THE LONGEST WART H E E N D U R I N G C O N F L I C T B E T W E E N A M E R I C A

& A L - Q A E DA

ALEXA C. ABIDIN

Afghan Mona Lisa

Part I: Hubris

Chapter 1: Holy TuesdayChapter 2: Explaining 9/11Chapter 3: Blinking RedChapter 4: Kicking AssChapter 5: The Great EscapeChapter 6: The Destruction of the BaseChapter 7: The Gloves Came OffChapter 8: Home Front: The First Bush TermChapter 9: Building the Case for War with IraqChapter 10: The War of ErrorChapter 11: Almost Losing the War the United States Thought It Had WonChapter 12: Al-Qaeda 2.0Chapter 13: Al-Qaeda’s Quixotic Quest for Weapons of Mass Destruction

Part II: Nemesis?

Chapter 14: The United States of JihadChapter 15: Pakistan: The New BaseChapter 16: The Fall of Al-Qaeda in Iraq and the Rise of an Iraqi StateChapter 17: The Jihad WithinChapter 18: The End of the “ War on Terror”?Chapter 19: Obama’s WarChapter 20: The Long Hunt

OSAMA BIN LADEN

IDENTİTY INFORMATİONFull Name: Usamah bin Muhammad bin Awad bin LadenBorn: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 1957 Education: schools in Jeddah; King Abd al-Aziz University,  Jeddah Status: Married, with children.

TİMELİNE

1968 Father dies in plane crash, San Antonio 1979 Soviet Union invades Afghanistan.1984 Moves to Pakistan.1988 Osama bin Laden creates al Qaeda.1991 Moves to the Sudan.1994 Saudi Arabia revokes Osama bin Laden's citizenship. Bin Laden Family disowns him.

History of Al-Qaeda and Terrorism against the USA

Terrorism Against the United States

February 1993: World Trade Center in New York, bomb exploded in parking garage killing six people by Ramzi Yousef and co-conspirators

April 19, 1995: Federal Building in Oklahoma City –bombing by Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols – killed 168 (19 of which were children); injured 100s more

Terrorism Against the United States

June 25, 1996: Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabi – bombing by Al Qaeda – killed 19 US servicemen

July 27, 1996: Olympic Games in Atlanta, GA bombing – killed 1, injured 111

October 12, 2000: USS Cole in Yemen - bombing by Al-Qaeda, killed 17 sailors; injured 39

July 27, 1996: Olympic Games in Atlanta, GA bombing – killed 1, injured 111

2 planes crash into the World Trade Center Twin Towers Plane crashes into the Pentagon Plane headed to Capital Hill – Congress – brave American

citizens tried to fight the terrorist on board; plane crashes in Somerset county in Shanksville PA

Nearly 3,000 victims Al Qaeda members hijacked the planes – leader Osama Bin

Laden – claimed responsible for attacks in 2004.

September 11, 2001

Islamic ExtremismActs of terrorism committed by extremists who call themselves

Muslims for the purpose of achieving varying political and/or religious ends. It is said that only 5% of Muslims globally are terrorists

Al Qaeda global militant Islamist group founded by Osama (Usama) bin Laden. It operates as a network comprising both a multinational, stateless army and a radical Sunni Muslim movement calling for global Jihad.

Jihad: In western societies the term jihad is often translated as "holy war". Sacrificing one's life for the sake of Islam/God/a just cause" or "fighting against the opponents of Islam”.

What is Al-Qaeda?• Al Qaeda means “the Base.” It is a

stateless (meaning without a country) terrorist organization.

• It is led and financed by Osama bin Laden, a radical Sunni Muslim.

When did Al-Qaeda form?• The beginnings of al-Qaeda go back to the 1980’s

when the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan.

Al Qaeda• Well funded group – wealthy• Global• Elaborate• Smart• Some Al Qaeda members work in business offices and are upper class members

of society• Possible Nuclear Weapons?

Not to be confused with the Taliban:Taliban -- > group of varying tribes mostly in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Pakistan –

they make their people dependent on them purposely– attack US if we are on their land - tolerates/supports Al Qaeda (lets Al Qaeda stay and live on their land)

War on TerrorismThe United States Responds to 9/11!

The phrase War on Terror was first used by US President George W. BushUnited States Homeland Security Implemented

War on Terror “...is an international military campaign led by the United States and the United Kingdom with the support of other North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) as well as non-NATO

countries. Campaign was waged against Al Qaeda and other militant organizations with the purpose of eliminating them.”

“We do not create terrorism by fighting the terrorists. We invite terrorism by ignoring

them.”-GEORGE W. BUSH, speech, Dec. 18, 2005

• 2819 people were killed• 343 firefighters and paramedics were killed

Khalid Sheik Muhhamad was the centralPlanner of the 9/11. Most terrorists (at right)were from Saudi Arabia.

THE LAST DAYS OF BIN LADEN

OSAMA BIN LADEN

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