Al-Qaeda College Essays Samples For Students

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On the 15th of December 2011, American troops lowered the US flag from their base in Baghdad, signaling the end of the American military and peacekeeping mission in Iraq. After a year short of a decade of military missions in the country, the dismantling of the regime of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein as well as the explosion of sectarian violence and civil disturbances, the situation was further aggravated by the continuing involvement of the Al-Qaeda terrorist organization.
In this light, the official departure of American troops from Iraq, and the cessation of active US participation in keeping the peace ...

The International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) was established in 1923 as the International Criminal Police Commission (ICPC) to facilitate international police cooperation. Interpol’s primary focus is on public safety and battles corruption, drug trafficking, child pornography, human trafficking, weapon smuggling, war crimes, genocide, computer crime and intellectual crime among others. It is politically neutral. Its charter has forbidden it from undertaking activities or actions of a religious, military, political, racial matters and it is strictly forbidden to involve itself in such matters.

Al-Qaeda and Al-Shabaab in East Africa (Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania)

Al-Qaeda has recruited members and had their operations in Africa as a whole and in East Africa in ...

The World Power: What has the foreign policy of the United States since 9 11 taught us about the nature of power in the contemporary world?
In the history of each country there is a moment which is called a moment of grief, a memorial day. It is the day that nation never forgets. The whole world never forgets. It has become a black page in the book of their history. Such black page in the Book of American Nation we may call the 9th of September 2001. It was the day when many people died, because of the terroristic act:

The September 11 attacks killed 3,000 people and caused an estimated $10billion of damage.

Four ...

Al-Qaeda is a militant organization that was founded around 1986-1988 by Osama Bin Laden, Abdullah Azzam and other militants. The organization was said to be borne out of the Soviet war in Afghanistan. It has been classified as a terrorist group by the United Nations Security Council and the NATO, among other groups. The group’s strategies involve mainly suicide attacks and bombings of various targets.
Al Qaeda in Iraq. According to the website of Vox, what is known today as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant is what used to be Al-Qaeda in Iraq. During the early ...

Osama bin laden set the Islam militant group, Al-Qaeda. Established around 1988 to 1989, it aimed at fighting for the Muslim community during the soviet war of the Middle East. United Nations, NATO and other movements concerned with world peace, declared al-Qaeda a terrorism group. Amongst other demoralizing terrorism activities, they mercilessly brought down the American Twin towers, killing and injuring a substantial count of innocent people. Al-Qaeda carries out its activities in Iraq Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia and Yemen.
In Iraq, followers of Al-Qaeda identify themselves with the title Mesopotamian Jihadists. Before terrorism, they helped Iraq in the establishment. They ...

Al-Qaeda is an Islamist organization composed of radicalized Islam followers who engage in terrorist activities; the group adheres to the Sunni Islam. Osama bin Laden founded and headed the international terror group. The group has firm origins in the Middle East countries with links and allies in almost all other nations of the world. The group mainly targets Americans and their allies. It also attacks people from different faiths, other than Islam. Al-Qaeda has roots in Iraq, Afghanistan, Saud Arabia and Yemen.
Al-Qaeda in Iraq came under much scrutiny and publication during the tenure of President Saddam Hussein. ...

The name of the essay is “The Bioterrorist Threat of Ebola in East Africa and Implications for Global Health and Security” by Amanda M. Teckman. The author writes on the outbreak of Ebola in Africa which alarmed the global health. The disease made its appearance in East and central Africa according to the virus. The essay also alleges that terrorist groups use the virus to infect people who then move in the countries and cause a high human casualty in these countries (Teckman). The essay alleges that the virus is spread by terrorists who infect some of their soldiers, mostly ...

Introduction

Islamic State of Iraq and Sham (ISIS) was previously a part of the Jihadi group, Al-Qaeda, working under the name of Al-Qaeda. But soon after several internal conflicts and issues, the Syrian hub of Al-Qaeda cut off their roots with them and renamed them as ISIS (Al-tamimi, 2014). They announced their formation officially in April 2013. From then, it has emerged as the main jihadist group which is launching highly active operations and fighting the government of Iraq and Syria as well.
The territory of ISIS covers the land area of thirty-five thousand square miles. This size of land ...

The USA faces permanent threat of terrorist attacks at the hands of ideological radical zealots driven by dictatorial masterminds like any peacemaking nation that will not have people mistreated or human rights abused, whatever criminal opposition. To eliminate the possibility of the USA citizens’ welfare being affected by radical perpetrators America has counterterrorism system performing protective functions. Being the set of deterrent tools and measures, the system mentioned does misfire. The 2011 saw bin Laden eliminated; however, far from being eliminated, terrorist organization Al Qaeda seems to still be showing unhealthy signs of life, which may call for some ...

1.0 Historical Background of Al-Qaeda
Al-Qaeda is a global terrorist network established by Osama bin Laden between 1988 and 1989. The mission of Al-Qaeda is to free Muslim Nations of what it considers irreverent western influence and replace their leadership with fundamentalist Islamic Governments[ CITATION Jay11 \l 2057 ]. Despite having started in the 1980s the network only came to light after September 11 2011 attacks on Washington and New York, following which the United States of America and Her allies declared war on terror[ CITATION Dav11 \l 2057 ]. Al-Qaeda works through a network multinational and stateless armies as well as ...

The war on terror has been one of the most expensive battles to burden the United State of America economy. In the most recent decades, the war has been waged against terrorist groups like the al Qaeda and the Taliban. The main challenge on the fight against the al Qaeda group is the lack of a central region of operation and use of guerilla war tactics. The group is spread in Afghanistan, Pakistan and some part of Africa. The 11th September 2001 twin tower attacks on the United State soil saw President George .W. Bush officially declare war on terror ( ...

Images and livestream video clips of American military vehicles getting blown up and dead Americans--both military and civilian--laying dead on the ground in the vicinity have saturated both the international and media. Such images underscore the barbarity and savagery that has become so widespread in the Middle East. Often, such images are disseminated via the news and mass media as well as the internet in order to galvanize new supporters against the United States by discursively framing the American military, coalition forces, and civilians abroad as not indefatigable. The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIL) is an extremist ...

Terrorism

Since the September 11 attacks in 2001, the future complexion and definition of terrorism has become quite ambiguous for the public. In its early incarnations, terrorism was associated with the spread of fear for the sake of ideology without the mass genocide included. However, as the years progressed with the onset of various ideologies and changed political affiliations, some no longer know if the ongoing violence classified as terrorism is still ‘terrorism’ or just a plain warfare. This ambiguity has subsequently influenced how governments, such as the United States, in organizing their counter-terrorism strategies and now directed such strategies in ...

Strategy to Fight Transnational Organized Crime

The strategy to fight transnational organized crime comprises to all national power’s elements that are geared towards protecting citizens and the national security interests of the United States from the convergence of the transnational criminal threats of the 21st century. The strategy is premised around a common unifying principle that is to build, integrate and balance the American power’s tools for combating transnational organized crime and national security related threats as well urging the nation’s foreign partners to observe the same principle. The long term goal of this strategy is for the reduction of transnational organized ...

Does Al-Qaeda a represent a ‘global insurgency’?

The September 11, 2011 attacks in the United States can be considered the day that shook the balance of power and peace throughout the globe as the attack instigated terror to reign after decades of peace from the Great Wars. The attack, instigated by an Islamic terrorist group known as Al-Qaeda, targeted several installations showcasing the US’ power: the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Thousands had perished in the attack, plagued the world in fear and a few clamored to find answers as to how such attack existed in this time of peace. The international community, led by the ...

Information is the most important aspect of preparedness for terrorist incidences as well as natural disasters. Prevention of these two occurrences can be successful but the reality is that the two situations cannot be avoided totally. Hence the first step towards preparation is to know what terrorism and natural disasters entail so as to be better equipped in preparedness. The first piece of information that should be gathered relates to the symptoms of natural disasters and terrorist activity. This may require constant surveillance of meteorological reports for any impending natural disaster as well as local news to be acquainted ...

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Assignment Title
Terrorism, terror attacks, terrorist, suspected terrorists- these are the words that can be found in news articles around the world. Although terrorism and terrorist attacks are nothing new and have been an instrument to cause fear and damage for ages, it has become ubiquitous since the 9/11 terror attacks in the US. However in spite of numerous articles, essays and reports having been written about terrorism, there is no one clear definition of the term that can be accepted by everyone. It could be that terrorism operates at so many different levels with various reasons, actors and ...

Al Qaeda

The 9/11 terrorist attacks prompted the United States government to declare “War on terrorism.” Various Islamist extremist terrorism groups claimed responsibility for the attacks, including Al Qaeda. Broadly speaking, Al Qaeda and other radical Islamic terrorist groups oppose US involvement in the Middle East and want to quash Western values and culture. What makes the “War on terror” relatively unique is that the enemy is not constrained by particular geographical boarders but is cut along ideological lines. The structure and internal organization of these terrorist groups pose unique challenges for the United States.
The origins of Al Qaeda date ...

Abstract

Terrorist attacks have become a major problem to states as terrorist insurgents have taken advantage of government weaknesses to cause destruction and take the lives of many innocent people. This is not to say that they are invincible. They too, have vulnerabilities within their organizations which, if exploited, can help destroy terrorists for good. Through research and aid of various resources, I have studied and compiled six of these vulnerabilities that can be exploited by the counterterrorism units.

INTRODUCTION

Even the super powers have suffered the impact of terrorist attacks on their territories. This is the use of violent force or ...

INTRODUCTION

There are some events in the course of the world’s growth and development that seem likely to occur; people will experience conflict, social unrest, possible warfare and any number of natural disasters that can devastate communities all across the globe. In the modern era one of the most terrifying of occurrences are terrorist attacks. Terrorist threats can exist unnoticed; no one knows when they may occur and what public place, government buildings or function that may be targeted. This makes terrorist attacks a huge source of stress, fear and shock for the people and for the governments involved. ...

Background

The crisis in Yemen, which is known to be a poor country with corrupted rulers, began in the year 2012 with the revolution against Ali Abdullah Saleh, who, as president of the country, had led Yemen for more than twenty years. Saleh resigned office in 2012 as per an earlier agreement between the Government of Yemen and the opposition groups. Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, the former vice president of Saleh wished to unite the fragmented landscape of Yemen by defending the threat to the country from forces trying to revolt from different sides. Yemen had to face the Al ...

Terrorism is one critical area in the world that has caused a lot fear, death and threat to millions around the world. Taliban, Al Qaeda and ETA are some of the major terrorism groups formed in different parts of the world. Al-Qaeda and Taliban are somehow the same. These two terrorist organizations have Islamic roots although they have differences in the doctrines and ideologies. On the other hand, ETA which stands for Basque Fatherland and Liberty is based on the Marxist principles within the Spanish Basque provinces of Alava, Guipuzcoa and Vizcaya. The three are designated as foreign Terrorist Organizations ...

The al-Qaeda, translated “the base,” is a militant group comprising of Sunni Islamists that was founded in 1988 by Osama Bin Laden, Zawahiri, Dr Fadl and other Arab fighters from the U.S. backed Mujahedeen which had succeeded in pushing out the Soviet Union from Afghanistan. The ideology of al-Qaeda is a complete break away of Muslim nation from foreign influence or interference. It operates as a network that is a stateless army, multinational and a radical Sunni Muslim movement that calls for a global Jihad against the enemies of Islam with the United States top on their list.
This movement has been tagged the ...

Introduction

Domestic terrorist acts in the United States have been committed by a combination of native ideological sects, individuals representing what are considered to be extremist ideologies, and internationally-based terrorist organizations, such as Al-Qaeda. In the aftermath of the September 11, 2011 Al-Qaeda sponsored terrorist attacks in New York City and Washington, D.C., the U.S. Department of Homeland Security was implemented (Furlow, 2005). The primary objective of the Department of Homeland Security can be seen as terrorism prevention. Although prevention of terrorism does not eradicate its ideological causes per se, the act of prevention can aid in the identification and ...

Section I: Introduction and Statement of Purpose

Generally, terrorism is understood as the use of threats and violence that aims to achieve political objectives. According to The Global Terrorism Index, in 2014, the level of the terrorist attacks across the world increased by 80% (Bender, 2015). Despite the fact that regions that mostly suffer from the threats of terrorism include the ones in the Middle East, Africa, and Russia, the fight against terror is an international issue. The United States of America experiences the middle impact of terrorism and ranks 35 among 124 positions in the Global Terrorism Index 2015 Map (Bender, 2015). However, the middle ...

Islam is a religion, which started in the 7th century in the Arabian Peninsula, precisely in Mecca. Its believers trust in the existence of Mohammad. It is believed to have originated from Prophet Mohammad, who was visited by Angel Gabriel for about 23 years. In this period, he received revelations with which the Quran is composed. In general, the Islam religion is revealed to mean ‘the one who submits to Allah' (“What Is Islam? - Political Islam”). Most importantly, they believe in the five pillars of faith, prayer, giving, fasting and pilgrimage. It is also a monotheistic religion, but ...

Many scholars have sought to understand the difference between terrorism and insurgency. Insurgents use a variety of violent and violent methods, they seek support from the people and usually seek to gain and control territory (O'Neill, 10). They also tend to have an ample supply of manpower a large accumulation of resources. Terrorist groups, on the other hand, are usually small, extremely violent, conspiratorial and with little or no public support. Terrorist groups have no regard for civilian casualties and due to their secret nature, they do not hold territories. They do not control or govern any regions due ...

Afghanistan occupation: Take a pro or con position on whether the US should pull out of Afghanistan as it is today.

Thesis statement

Public opinion in the United States of America is for the government to withdraw American troops from Afghanistan. I will not support the pulling out of the troops out of Afghanistan.

Introduction

There was information from the White House regarding a statement on the status of the available negotiations between Afghanistan and the United States of America with the main intention of keeping the troops in Afghanistan after the year 2014. The White House and the Pentagon have been advocating for a ...

The numerous counts of torture by members of the the United States (US) Army committed against prisoners of Abu Ghraib in Iraq in 2003 transpired from a series of policy changes that created conditions allowing such acts to occur. A closer look at the history of policy changes reveals that officials starting from the topmost position held by President George W. Bush have set forth a chain of actions committed by lower officials in a descending manner based on their positions. From cabinet secretaries down to the Army generals and other officers directly responsible for handling Abu Ghraib, policy changes have influenced ...

The Guantanamo Bay detention camp also known as G-bay or GITMO is a military interrogation and detainment facility that was established in 2002. Guantanamo bay detention camps are high security detainee camps which are run by the United States army. These camps were established to hold people deemed unlawful combatants. The areas of detainment consisted of three camps which were the camp Iguana, Camp Delta which included Camp Echo and lastly there was Camp X-ray. This detention camp is located in Cuba within the Guantanamo naval base. The Bush administration ruled out that the Guantanamo detainees are not entitled to ...

Identification Questions

3.2 Party of the Institutionalized Revolution
The Party of the Institutionalized Revolution was a political party in Mexico that was created by Plutarco Elias Calles in 1929. It lasted for 71 years in power in the country, and was the largest political party in Mexico at the time. The party leans toward socialism but has been grouped together with other socialist-democratic government parties. The PIR is historically significant because of its different take on the idea of revolution and the government. Every revolution in history has been based on the idea of breaking down institutions and tearing apart the ...

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In recent times, Taliban activity has increased in the Eastern and Southern parts of Afghanistan and Western parts of Pakistan. Additionally, the presence of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in Afghanistan is on the rise. In light of these recent developments, the US Council of Foreign Relations recommends the following Course of Actions (COAs). These COAs focus mainly on three instruments of power (IOP); Military, Diplomacy and Economy.
It is critical that we do not overreact by increasing the military presence in the region in reaction to the recent increased activity of Taliban and other terrorists groups ...

The term legal or human right in the simplest and basic meaning refers to the freedoms and the power to act freely without coercion or restriction from other persons, parties or states. It is a constitutional guarantee that any human being is entitled to some irreducible minimums as far as his or her power to act freely is concerned. A person is supposed to enjoy his or her rights up to the extent where the rights of another person border. This is to say that no person, state or party in the context and/or pretext that it is enjoying or ...

Arguably, globalization affects every aspect of human life, including religion, economic, politics, cultural and socially. In the world today, globalization has different meaning and definition. It is a continuous process of integration and interaction among different people, religions, governments and companies. In most cases the entire process of globalization is administered by information technology as well as motivated by investment and international trade.
As a matter of fact Muslim brotherhood was founded in the year 1928 by a religious leader called Hassan al banna. They always advocated for the elimination of foreign influence and dominion of Muslim countries, especially in Egypt. ...

On September 11, 2001, al Qaeda, an extremist Islamist organization, committed the deadliest terrorist attack in U.S history. No one in the world will ever forget that dark moment when two passenger planes, cutting through the blue sky, crashed into the iconic twin towers of the World Trade Center, leading them to collapse to the ground. In the aftermath of this tragedy, anti-Muslim sentiments and fear have grown significantly within the United States. In fact, while innocent Muslim-Americans are being subjected to discrimination at the hands of a section of American society, the notorious terrorists who actually committed the ...

Since September 11, there has been a proliferation of programs to fight terrorism, accompanied by a tremendous increase in the resources allocated for the same purpose. However, not much effort has been directed towards determining the effectiveness of the programs. The question of effectiveness must be raised because if the programs are ineffective, the massive resources that have been allocated have been going down the drain. It is only recently that serious attention has been paid to this question (Lum, Kennedy, & Sherley, 2009). The paucity of research in the area is testament to this.
Measuring effectiveness of terrorism strategies ...

Group influence refers to the instance that is characterized by people behaving in a certain way because, a certain clique of people behaves in the same was as he does. In essence, group influence is a phenomenon that dictates the manner in which people relate in our daily lives. In as far as this instance, is concerned, all circles in the society are part and parcel of instances that revolve on religion, politics, academic or educational matters and other social interactions. As a matter of fact and cogency, it follows that the existence of a person in a certain group dictates to a larger extent, the ...

The War on Terror which is also referred to as the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT) is applied to an international military campaign that was initiated after the September 11 2001 terrorist attacks in America. As an international military campaign, it was intended to eliminate militant organizations such as al-Qaeda, and other terrorist groups so as to end terrorism. The war on terror has taken different directions and phases. Although the results have been good, a lot is at stake (Gardner 624). Nations such as the U.S have spent billions of dollars to end the menace. As a result, death, anger, ...

The day September eleventh, 2001 will be a day individuals won't overlook for the rest of their lives. On that morning, planes were seized from Newark, Boston, and Washington. The primary occasion of the terrorist assault was at 8:46 A.m. in Manhattan, New York. At this point a seized plane flew into the north tower of the World Trade Center (Greenberg). The highest point of the north tower was loaded with smoke and flares. The individuals close to the World Trade Center were totally shocked and had their attention gotten right when the first plane hit. "Countless individuals saw the ambushes ...

Introduction

I believe that people should have a positive view about technology. The standard beliefs of the society are that drones are used to carry out terrorism acts (Quintero 1). Additionally, many maintain a totally negative attitude towards emerging technologies claiming they interfere with normal human life and go against God’s teaching. The innovation of drones presents new and ethical issues that brought a lot of controversies from different leaders in religion, politics, and research. The complex nature of this issue requires a quick intervention in order to make the public understand the benefits of this technology in terms of maintaining security, conducting ...

It is a tradition that every new French president visits the French speaking African countries. Francois Hollande visited the Democratic Republic of Congo and Senegal. He praised the common use of French language. He confirmed that the Al-Qaida network held Sahel; the Northern part of Mali was held. There are also two hostages held whose families the President has met. Four hostages from Niger also got held by the Al Qaida.
During his trip, Mr. Hollande tried to rally other leaders to the cause. He visited Algiers to narrow the rift between them. He also said that France had ...

The numbers of deaths of US army are increasingly pathetic. It is unbelievable that such a superpower nation has its soldiers being killed by the Al-Qaeda like never before. The forces with their extensive and modern technology on fight against criminals were just lured into an enemy trap and within a fraction of second a thousand; US armies had been killed miserably. The media covering the event of the fateful armies were just accessories to murder and nor more than a propaganda spreading, scandalous-style, association (Perkins 73). They should and have to be tried for war offense together with the individuals who slaughtered ...

Essay #2

Humanities 4501: 9/11 Literature and Film
Introduction
There are different portrayals of Mohamed Atta, one of the terrorists who participated in the 9/11 attacks, in the story “The Last Days of Muhammad Atta,” written by Martin Amis, and the film The Hamburg Cell, directed by Antonia Bird. This paper examines both the story and the film and provides a comprehensive comparison of their portrayals of Mohamed Atta. It is clear that there are significant differences and similarities between how the story and the film portray Atta. In particular, this paper compares how the two narratives portray Atta’s feelings ...

Following the 9/11 attacks, there was a lot of symbolism that was created that was either accurate or inaccurate. However, it played a tremendous response in the way that the US responded to the situation. People tried to looks for terms that summed the complicated events of that day. This led to a broad range of interpretation and emotions that were attached to them. The symbols served to condense and absorb the understandings that were diverse depending on who you asked. The different interpretations of the US 9/11 attacks have shaped government policy prescriptions, and we continue to see ...

DID MY CAR JOIN AL QAEDA? BY WOODY HOCHSWEDER

Persuasive Essay on ‘Did My Car Join Al Qaeda?’ by Woody Hochswender
‘Did My Car Join Al Qaeda?’ by Woody Hochswender concerns the on-going discussion of whether the US usage of sport utility vehicles (SUV) (which is connected with the more than average usage of oil) has anything to do with the support of any terrorist activities.
In my personal opinion, the author of the article is very persuasive because he does not just discuss the issue but he also brings out all the necessary arguments to support his point ...

On September 20, 2001, nine days after the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, the President of America at the time, George W. Bush gave a speech to address the Congress and the nation. The speech recounted the events past briefly, identified the cause of the event and the perpetrators involved: it also consoled the American people and identified heroes who discharged their duties well. The speech was ended with a promise to the American people to ‘bring justice to the enemies of freedom’.
The speech was well crafted to induce a specific action from the American people: ...

Article Review

The main points of the article are simple, then. Al-Shabaab has grown Somalia with unprecedented speed and force, demanding Western nations, as well as their allies take notice and attempt to stomp out this force, just as was down with al-Qaida. Laws and policies that allowed for the eradication of one terrorist cell now appear to have fostered the growth of another, funneling soldiers and support toward it while resources were diverted elsewhere . Terrorist cells such as these are a growing trend amongst what is commonly known as the Jihadist community, but few gain the notoriety Al-Shabaab has attained ...

There have been numerous attacks around the world that have been driven by extreme radicalization. There are those attacks that shook the world and created concern in people’s minds. One of the terrorism acts that still remain in our minds is the 9-1-1 attack on the United States. These attacks were defining and tragic to the Americans. They were affected in diverse and countless ways (Anonymous, 2013).
In China, 133 people were killed on March 2014 and 141 others injured after they were attacked by eight men and women who used knives in the attack. The latest of ...

In January 2015, two persons attacked “Charlie Hebdo”, a renowned French satirical weekly newspaper. It turned out later that the attackers were Al-Qaeda jihadist - born and raised in France. Instantaneously, the mass media including TV, Internet (Social Media), and newspaper started broadcasting and publishing videos and images related with the horrible incident. People all around the world showed their support to the victims and their families by honoring them with tributes and also arranged peaceful demonstrations against terrorist activities. The gravity of the event reached the desired threshold for the formation of another international coagulation against the new ...

Terrorism is a global threat that involves acquiring individuals especially the youth to carry out terrorist and violence attacks for various reasons. Recruitment into terrorist groups is a process met by both successes and failure by the recruitment personnel. The positive side involves the fact that the terrorist groups can attract new members, and consequently the terror groups can acquire approbation to help them carry out their activities. The downside of the terror groups involves high chances of the arrest of the terror suspects and offenders and compromise of intelligence chattels. There are various techniques used by terrorist groups ...

Section 1

On September 11, 2001 the United States was attacked by the terrorist group Al-Qaeda. The nineteen terrorists attacked the nation in four coordinated attacks. Four planes that were traveling from airports on the east coast and head for California were hi-jacked by the Al-Qaeda terrorists. The planes were then crashed into various US structures in a murder-suicide mission. The first two planes, which were Boeing 767’s; American Airline Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175 (History.com) were sent into the Twin Towers at the World Trade Center in New York City. The first plane hit the north tower ...

Homeland Security

In this paperwork, I am going to support my position as to why I believe we are more secure today than we were on 9/11.
The United States government has come up with numerous measures that are intended to improve security among the public from the time when the al Qaeda attacked the Pentagon and the World Trade Center (Tracy, 2009). A global war on terrorism, started by the United States, continues to give positive results; for example, it has deprived of terrorists’ organizations the aptitude to function without restraint, such as the Al Qaeda organization. The leader of ...

Terrorism is one of the variants of tactics of political struggle, associated with the use of ideologically motivated violence.

The essence of terrorism is violence with the intent to intimidate. The subject of terrorist violence – individuals or non-governmental organizations. The object of violence – the authorities in the face of the various civil servants or the society in the face of individual citizens (including foreigners or officials of other states). Also, private and public property, infrastructure and lifelines. The purpose of violence is to achieve desirable for terrorists, developments, revolutions, destabilization of society, war with a foreign country, independence of a particular territory, the fall of the prestige of power, political concessions from the authorities, etc.
The definition of ...

INTRODUCTION

All across the globe, from continent to continent and from the smallest provinces to the largest of cities, they all require some kind of strategies as to how to protect the interests of the country and its people from internal and external threats, whether it is from day to day criminal activity to invasions from conquering or oppressing forces. The United States is no exception. The United States, like all nations, needs a functional, efficient and competent homeland security strategies that will protect the American nation and its people from individual people and groups that threaten America; ideally this ...

The world has changed significantly since the 1990s. While changes in technology may be the most obvious, America’s place in the world has shifted several times from the 1990s to today. From the nearly fifty years between the immediate post World War II years to the fall of the Soviet Union 1991, the political world could put into three categories, the first world, second world, and third world. The category reflected a nation’s alignment in the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union. The Cold War was the single most important political situation of its ...

United States has been actively involved in the global affairs since 1940s. Worldwide, United States has the most stable government that was established before 1945. USA is a superpower country that has a strong military force and it has major economic resources. US have a lot of resources and most countries look up to the United States for help in cases of disasters.
The economic strength of the United States justifies need for its continued involvement in the global affairs. Comparatively, in 2011, USA had a population of about 300 million people against 1.3 billion and 1.3 billion for China and India’s ...

Critical Thinking Paper: ENVI-423-003 Geography of Middle East

Three issues that have served as effective learning supplements in Geography of Middle East class include the following: the relationship between Saudi Arabia and Israel, continuing troubles in Iraq in the post-War on Terror era and the effects of high concentration of funds to Jewish organizations in the United States (US). The foregoing issues provide significant impacts on understanding the nature of Middle Eastern politics better, given the complicated interests of nations therein and their volatile status towards one another, the US and its allies. Key to understanding the complicated nature of Middle Eastern politics is the divisiveness brought ...

Part 1

Mass media is extremely useful in defining how certain issues are handled in the society. The flow of information in the media has influence various activities and decisions in the past following the sensitivity of the kind of information that members of the society release. However, different people will have variant views on certain issues as they are reported by the mass media. Recently, there have been extensive reports on revolts in North Africa, as well as the Middle East. These reports have led NATO interventions as the solution to the rising levels to a country like Libya.
Based ...

Introduction

Saddam Hussein was an Iraqi statesman and politician, president of Iraq (1979-2003), Prime Minister of Iraq (1979-1991 and 1994-2003), secretary-general of the Iraqi branch of the Baath Party, Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council, Marshal (1979).
In 1980, he began a ruinous war with Iran, which lasted until 1988. During the war, Hussein's government implemented "Operation Anfal" against the Kurds, during which Iraqi forces used chemical weapons. In 1990, at the initiative of Hussein was Iraq's invasion of Kuwait, to provoke a large-scale war in the Persian Gulf, in which Iraqi troops were driven out of Kuwait, and the country ...