Al-Qaeda/Terrorism

Terrorism shadow be defined as threatening use of force or violence by a person or an organized multitude against throng or beseemingty with the intention of intimidating or coercing societies or governments, often for ideological or political reasons. It is the act of terrorizing or the state of being terrorized. near acts of terrorism are committed by terrorist organizations. Terrorist organizations use terror to accomplish their mission or objective. unrivalled of the most infamous terrorist organizations is root word.Established in 1988 by militant Islamist, Osama Bin Laden, Al-Qaeda traces all the sort back to the Soviet War in Afghanistan. It operates as a network comprising both a multinational and stateless army. It has been designated as a terrorist organization by the join Nations Security Council, NATO, the European Union, the United Kingdom, the United States, and various other countries. The overall mission of Al-Qaeda is to attempt to overthrow godless regimes and replace them with Muslim regimes.Furthermore, the terrorist organization desires to convert substructure into an ideology and set of operating principles that can be loosely franchised in other countries without requiring direct command and control. Al-Qaeda also states several other missions which include gathering randomness about the enemy, the land, the installations, and the neighbors, kidnapping enemy personnel documents, secrets, and arms, assassinating enemy personnel as well as unconnected tourists, and freeing the brothers who are captured by the enemy.Other missions also include spreading rumors and writing statements that instigate raft against the enemy, blaring and destroying the places of amusement, immorality, and sin not a vital target, blasting and destroying the embassies and attacking vital economic centers, blasting and destroying bridges leading into and out of the cities. The headquarters of infamous terrorist organization are not known anymore. al-Qa eda has known contacts and activities in the following countries Afghanistan, Algeria, Bosnia, Chechnya, Eritrea, Kosovo, the Philippines, Somalia, Tajikistan, and Yemen, and now Kosovo.Additionally, al-Qaida has been link up to conflicts and attacks in Africa, Asia, Europe, the former Soviet Republics, the pith East, as well as North and South America. All in all, their threat is not control to these geographical areas because of worldwide connections. The group has targeted American and other Western interests as well as Judaic targets and Muslim governments it sees as corrupt or impious-above all, the Saudi monarchy. Above all, its main target is the United States of America.In 2005, Al-Quds Al-Arabi published extracts from Saif al-Adels document Al Qaedas Strategy to the Year 2020 which is a plan for the haste of U. S. economy by the year 2020. Over the years, al-Qaeda has been involved in many terrorist attacks. The terrorist group has undergone proper military training, a nd is capable of commanding insurgent forces in order to carry out its attack. Al-Qaeda linked attacks include The attempted December 2009 bombing of a Detroit-bound Northwest Airlines flight and an October 2007 suicide bombing that narrowly missed killing former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.Two months later, another bomber succeeds in killing the former prime minister Pakistani officials blame Baitullah Mahsud, a top Pakistani Taliban air force officer with close ties to al-Qaeda. Other attacks include the February 2006 attack on the Abqaiq petroleum processing facility, the largest such facility in the world, in Saudi Arabia, the July 2005 bombings of the London public transportation system, and the March 2004 bomb attacks on Madrid commuter train trains, which killed nearly 200 people and left more than 1,800 injured.On September 11, 2001, Al-Qaeda was involved in one of the most devastating attacks on the United States, hijacking four U. S. airplanes, two of which cra shed into the World distribute Center, and a third of which crashed into the Pentagon. 9/11 resulted in over 3,000 deaths and $95 billion worth of damage, anomic of taxes, and clean-up costs to the city of New York. In the aftermath of 9/11, Bin Laden issued several messages evaluate the attacks, but denying Al-Qaedas involvement. This was just one example of the terrorist groups usage of the media. Al-Qaeda has become extremely reliant on media.It uses media to further its cause by garnering publicity towards its cause. The media is used to push its corrupt Islamic institutions, organizations, and ideas. All things considered, Al-Qaeda is shrinking. The leadership ranks of the main al-Qaeda terrorist network have been rock-bottom to just two figures whose demise would mean the groups defeat. Although the terrorist group is shrinking, it is important that the American people stay on alert. There will probably always be a fear of the terrorist groups reemergence, but as long as we stay a step ahead and do not underestimate the group, the American people will be a-okay.