Al Qaeda And Osama Bin Laden

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8th Grade Social Studies U S Current Issues Ch 34 Terrorism Osama bin Laden Al Qaeda

All Qaeda Osama bin Laden A
Osama bin Laden was born in the year of Osama 1957 in the country of Saudi Arabia 1957 His father was of Yemen decent and was His a very successful businessmen who owned a construction company owned

bin Ladens education bin
Bin Laden was raised as a devout Sunni Bin Muslim Muslim He attended and graduated from King He Abdul Aziz University in Jeddah Saudi Arabia Arabia According to most reports he received a According degree in business and economics while other reports have him obtaining a degree in civil engineering in

Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan Soviet
In the year of 1979 the Soviet Union In invaded the country of Afghanistan invaded The Soviets wished to expand their The influence in Asia influence The Soviets were enemies with the U S at The this time this The Cold War

Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan Soviet
People of Afghanistan and other Muslims People did not like the fact that atheists of the Soviet Union were trying to take over their country country Muslims from other Muslim countries Muslims thought it was their duty to go to Afghanistan and help defend this Muslim nation nation

Soviet Invasion cont Soviet
Osama bin Laden was one of those Osama Muslims who felt it was his duty to go and defend this Muslim nation defend Bin Laden also donated money Bin construction equipment and many other things including medical care to those in Afghanistan Afghanistan

U S Aid to Afghanistan U S
During the Soviet Afghan war it is During believed that the United States donated about three billion dollars to the Afghanistan war effort against the Soviet Union Union The United States also donated weapons The to the mujahedin fighters during this time as well as

U S Aid to Afghanistan U S
122 mm rocket 122 launchers and SAM 7 surface to air missiles were given to the mujahedin fighters in Afghanistan Afghanistan

Soviet Withdrawal from Afghanistan Soviet
Members of the Soviet Union s Red Members Army pulled out of Afghanistan on February 15th of 1989 February This is commonly referred to as The This Vietnam War for the Soviet Union Vietnam Almost 15 000 Soviets were killed and close to about fifty thousand were wounded wounded

U S Boycott of Olympics U S Boycott of
Due to the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan Due U S President Jimmy Carter ordered that U S athletes would not be participating in the Olympics that would be held in Moscow Soviet Union Moscow

Origin of Al Qaeda Origin
Many of those who participated in the war against the Soviet Union would eventually become members of Al Qaeda become These soldiers were commonly referred to These as mujahedin or holy warriors as Al Qaeda was formed in or around the year Al of 1988 1989 of

All Qaeda A
Al Qaeda stands for the Base It is a database of some of those who It participated in the war against the Soviet Union Union

Al Qaeda in Eastern Hemisphere Hemisphere

All Qaeda Goals Objectives A
End foreign American influence in End Muslim countries Muslim Establish an Islamic state

Iraq Invasion of Kuwait Iraq
On August 2nd of 1990 Iraq invaded the country of Kuwait the The leader of Iraq The was Saddam Hussein was If Iraq kept control of If Kuwait Saddam Hussein would have controlled about 24 of the oil reserves in the world the

Bin Laden and the Saudi s Bin
After Iraq had invaded Kuwait the Saudi After government felt that they would possibly be the next country to be invaded by Iraq due to their large supply of oil due Saudi government approached the U S Saudi about repelling Saddam Hussein and the Iraq forces from Kuwait The U S would then have a military presence in Saudi Arabia after that Arabia

Bin Laden and the Saudi s Bin
Bin Laden lobbied to the Saudi government Bin that the mujahedin forces that had defeated that Soviets would come to Saudi Arabia and protect the Holy Land Saudi Saudi officials decided that the U S would Saudi be the ones to expel Iraq from Kuwait and protect the Holy Land from Iraq protect

President George H W Bush President
President George President H W Bush sent for about 500 000 U S troops to be deployed to Saudi Arabia to oust Saddam Hussein from Kuwait from The first major conflict The involving the United States since Vietnam States

Bin Laden Saudi relations Bin
Bin Laden was very critical of this decision Bin by the Saudi government and referred to the Saudi government as phony Muslims the It was at this time that bin Laden also It claimed that the Saudi s and others like the Egyptians were US puppets the He claimed that it is the duty of all Muslims He to drive the US out of the Gulf States to

Bin Laden on the U S Bin
Bin Laden claimed that the United States would Bin only come to the Saudi Arabia because of its economic interest in oil and also because we would like to maintain a military presence in the Middle East to protect one of our allies Israel Middle

Operation Desert Storm Operation
The United States troops drove Saddam The Hussein and his forces out of the country of Kuwait very quickly of U S forces began returning home by U S March 8 1991 less than two months after the war began the However we did maintain a military However presence in Saudi Arabia presence

The Middle East The

1993 Bombing of the WTC 1993
On February 26th 1993 a car bomb 1993 exploded in the parking garage of the WTC WTC The mastermind of the attack was a man The named Ramsi Yousef who was later linked to Osama bin Laden linked Six people were killed and hundreds were Six wounded wounded

1993 Bombing of WTC 1993
According to many sources Yousef s goal According was to have the World Trade Center that was bombed fall into the other WTC killing over 250 000 people killing Many sources also claim that Yousef Many wanted to use chemicals weapons but was unable to due to finances was

Ramsi Yousef Ramsi

Battle of Mogadishu Battle
Took place on October 3rd and 4th of 1993 Two Black Hawk helicopters were shot down Two during this battle during Eighteen U S Soldiers were killed during this Eighteen battle and close to one hundred were wounded battle Bin Laden would later admit that Al Qaeda Bin members played a part in this battle and also compared the U S military to a paper lion compared

Black Hawk Helicopters Black

Somalian Guerilla Forces Somalian

Eastern Embassy Bombings Eastern
On August 7th 1998 two car bombs went 1998 off at U S Embassies in Nairobi Kenya and Dar es Salaam Tanzania The blast in Nairobi killed 212 people while the blast in Tanzania killed 11 while Al Qaeda was linked to both bombings

East African Bombings 1998 East

Bombing of U S S Cole Bombing
The U S S Cole bombing was a suicide The bombing that took place on October 12 2000 bombing The U S S Cole was refueling in the Port of The Aden at the time off the coast of Yemen Aden The suicide bombers were later linked to Osama The bin Laden bin The blast hit the ship s galley where the troops The were having lunch at the time

USS Cole USS

Tora Bora Mountains Tora

Tora Bora Mountains Tora