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    since, 9/11 attacks, the United States have been involved in a war against al-Qaeda and other terrorist groups. They adopted the Israeli policy of killing terrorist which they called targeted killings. Targeted killings have become a policy in United States after 9/11 to subdue the rise of al Qaeda and other terrorist groups. The growing number of terrorism is greater than just people imagine. The threat posed by al Qaeda as claimed by the United States prompted the government to act in self-defense

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    the Al Qaeda organization. One result was an announced policy shift from deterrence to preemption, generally referred to as the “Bush Doctrine.” (National Security Strategy, [http://www.whitehouse.gov/nsc/nss.html].) Given the potential consequences of terrorist attacks employing weapons of mass destruction, government decision makers felt that the nation could not afford to sit back, wait for attacks to occur, and then respond. The nation was mobilized; combating terrorism and crippling Al Qaeda

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    between Al-Qaeda and ISIS Terrorist Groups The Al-Qaeda is the deadliest terrorist group in the world responsible for the worst attacks across the globe. The group is Wahhabi organization that was founded by Osama Bin Laden alongside Abdullah Azzam and other influential militants. When Osama Bin Laden died, it was a big drawback to the group, however, was a big setback for the prominent terrorist group, it still managed to maintain its grounds and grow stronger over the years (Bergen, 2011). Al-Qaeda

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    Peace & Conflict Review Volume 3, Issue 1 ISSN: 1659-3995 Terrorism and the Mass Media after Al Qaeda: A Change of Course? Reviewed by Jessica Baran Abstract Manuel R. Torres Soriano. Terrorism and the Mass Media after Al Qaeda: A Change of Course? Athena Intelligence Journal Vol. 3, No 1, (2008), pp. 1-20. Soriano begins his exploration of the relationship between media and terrorism with the words of Marshall McLuham, whose statement that “without communication, terrorism would not exist”

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    According to the New York Times, the Taliban and Al-Qaeda have opened a new front in the previously peaceful northern Afghanistan. They have also stepped up attacks in their heartland, southern provinces. To defeat the insurgents, General McChrystal, the US commander in Kabul, has requested 40,000 additional troops and resources to persuade the moderate Taliban to abandon violence. But this strategy is likely to succeed only with the help from key regional states. Increased fatalities

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    The article Did My Car Join Al Qaeda? written by Woody Hochswender, is a pervasive argument on owning and driving a SUV. The author makes a good persuasive article for individuals that are concerned with safety in an accident, or those that live in an area that receives harsh winters. The author begins the essay with a pathos approach attention getter, where he touches on the correlation of terrorism by stating, “The idea that the petrodollars transmigrate from the Gas’n’Go to the oil sheiks to

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    Chapter 8 Al-Qaeda, ISIS and Terror Attacks on the United States Al-Qaeda is the parent to ISIS. Al-Qaeda translates to “The Fundament”. It is a multi-national radical group founded in 1988 by Osama bin Laden and other militants who fought for Afghanistan against the Soviet Union. It has been labeled as a terrorist group by the United Nations Security Council and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and quite a few other countries. The Sunni- Islamic group was based in Sudan for the early part

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    Al-Qaida made by Islamic military group for purpose of Jihad and also it is fundamental Sunni Muslim movement .so this group was leading by Osama bin Laden and there was to made Islamic group like Muslim brotherhood. However Al-Qaida wants to reconstruct the Islamic government and state and religion .but Al-Qaida structure is small and it has small affections on the organization. So this group is international group so this group established since 1988 in fact this group train may fighter to and

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    (Esposito p. 222). One group that does this is called Al Qaeda. Al Qaeda is a jihad group, which is an armed struggle in defense of the Muslim community or often called terrorists (Esposito, p. 243). This jihad group was created in the late twentieth century. “Al-Qaeda began as a logistical network to support Muslims fighting against the Soviet Union during the Afghan War; members were recruited throughout the Islamic world” (Al-Qaeda 2016). Al Qaeda was not always bad as one can see that they were not

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    The al-Qaeda of today is a vastly different entity from the al-Qaeda formed by Osama bin Laden towards the end of the Afghan war against the Soviets in 1988 (Alexander and Swetnam, 2001: 37). The evolution, or as Burton (2006) has termed it “devolution”, of al-Qaeda, is partially linked to its terrorist acts, and, in particular, the counter-terrorist measures employed by governments to deal with them. This is most evident in reference to the single most expensive, in terms of life lost and economical

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