The raid and killing of its ring leader tremendously crippled the group. Notably, the killing of Osama bin Laden opened a path for other major killings of the al-Qaida gang leaders. For instance, as of last year, the U.S intelligence team claimed to have killed about half of al-Qaida’s top 20 leaders in attacks and raids by armed drones. Some of these bin Laden’s lieutenants claimed to have been killed include Ilyas Kashmiri. Ilyas was considered as one of the most dangerous strategists and operational commanders of al-Qaida.
Bin Laden found this group in the late 1980s to defend and fight the Soviets who invaded Afghanistan. After the Soviets pulled out of their country, bin Laden decided that his group should not dissolve and should become the headquarter for future jihad. Following the four unfortunate events, the country was immediately put on full nuclear alert by the government. After a couple hours of investigation, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld made a statement that Osama bin Laden is the number one suspect of these attacks. Nine days after the attack on September 20, 2001, President George W. Bush released an ultimatum statement to the Taliban government of Afghanistan to turn Bin Laden over but the Talibans resisted and asked for evidence.
The Taliban countered demanding proof linking them to the attacks. On October 7, 2001, the United States began an aerial bombing campaign against the Taliban, with the goal of defeating al-Qaeda. The U.S. government claimed the invasion was to find bin Laden as well as other high-ranking members of al-Qaeda. They vowed to remove the Taliban from power. As well as creating a democratic state for the
The reading, “The Biggest Decision: Why We Had to Drop the Bomb,” by Robert James Maddox, explains the process taken in for the Americas to decide to drop the two newly discovered atomic bombs over the Japanese homeland cities of Hiroshima and three days later Nagasaki. Americans should be well informed on this information. This is a perfect article for this class because it marks a very important milestone in our nation’s history. The Japanese were a strong powerful enemy of the US during the end of WWII. “The Japanese had more than 2,000,000 troops in the home lands, and were training millions of irregulars” pg.
TERRORISM ON AMERICAN SOIL In loving memory of all the innocent victims TERRORIST ATTACKS THE WORLD TRADE CENTERS By: Ricardo Pinela CJ: 264 08/26/11 Some weeks before the attacks on September 11, 2001 the United States and the United Nations ignored warnings from a secret Taliban emissary that had told them that Osama Bin Laden was planning a big attack against American soil. This warning came from an aide of Wakil Ahmed Muttawakil he was the Taliban foreign
A reporting error in this high interest case mixed up his name forever immortalizing him as D.B. Cooper (Mysterious Disappearances in U.S. History). The skyjacking of Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 305 was the perfect crime in theory, whether or not Cooper survived is a different story. The Federal Berea of Investigation was immediately put on this case to find and arrest D.B. Cooper.
It means that we leave Al Qaeda without their original leader and it makes them weaker. We also captured and killed the mastermind behind the 9/11 attacks and other previous events. The United States successfully executed its retribution on Al Qaeda and Osama Bin Laden. Still, it doesn’t mean that this is
George bush, America's 43rd president was first inaugurated on the 20th of January 2001, his first term would see him though the biggest attack on american soil ever, on the 11 of september 2001, headed by al qaeda, a terrorist group with a leader known as bin laden. Bin laden, a exiled saudi with a radial belief of islam, he had development a network known as al Qaeda arabic for “the base”, Bin laden even before 9/11 was a top priority for the the us government, the top government officials were all worried about him, they were united in their belief that al Qaeda was about to do something big, as the government would often intercept communication or chatter as it is called, such as “zero hour is tomorrow” or “Something Spectacular is
FIN 4634 1. What was the nature of the scandal, and which entities were laundering money? HSBC is one of the top British multinational bank and financial service company in the world. In July 2012, a U.S. Senator released an extensive report on HSBC on investigations of money laundering for Mexican drug cartels and moving cash for international banks with ties to terrorists.
Thesis: Edward Snowden is a whistleblower, he is interested in the general welfare of the people and is willing to sacrifice his privileged life in the US for the protection of rights and safety of US citizens. Edward Snowden is a twenty-nine-year-old NSA(National Security Agency) contractor through the Oahu office in Hawaii. He discovered and began collecting top-secret documents regarding domestic surveillance practices the NSA had been performing. He fled to Hong Kong and began printing documents that he had leaked to them conveying spying practices against citizens of the US. The government reacted by charging Snowden under the Espionage Act, he is also seen as a heroic whistleblower looking out for his country.