US Counter-Terrorism Strategy and Al-Qaeda - Essay Example

• 1998 US embassies bombing in East Africa, killing over 250 people. The perpetrators entered the embassy buildings by car and parked in the basement before the bombs went off.
• Plotting bombs in multiple cargo planes from Yemen to the USA. The bombs were discovered before exploding
• Several numerous suicidal attacks witnessed in various regions. For example, the suicidal bombing in the Iraqi capital
• 1996 Khobar Towers Bombing which killed nineteen US servicemen with several hundred people wounded
• The beheading of an American civilian in Iraq. 05th/may/2004; the Al-Qaeda leader beheaded an American citizen by the name of Nick Berg in revenge for the abuse of Iraqi prisoners.
• Acquiring weapons of mass destruction. The group tried developing Anthrax for use in mass attacks in the US.
• Public transport bombings. For example, the bombing in England left about 57 civilians dead.
• In 2002 three bombs went off on the Indonesian resort island of Bali, killing over 200 persons,

2. Chief grievances cited by Al-Qaeda as to why they hate the USA.

• The killing of innocent Palestinian civilians, and children by the Israeli military. Americans support Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian domain.
• Mistreatment of Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib prisoners who are under US administration. They dehumanize Arab and Muslim descent prisoners
• America’s occupying the lands of Muslims, plundering its resources, dictating to Muslim rulers, and humiliating its people.

3.) Legitimizing the killings of millions is not humane. The act leads to the murder of thousands of innocent civilians, women, and children. For example, the war in Iraq left millions of people dead and injured several others.  This barbaric act should be brought to an end.