leader and founder of al-Qaeda. In 1979, the origins of al-Qaeda can be traced back to this year because that is when the Soviets invaded Afghanistan. Originally, Osama bin Laden used al-Qaeda as a way to enlist Muslim into the resistance. After, the Soviets left not shortly after the United States

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    Osama Bin Laden was considered a villain because he was the leader of a terrorist organization who committed horrifying attacks, but to his people, he was viewed as a hero, leader, and role model. Mohamed Ali Sauti, a Yemeni student said, “Osama is a hero here because he is the only one who stands up to the U.S.—who isn't afraid of them.” The people of Al-Qaeda perceived Americans as strong and intimidating, but Bin Laden was the first one to stand up and show his people that they could compete

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    Osama Bin Laden Ambition

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    Osama bin Laden, who was born into a self-made affluent Saudi Arabian family with a strong religious and moral background. After becoming discontent with the world around him, bin Laden began to seek a world with pure Islamic law not influenced by western powers. After the creation of al Qaeda, he used his business background, ambitious nature and key religious messages to influence the actions of his followers. The creation a resilient global terrorist network relies on the same fundamental building

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    public, and also send a message simultaneously to their counterparts that they were not to be taken lightly. Since then, it has never been forgotten and was one of the worst tragedies to occur in recent history. In an otherwise positive note, Osama Bin Laden has since been killed and his death has directly caused a morale decrease in the terrorist faction. Terrorism was always in play when it came to the United States, but it only came into the limelight with the 9/11 attacks. The attacks brought

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    It is very agreeable to say that Osama Bin Laden was the CEO of all CEO when it came to managing his terrorist people (Hoffman 1999, 2). Considering his enormous success his influence among them was boundless. He could easily have been the “face” for western terror. What he was able to accomplish was quite an accomplishment, and until today the western world, specifically America, continue to be in great danger because of his success. I believe he had incomparable attributes. We all know that he

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