Bin Laden Issue Station

DCI Tenet’s February 2004 worldwide threat assessment to congress pointed out that Bin Laden considered acquiring WMD a “religious obligation.” Tenet warned that Al Qaeda, continues to pursue its strategic goal of obtaining a nuclear capability. (Jacobson Colon 120) The disbelief that the United States could ever be attacked by terrorist, caused the idea of being a strong and invincible country. So when the tragedy of 9/11 occurred, they were astonished that someone would dare threaten them. By having such a high ego and thinking they were invincible, what the United States caused was to have a limited imagination. If we would have considered the bombing in 1993 as a threat and responded with the correct measures, we could have stopped Al Qaeda by capturing their leader Osama Bin Laden sooner. In addition, Richard Clarke, leader of the U.S. Counter-terrorism effort, believed we should have made terrorism one of our priorities rather than regular crimes. “Despite the World Trade Center bombing in 1996, not very much was added to our counter-terrorism defenses. Agents continued to work on traditional crimes” (Jacobson Colon…

did not always follow the direction that Al Qaeda leadership demanded (Lahoud et al., 2012, p. 1). Nobody denies that the worldview of Al Qaeda was greatly distorted when employing their global strategy for world dominance and the destruction of western influence in the Middle East (McCabe, 2010, p. 60). As if a horse with blinders racing towards a finish line, the group focused heavily on the destruction of the United States while failing to realize that the western influence in the Middle East…

been going on as far back as Sept. 11, 2001. This war is murdering people. The answers for ending the war on terror is to make a Peace Treaty, to forgive and never look back, and to bring down ISIS since we have to end this the "right" way, so we can have peace, thus they can have peace moreover. September 11, 2001 began as any other day, with the news, radio stations, and individuals going to work. At 7:59 AM, American Airlines Flight…

and lone wolves are all around, and understanding the psychology behind their thought processes and what motivates them to commit their heinous acts. The main terrorist organization the United States has faced is al Qaeda, led by Osama bin Laden. Bin Laden took his skills and knowledge of successful businesses and incorporated them into the development of al Qaeda. Bin Laden acknowledges that to run an operation and organization such as al Qaeda, there are some issues that come up. The main…

can make your writing sound like an after-school special.” (Lee, McKee & McIntyre, 2012) Manipulation of emotion within speech Due to the nature of the speech, Obama naturally goes into the emotional part of our collective personalities. His goal was to capture the hearts of the people and tell them that he had achieved a very significant goal during his presidency; the assassination of Osama Bin Laden. He uses “a terrorist who’s responsible for the murder of thousands of innocent men,…

capitalize on emerging technologies in the communication environment. As the leader of al Qaeda, Osama bin Laden recognized the importance of communication early in his career and exploited its benefits up until his death in 2011. In the words of William Butler Yeats, bin Laden was able to “think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people” (Krieger 2002, 38). Osama bin Laden was able…

p. 4). Osama bin Laden was an enthusiastic communicator who grew a small terrorist group into a large terrorist network by maintaining a strong narrative with al Qaeda, affiliated groups, and the world at large. Conversely, after the World Trade Center attack of 2001, bin Laden began to lose influence leading up to his death (Lahoud et al., 2012, p. 2). First, the creation of al Qaeda in 1993 by Osama bin Laden was a turning point in global terrorism due to the group’s obedient ability to…

This is the kind of life that acts such as terrorism prevents us from achieving. With every act of terrorism that occurs, a negative picture gets imprinted into the publics minds that will stick for a very long time. These negative images are mostly directed towards the Islamic faith. What we fail to realize is that we tend to pass on our views to family and friends and they too pass it on until the society as a whole start to view things in the same manner. This is where biases and…

Pilots had out-dated maps so they had to turn to Russia’s old maps of the area. The CIA and Afghanistan have a long history that consists of the rebels fighting the Soviet army in the 80’s, fighting the Taliban years before 9/11, and paid assets in tribes to gain information about Osama bin Laden’s whereabouts. The CIA eventually found the precise location of a key lieutenant of bin Laden, Zubaydah. To capture him, the CIA, FBI, and Pakistani security forces went in and apprehended him. Zubaydah…

A fictional adaptation of the CIA 's hunt for Osama bin Laden, the blockbuster film Zero Dark Thirty directed by Kathryn Bigelow presents us with a number of important ethical questions. Along with a parallel theme surrounding torture, seen in the film, as well as felt through the audience. Following the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, Osama bin Laden becomes one of the most-wanted men on the planet. The worldwide manhunt for the terrorist leader occupies the resources and attention of two…