Al Qaeda

Terrorism is defined as “…simply the contemporary name given to, and the modern permutation of, warfare deliberately waged against civilians with the purpose of destroying their will to support either leaders or policies that the agents of such violence find objectionable”(Carr 6). One of the biggest known Terrorist groups today is Al Qaeda, founded by Osama Bin Laden. This global terrorist group has been terrorizing various parts of the world since 1988, their first headquartered base in Afghanistan. There hate for the US is justified by Osama’s words of their religious jihad. “…Al Qaeda believes themselves to be defenders of the ‘nation’ or ‘kingdom’ of Islam generally, and they certainly consider that kingdom to be at war with the United States.”(Carr 228). They believe that god wants everyone who does not follow their religious theories to die. By killing them, they are guaranteed into heaven.
Osama lost his father when he was 13. He married at the age of 1...