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9/11 and the IRTPA

Introduction

Osama bin Laden , the son of a Saudi tycoon , came into the hearing of the nations during the 1980s in which period he sought to bring the Arab world together against the Soviet Union invasion in the Afghanistan . His activities , which included financing , training and recruiting , saw him concentrate a group of similar minded people and hence the birth of modern terrorism and a group of Arab gangsters under the umbrella of Al Qaeda . Shortly , the number of Al Qaeda enemies will increase to include United States the Jewish state of

Israel . Carter , Ashton , et al (1998

Al Qaeda , then declared war on America and the crusaders which are Christian , an idea which has made to be that terrorism is a Muslim war on the . Even though innocent ' Muslims have tried to distance themselves from terrorism , the United States has directed war against terrorism towards the Arab World . Betts , Richard (1998 . The Arabs have in turn intensified their activities against anything American , for example , the August 7th 1998 bombing in Nairobi , Kenya where an Arab suicide bomber killed at least 250 people in the American embasy .On the same day Dar es Salaam the capita l of Tanzania was also hit and a score of people were also killed . Since this time the world has continuously experienced Al Qaeda bombings . Carter , Ashton , et al (1998

Afghanistan

The failure to capture Al Qaeda has ever remained a mystery to the pentagon and the intelligent community in America . The quest to capture Osama began in 2001 when the United States declared war on the Taliban government led by Mula Mohammed Omar . Betts , Richard (1998 . The Taliban were subsequently ousted and shortly after it was discovered that the group had a direct connection with Al Qaeda . Therefore , the long search for the terrorism leader began , led by the U .S , and it has since borne no fruits-the gangster has proved elusive in most cases changing locations either in Pakistan or in the rugged mountaineers Afghanistan . Carter , Ashton , et al (1998

Iraq

After the attacks in Afghanistan , the U .S moved ahead to attack Iraq which she had accused of supporting the Al Qaeda and of a dictatorship regime .In march , 2003 , Sadam Hussein was eventually overthrown but this was only to throw this country into turmoil characterized by massive destruction of property and life lost mainly through suicide bombing Betts , Richard (1998

The war in the Middle East has been a scar to the US in her quest to fight against terrorism . The rise of other terrorism related groups like Fattah and Hezbollah have tensioned the Middle East , for example , the attack on Israel by the Hezbollah and also the continuous fighting between the Jewish state and the Palestine . Betts , Richard (1998

Committee in every Congress house . The new committees were charged with conducting series of studies and report back findings as related to the progress of intelligence to all participants . It was also recommended that the funding of intelligent committee be...

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