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...or imprisonment. On 2 May 2011 Osama Bin Laden was killed. President Barack Obama’s 2 May 2011 account of the circumstance of the killing is this: “…We quickly learned that the 9/11 attacks were carried out by al Qaeda --- an organization headed by Osama bin Laden, which had openly declared war on the United States and was committed to killing innocents in our country and around the globe. And so we went to war against al Qaeda to protect our citizens, our friends, and our allies….I directed Leon Panetta, the director of the CIA, to make the killing or capture of bin Laden the top...
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...this period and America was looking for an opportunity to expel Soviet troops from Afghanistan. Osama’s pro Muslim and anti-communism stands were exploited heavily by America and they gave enough training to Osama and his troops. They educated Osama that communism is always the enemy of religion and no Muslim country or religion can tolerate the principles of communism. It is often said that bin Laden was funded by the CIA. Report in British newspaper, The Guardian states: "In 1986 the CIA even helped him [bin Ladin] build an underground camp at Khost [Afghanistan] where he was to train recruits from...
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...? Osama Bin Laden - Most Fascinating Figure in “The Looming Tower” Osama Bin Laden, to me is the most fascinating figure in the book “The Looming Tower” by Lawrence Wright. Osama Bin Laden can be a common choice among many but the choice is justified. Bin Laden was always keen, willing and took the initiative in doing new things. In the book, the author describes Bin Laden as an “enterprising young Saudi” (Wright, 61). His portrayed a never die attitude and never backed away from any job. He was authoritative from a very...
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..., he accused the United States’ president George W Bush of Negligence as he failed to protect the country against attacks by failing to guard the airports leading to the hijacking of the planes that crashed in to the world trade centre building. Osama bin Laden also was seen in that video preparing together with two of the planes’ hijackers, Wail al-shibh and Hamza al Ghamdi. He cited the continued sanctions enforcement on Iraq, the continued stay of the American troops in Saudi Arabia as well as the United States government support of Israel in the Middle East wars as his motivation for attacking the United States of America (Randal 78). The Special Activities Division of the...
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...?Argumentative Essay – The World’s Biggest Criminal (Osama bin Laden) When it comes to criminals, Osama bin Laden’s takes the lead. He was the most wanted man on the face of the earth until he was killed on 2nd May 2011 by the US Navy SEALs in Abbottabad, Pakistan. The reason why Osama bin Laden was hailed as an international criminal and terrorist was because he had been involved in setting up the banned outfits Al-Qaeda and the attached wing Taliban. What these groups brought to the fore was massive killing of people all around the globe (Searcey 2011). Their number one priority was to...
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..., recruitment offices were set up by bin Laden and Azzam4. Bin Laden later formed al Qaeda out of the Services Office. An experimental virtual station was set up by the CIA in 1996 to try and monitor bin Laden’s moves. The al Qaeda leader began to be viewed in a totally new light after on e of his supporters, Jamal al-Fadl defected to the CIA and began feeding the agency with details on bin Laden’s activities. It was discovered that Osama was not just a terrorist financier but also a terrorist organizer.
A grand plan to deal with the insurgents was set...
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...INTELLIGENCE SUCCESS (OSAMA BIN LADEN) By: Intelligence Success (Osama Bin Laden) The search for the Al-Qaida leader who claimed the responsibility of the September 11, incident was a long intelligence journey that started more than 6 years before his final capture and killing. The CIA and the US President Obama convened more than five meetings to unveil the intelligence strategies of capturing the terrorist. The exercise involved the CIA and the National Security Council of the President. The process of unedifying the location of Osama Bin Laden...
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...Section/# Osama Bin Laden: A Creation of the CIA The horrific nature of the events of September 11 have discouragedmany would-be journalists or investigative reporters to analyze the connection that existed between the Central Intelligence Agency and Osama bin Laden. However, as with any form of investigative reporting, it is oftentimes necessary to consider those “less comfortable” aspects of the story and determine whether or not the Central Intelligence Agency continue to play a powerful role with respect to the formation and development of Osama bin Laden, and by...
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Conclusion
Both men are similar in the sense that they brought mass murder in the streets of the United States. However, their interests were different in the sense that, Osama wanted to retaliate against the United States foreign policy in the Middle East. Escobar, on the other hand, was influenced by the money he earned from smuggling illicit drugs to the United States.
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Chiesa, Luis and Greenawalt, Alexander.Beyond War: Bin Laden, Escobar, and the Justification
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...The political beliefs of Osama Bin Laden
He became a follower of Abdullah Azzam in the 1970s (Di Giovanni 12)
In 1979 the Soviet troops carried out an invasion in Afghanistan
Bin Laden and Azzam moved t Peshawar, Pakistan
Azzam, Bin Laden, and the Afghan rebels
The organization served by Azzam and Bin LadenOsama and the building of Al Qaeda
Al Qaeda created in 1988 by Bin Laden
The group focused on symbolic acts that regard terrorism as opposed to military campaigns
Bin...
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