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**Osama Bin Laden_ International Terrorism_ ** أسامة بن محمد بن عود بن لادن



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 Born in Saudi Arabia in 1957, the leader of Al-Qaeda is wanted since 1998 for attacks against U.S. embassies in Tanzania and Kenya that have caused over 200 victims. He is also the brain of the terrorist group Al-Qaeda that attacked the twin towers in New York September 11, 2001. The amount of the reward offered for his capture is 25 million.

Video of September 11 Attacks_ September 11 Attacks was the most famous terror known by people all over the world. In the morning in 2001, September 11th, there were four commercial passenger jet airlines hijacked by al-Qaeda. Two of the airlines crashed into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City. This was not end. The third airline attacked Pentagon outside Washington, D.C. The fourth plane crashed into a filed near Shanksville in rural Pennsylvania. Whole people in the planes were all died.



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Description of <span style="color: #17365d; font-family: Impact,sans-serif; font-size: 28pt; line-height: 115%;">**Osama bin Laden_**


 * ** Date of birth: ** || // 1957 // || ** Hair: ** || // Brown // ||
 * ** Place of birth: ** || // Saudi Arabia // || ** Eyes: ** || // Brown // ||
 * ** Height: ** || // 6' 4" to 6' 6" // || ** Complexion: ** || // Olive // ||
 * ** Build: ** || // Thin // || ** Sex: ** || // Male // ||
 * ** Weight: ** || // Approximately 160 pounds // || ** Nationality: ** || // Saudi Arabian // ||
 * ** Occupation: ** || // Unknown // ||  ||   ||
 * ** Remarks: ** |||||| // Bin Laden is the leader of a terrorist organization known as Al-Qaeda, "The Base". He is left-handed and walks with a cane. // ||
 * ** Scars and Marks: ** |||||| // None // ||

//"FBI TEN MOST WANTED FUGITIVE ."// FBI //. N.p., Nov. 2001. Web. 12 May 2010. <http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/topten/fugitives/laden.htm>.//

<span style="font-family: 'Impact','sans-serif'; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Impact','sans-serif'; font-size: 28pt; line-height: 115%;">**Osama bin Laden's_ <span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'American Typewriter',sans-serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 55px;">Goals_ ** <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">“//Many Americans seem to think that bin Laden is just a violent cult leader. But the truth is that he is tapping into a minority Islamic tradition with a wide following and a deep history.//” -Michael Doran, professor of Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University

<span style="color: #0d0d0d; display: block; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; text-align: left;">Osama bin Laden's basic argument is that Muslims in the Middle East are currently suffering from political, social and economic deprivation because their governments do not follow Sharia law which is the only law can make Muslim world better. However, because their rulers have failed to do it, he no longer considers them to be truly Muslim. <span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt;">He believes Afghanistan under the rule of Mullah Omar’s Taliban was “the only Islamic country” in the Muslim world. Therefore, he attacks the United States and some other non-Muslim states. He has also called Americans as “reject the immoral acts of fornication and homosexuality, intoxicants, gambling, and usury” in the letter to U.S. <span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt;">All reports indicate that he isn’t much of an original thinker — he is neither a religious scholar nor a political philosopher. Instead, he has tapped into a fully-formed tradition which has given him all the ideological tools he needs to both explain current problems and offer a solution.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Impact','sans-serif'; font-size: 28pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="color: gray; font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 28.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"> World’s // Reactions // to <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Impact,sans-serif; line-height: 42px;">Osama’s Actions_ <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic',helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 25px;">The United States responded to the attacks of September 11th by launching the //War on Terrorism//. It invaded Afghanistan to depose the Taliban, who had harbored al-Qaeda terrorists. The United States also enacted the USA PATRIOT Act. Many other countries also strengthened their anti-terrorism legislation and expanded law enforcement powers. Some American stock exchanges stayed closed for the rest of the week following the attack and posted enormous losses upon reopening, especially in the airline and insurance industries. Economically, the destruction of billions of dollars worth of office space caused serious damage to the economy of Lower Manhattan. However, the USA is not the only place that had an economic issue after these attacks. Indeed, a lot of countries around the world took many decisions to prevent terrorism, especially in airports and all kind of transport permitting to enter or to leave a territory and it cost a lot to every governments and still costs money to keep all the plans alive. What also costs a lot is all of the military spending that the USA government and gov of other countries has to pay, because of the attacks planned by Osama Bin Laden. Socially, there are many problems caused by terror, especially after September 11 Attacks. Even though the main target for the Osama Bin Laden is U.S., but many other countries are also trying to prevent their countries by strengthen the protection. Globally, most of the countries are strained with terrorists. The one of examples that the governments do to prevent is listening the phone callings. When the people hear something related to terror, then it will be easy to catch the criminal. However, people have complained this because they think it violates person’s privacy. However, the governments are continuing listening to prepare for the sudden terror.

Bibliography_ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11pt;">"Osama bin Laden's Goals ."<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11pt;">//About.com//. Austin Cline, n.d. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Web. 12 May <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11pt;">2010. []. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11pt; text-align: left;">"Osama Bin Laden ." //Wikipedia//. N.p., 10 May 2010. Web. 12 May 2010. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osama_bin_Laden>.