One obstacle that today’s president Barack Obama had to deal with was the capture or death of the notorious terrorist Osama Bin Laden. Ever since the attack of 9/11 Bin Laden had been on hiding no here to be found. When President Barack Obama became president there was pressure on him to capture this terrorist, since the Bush administration failed to do so Obama wanted to close this chapter of the war on terror. The only way to end this Obama had to be successful on capturing or killing the most wanted man in the United States. After years of searching for Bin Laden the CIA had gotten a break in late 2010.
5). A power struggle ensued and anarchy reigned. The ISI, with the backing of the U.S. created the Taliban, a fundamentalist Islamic group that was promoted to help stabilize Afghanistan and its borders. By 2001, they would turn on both the ISI and United States (Roskin & Berry, 2010, p. 227). Another figure, Osama bin Laden also began his rise to power.
Works Cited hunt, alexander. oct 2005. Craft Mod 2 * George W. Bush Annotated Bibliography Hunt, Alexander ahunt@mail.utexas.edu Tuesday, 04 Oct 2005 22:14:12-0500 Iran: “Bush, Schroeder Exchange Views on Iran’s Nuclear Program” States News Service. 27 June 2005 The article states the unacceptable of Iran to develop nuclear weapons. He and the international community agree to attempt to stop nuclear development in unstable countries.
A day of chaos, confusion, and pure tragedy has left America and every American, whose day stopped on September 11th, 2001, permanently scarred. Clouds of thick, gray, debris-filled smoke engulfed downtown Manhattan shortly after two planes were hijacked and flown into the Twin Towers. The tragedy continued to shock the nation when a third plane crashed into the Pentagon and many were wondering if the attacks would ever end after a fourth plane plummeted to earth, crashing into a field in Pennsylvania. The emotions and thoughts that filled every American on that day are indescribable, but the effects 9/11 has had on today's society are rather easy to recognize. The 9/11 attacks on America have torn apart families, ostracized Muslims, and left
A situation that required U.S. diplomatic efforts while President Reagan was in office was the effort to stop communism. The United States policy during the initial years of the Cold War was to contain communism. When President Reagan came into office, the focus went from keeping communism from spreading to the elimination of existing communist governments all together. The Soviet Union and the United States were considered the superpowers of the world, before the eventual collapse of the Soviet Union. In 1979, the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan while Jimmy Carter was President of the United States.
Death of Osama bin Laden: Effect on Al Qaeda Student’s name University Affiliation Death of Osama bin Laden: Effect on Al-Qaeda Osama bin Laden was the face of international terrorism; the leader of Islamist militant group al-Qaeda and wanted man by the U.S for ten years since the 9/11/01 terror attack. He was killed on May, 2011 by the U.S forces in Pakistan during their counterterrorism efforts. Osama was an inspirational leader and active participant in setting direction for strategy and operations of Global Jihadi networks (Al-Qaeda and its affiliates).The Al-Qaeda being the epicenter of global Jihadi networks encouraged the concept of violence and terrorism to promote what they believe is the global caliphate state whose
A few weeks ago, one of the president's advisors told NPR that Mr. Bush never wanted to burden the public with the war; that, in his mind, he was hired by the American people to do the job on their behalf. Gingrich says the President is placed in an awkward position. "I think the President is torn between reassuring us that he's managing the war and warning us that it's a real war," says Gingrich. "You have organized opponents who want to kill you — they're gathering resources and coordinating to try to kill you — and I think to try to describe it as anything but a war, is remarkably misleading." The War with No
Pakistan's first official statement about the operation acknowledged that the raid was a U.S. operation but did not elaborate. Obama telephoned his Pakistani counterpart, Asif Ali Zardari, after the raid, and the two agreed it was a good day for both countries, officials said. Obama also called former President George W. Bush, whose administration was defined by bin Laden's attacks and the fight against al-Qaida, to inform him of the news. Afghan President Hamid Karzai said the death of bin Laden proves that the fight against terrorists should be focused not on his nation, but on
Afghanistan has a long history with the United States, but reached its peak in September 11, 2001 when the world trade center was taken down. Fifteen out of 19 people involved were from Saudi Arabia, but America had intelligence that led them to believe Usama Bin Laden was responsible and he existed in in Afghanistan, so the Government was told to give him to the American Government for prosecution. The Taliban leader who ran the Afghanistan Government was Usama Bin Laden’s son-in-law and refused to give Usama Bin Laden to America, so America declared war on Afghanistan. This declaration of war was under the guise the Government supported terrorist actions against America, they wouldn’t release Usama Bin Laden and America was under constant
Ryan Williams [Manager] English 1302 29 July 2011 Analysis: Terrorism Terrorism has effected many nations including Afghanistan, India, Pakistan, and also the United States. The United State was brought into this "War On Terror" the minute we were attacked on September 11, 2001. We have been fighting this war for 10 years now and we have continued to fight but can't win alone. Recently we have had countries such as Afghanistan, India, and Pakistan join our side to help us end these terrorist once and for all. Zahir Tannin, who is the afghan ambassador to the United Nations, stated that now three Southern Asian countries are now joining the U.S on the same goal of ending terrorism.