...Death of Osama bin Laden: Effect on Al-Qaeda Al-Qaeda, a terrorist organization, boasts of a globe-spanning conglomerate with franchises far and wide. Unfortunately, the organization was dealt a blow when their founding father, Osama bin Laden, was killed in an operation by U.S. commandos in the military garrison city of Abbottabad, Pakistan. Though the death of Osama was a setback to Al-Qaeda, the group is still classified as a “Foreign Terrorist Organization” by the U.S. State Department, “Proscribed Group” by the UK Home Office, and “Terrorist Group” by the EU Common Foreign and Security Policy. The killing of the man who was charged with running the organization for many years had an effect on its leadership and image (Lüsted, 2012). Osama Bin Laden had achieved mythic status as a symbol of international terrorism. Indeed, as the leader of Al-Qaeda, Osama declared war on the US and its allies. He organized and coordinated the attack of the USS Cole in the 1990s, US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998, 9/11 attacks, and other attacks in Bali, Madrid and London. The killing of Bin Laden, therefore, had symbolic and informational ramifications on the group. The killing of his deputies, Atiyah al-Rahman, whom he relied on to plan and execute the terrorist acts, dealt a further blow. The organization continues to suffer from the loss of their top leaders. The organization has not succeeded to find a suitable replacement with enough charisma such as Osama Bin Laden...
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...Osama bin Laden was born March 10, 1957 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Osama had his primary, secondary and even university education in Jeddah. He had a degree in public administration 1981 from King Abdul-Aziz University in Jeddah. At secondary school and university he adopted the main trend of many educated Muslims at that time, Muslim Brotherhood. There was a collection of Muslim scholars in Jeddah and Mecca at that period. There was nothing extraordinary in his personality and that trend was rather very non-confrontational. He was killed May 2, 2011 by a small group of U.S. Forces, including Navy Seals that raided a high wall, and fortified compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. Osama was married 6 times, and he had 24 children. He was the founder of al-Qaeda; a broad-based militant Islamist organization. Al-Qaeda began as a logistical network to support Muslims fighting against the Soviet Union during the Afghan war. When the Soviets withdrew from Afghanistan in 1989, the organization dispersed but continued to oppose what its leaders considered corrupt Islamic regimes, and foreign presence in Islamic lands. Bin Laden returned to Saudi Arabia to step up fundraising for this new and more complicated mission. This led to the Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait, which was Saddam Hussein’s idea. Then, adding insult to injury, they sought help from the “infidel” U.S. instead. Furious about being snubbed, bin Laden vowed that it was al-Qaeda, and not the Americans, who would one day prove to be...
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...Introduction The death of Osama Bin Laden, The master mind behind the attacks on 9/11, was a big relief for the United States and the rest of the world, because we killed the biggest threats in recent history, the leader of the terrorist group, Al-Qaeda. Who is Osama bin Landen? How long was Osama on the run before getting captured and killed? How did the death of Osama bin Laden affect us? All these questions will be answered thought out this paper. Who Was Osama Bin Laden Osama bin Laden was born in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia in 1957. Osama was the 17th of more than 50 children. Osama got married at the age of 17 years old in 1974. During his marriage he had 11 children. He separated to from his wife just days before the 9/11 attacks in 2001....
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...On May 2nd, 2011, Osama Bin Laden was assassinated by United States Navy Seals in his compound in Pakistan. Osama Bin Laden was an infamous terrorist who led attacks on the United States and several of its allies. He created the jihadist group called Al-Qaeda, which he used to carry out several major terrorist attacks across the world. Although Bin Laden could have been interrogated for information, his assassination was justified because he organized the 9/11 terrorist attack, he had an extreme hatred for the United States, and he was the leader of Al-Qaeda. The September 11th terrorist attack was the worst terrorist attack in the history of the United States. Approximately 2,753 people died in the attack after a total of four planes crashed into the North and South World Trade Centers, the Pentagon, and a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania (CNN Library, September 11th Terror Attacks). Additionally, on December 13, 2001, the United States government released a video of Osama Bin Laden claiming responsibility for the September 11th terrorist attack(CNN Library, September 11th). This evidence shows that his assassination was justified because the terrorist attack killed thousands of people and the video shows...
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...Have you ever wondered what it’s like to fall to your death from a tower with no parachute? On September 11, 2001 thousands of Americans got to experience that. Osama Bin Laden was a terrorist who was responsible for the attack on the Twin Towers on 9/11. He was tracked for 6 years and finally killed on May 2, 2011, by the U.S. Navy. The assassination of Bin Laden was justified, because he was a terrorist who killed thousands of americans however: some people were against killing him. Bin Laden was a founder and leader of the notorious terrorist group ,Al Qaeda, that is responsible for many attacks on America. :”Al Qaeda is a global militant Islamist organization founded by Osama Bin Laden and others.” (Wikipedia 1)” U.S. intelligence officials believe Bin Laden was responsible for many acts of terrorism, including the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies and the 9/11 attacks.” (History 1) These terrorist attacks killed millions of innocent Americans, the assassination was just....
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...the current state of the union, one of the most influential people to hurt the soul of this country wasn’t even American. Osama bin Laden, viewed as the poster child of anti-American Islamic extremists, has inspired people. Through his successful acts of destruction against the U.S. and other westernized countries, he encourages others like him to do the same even from the dead. To many Americans, September 11th will go down as one of the most horrible days in our country’s history. Due to the deep scar he has left across our country and the hope he gives those like him who want to destroy western ideals, Osama bin Laden is one of the most...
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...Osama bin Laden, the founder and head of the Islamist group Al-Qaeda, was killed in Pakistan on May 2, 2011, shortly after 1:00 am PKT[1][2] (20:00 UTC, May 1) by United States Navy SEALs of the U.S. Naval Special Warfare Development Group (also known as DEVGRU or SEAL Team Six). The operation, code-named Operation Neptune Spear, was carried out in a Central Intelligence Agency-led operation. In addition to DEVGRU, participating units included the United States Army Special Operations Command's 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) and CIA operatives.[3][4] The raid on bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, was launched from Afghanistan.[5] U.S. military officials said that after the raid, U.S. forces took bin Laden's body to Afghanistan for identification, then buried him at sea within 24 hours of his death in accordance with Islamic tradition.[6] According to a Pakistani official, the United States had direct evidence that Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) chief, Lt. Gen. Ahmad Shuja Pasha, knew of bin Laden's presence in Abbottabad.[7] Al-Qaeda confirmed the death on May 6 with posts made on militant websites, vowing to avenge the killing.[8] Other Pakistani militant groups, including the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, also vowed retaliation against the U.S. and against Pakistan for not preventing the operation.[9] The raid was supported by over 90% of the American public,[10][11] was welcomed by the United Nations, NATO, the European Union, and a large...
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...OSAMA BIN LADEN – American’s Most WANTED Osama Bin Laden: Early Life Osama bin Laden was born in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in 1957 or 1958. He was the 17th of 52 children born to Mohammed bin Laden, a Yemeni immigrant who owned the largest construction company in the Saudi kingdom. Young Osama had a privileged, cosseted upbringing. His siblings were educated in the West and went to work for his father’s company, but Osama bin Laden stayed close to home. He went to school in Jiddah, married young and, like many Saudi men, joined the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood. Osama bin Laden is a terrorist extremist who claimed for the attacks on the World Trade Center in Sep 11th 2001 and is intent on driving Western influence from the Muslim world. Osama Bin Laden: The Pan-Islamist Idea For Bin Laden, Islam is more than just a region: it shaped his political beliefs and influenced every decision he made. While he was at college at the late 1970’s, he became a follower of the radical Pan-Islamist scholar Abdullah Azzam, who believed that all Muslims should rise up in jihad, or holy war, to create a single Islamic state. This idea appealed to the young bin Laden, who resented what he saw as a growing Western influence on Middle Eastern life. In 1979, Soviet troops invaded Afghanistan; soon afterward, Azzam and bin Laden traveled to Peshawar, a Pakistani city on the border with Afghanistan, to join the resistance. They did not become fighters themselves, but they used their extensive...
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...In 1988 a man by the name of Osama Bin Laden, strated a terrorist organization known as Al-Qaeda. This Militant group in 1993 sent 2 men to New York. The 2 men took a van and put a bomb in the car. The men drove the truck into a parking lot underground the World Trade Center the 2 men ran away from the car and 12 minutes later the bomb was detonated. Luckily there were very few deaths only 6 civilians killed but many injuries (1042). After the car bombing mass murder not meeting expectations of the Militant group leader Osama Bin Laden, in 1994 Osama gathered 19 men to help plan an attack on the World Trade Center again. After 3 years of running around hiding through many governments in the middle east. The 20 men went to Malaysia in 1997...
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...Within two months, U.S. forces had effectively removed the Taliban from operational power, but the war continued, as U.S. and coalition forces attempted to defeat a Taliban insurgency campaign based in neighboring Pakistan. Osama bin Laden, the mastermind behind the September 11th attacks, remained at large until May 2, 2011, when he was finally tracked down and killed by U.S. forces at a hideout in Abbottabad, Pakistan. In June 2011, President Barack Obama announced the beginning of large-scale troop withdrawals from Afghanistan, with a final withdrawal of U.S. forces tentatively scheduled for...
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...affiliates, and to the world at large. Focusing upon Osama bin Laden, how would you compare and contrast his ability to communicate and exert influence upon these various audiences from the years preceding 9/11 until his death? Summary Al Qaeda leaders and affiliates have conducted sophisticated public relations and media campaigns since the mid-1990s. Terrorism analysts believe that these campaigns have been designed to elicit psychological reactions and communicate complex political messages to a global audience as well as to specific subpopulations in the Islamic world, the United States, Europe, and Asia. Some officials and analysts believe that Al Qaeda’s messages contain signals that inform and instruct operatives to prepare for and carry out new attacks. Bin Laden and other leading Al Qaeda figures have referred to their public statements as important primary sources for parties seeking to understand Al Qaeda’s ideology and political demands. Global counterterrorism operations since 2001 appear to have limited Bin Laden’s ability to provide command and control leadership to Al Qaeda operatives and affiliated groups. Other Al Qaeda leaders and affiliates continue to release statements that encourage and provide guidance for terrorist operations. Iraq has become a focal point for jihadist rhetoric, underscoring Al Qaeda leaders’ interest in Iraq and support for the ongoing insurgency. Statements released by Osama Bin Laden and his deputy Ayman al Zawahiri since...
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...The reasons behind it was because the terrorist group known as al-Qaeda and osama bin laden were angry at america for not going into the “holy war” when osama declared it on America. Another reason was because Osama Bin Laden was angry for America for having constant wars and battles with saudi arabia, Western support for attacking Muslims in Somalia, supporting Russian atrocities against Muslims in Chechnya, supporting the Indian oppression against Muslims in Kashmir, the Jewish aggression against Muslims in Lebanon, the presence of US troops in Saudi Arabia, US support of Israel, and sanctions against Iraq. Three years before the September 11 attacks, Al-Qaeda released a Fatwa, stating "We -- with God's help -- call on every Muslim who believes...
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...In his speech to his followers in Afghanistan, Osama bin Laden “declared war” on the United States, with the belief that they were persecuting Muslims. He states that by discontinuing the use of American goods coupled with Mujahedeen militant operations, they will be able to defeat the Americans. Bin Laden then motivates his audience by listing their previous attacks on the US and the lack of reciprocated action. He continues to rally his followers by comparing the motivation of the radical Islamic youth to that of US soldiers, which he deems inferior. He states that the USA in conjunction with the Saudi regime are responsible for the blood of innocent children and closes by calling all tribes of the Arab Peninsula to fight the US in the name...
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...Analysis of Osama Ben Laden Death Picture On May 1st 2011, the United States president Barrack Obama delivered a speech that said the Muslim terrorist Osama Ben Laden was dead killed by Navy SEALS. It was all on the news, and the news said that he was shot twice in the face. Everyone was happy to hear the news and to see the death picture of Osama Ben Laden it was published and shared all over the internet, some people were ever making fun of that death picture. After that a picture surfaced on internet that looked similar to the Osama Ben Laden death picture and it became popular on the internet, people’s opinion on that picture and gave different death dates of Osama Ben Laden and some said Osama Ben Laden still alive. Those news made me confused about Osama ben Laden’s death. But I realize now that I didn’t know something about Osama ben Laden’s death. That why I will analyze the picture that look same as the death...
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...Al-Qa’ida’s structure contained two tier: the inner circle and the outer circle. The inner circle contained those who had swore allegiance to Osama bin Laden, and in some instances helped to run his organization. These included his lieutenants, some of which were rivals, and his potential successors. The outer circle contained those who bin Laden believed showed at least some amount of loyalty, or jihadist sympathizers. Individuals within this circle carry out the operations that are planned by the members within the inner circle. Al-Qa’ida has proven to be a network that is adaptive, complex, and resilient. Today, there is no agreed upon definition of terrorism, or even for al-Qa’ida (Jocelyn, 2014). This has made it difficult to shape American policy and strategy....
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