Monday, September 30, 2019
Al Qaeda Network
Al qaeda the ââ¬Ëterrorist networkââ¬â¢ and Osama bin Laden have carried out a complicated ââ¬Ëmedia campaign and ââ¬Ëpublic relationsââ¬â¢ over the last 10 years (qtd. in Bevy, 2006).As Bevy (2006) excerpted, ââ¬Å"ââ¬â¢terrorism-analystââ¬â¢ think that these communications have been intended to draw out ââ¬Ëemotional reactionsââ¬â¢ and converse intricate ââ¬Ëpolitical messagesââ¬â¢ to a worldwide viewers as well as to explicit populaces in the ââ¬ËIslamic worldââ¬â¢, the U.S., Asia, and Europe.â⬠A number of analyst and officials consider that ââ¬ËAl Qaedaââ¬â¢s messagesââ¬â¢ hold signs that notify and educate operatives to get ready for and perform fresh attacks. Bin-Laden has referred to his ââ¬Ëpublic-statementsââ¬â¢ as significant chief sources for parties in quest to know Al Qaedaââ¬â¢s political demands and ideology.Osama bin Ladenââ¬â¢s familiarities as a ââ¬Ëfinancierââ¬â¢ and ââ¬Ëlogistical-coordinat orââ¬â¢ for the Arab and Afghan struggle to the ââ¬ËSoviet-Invasionââ¬â¢ of Afghanistan throughout the 198os are considered to have supplied backdrop for his principle that ââ¬ËMuslimsââ¬â¢ can obtain valuable ââ¬Ëmilitary actionââ¬â¢ motivated by ââ¬ËIslamic principlesââ¬â¢ (Bevy, 2006).According to Bevy (2006), his contact to the philosophies of ââ¬Ëconservative Islamist-scholarsââ¬â¢ in Saudi Arabia and his work with the Arab activist in Afghanistan offered the ideological and theological foundation for his principle in the interest of ââ¬Ëpuritanical Salafist Islamic-reformââ¬â¢ in Muslim societies and the need of ââ¬Ëarmed resistanceââ¬â¢ in the countenance of ââ¬Ëperceived aggressionââ¬â¢ ââ¬â an idea Al-Qaeda has since connected with a commonly-binding ââ¬ËIslamic principleââ¬â¢ recognized as ââ¬Å"defensive-jihadâ⬠(qtd. in Bevy, 2006).After a few years after he initiated setting up Arab volunteers to dispose of ââ¬ËSoviet forcesââ¬â¢ from ââ¬ËAfghanistan', bin-Laden had a ââ¬Ëvisionââ¬â¢; the instant had come, he informed his friends, to start a ââ¬Ëglobal jihadââ¬â¢, orââ¬â¢ Islamic holy-warââ¬â¢, in against to the crooked ââ¬Ësecular-governmentsââ¬â¢ of the ââ¬ËMuslim Middle Eastââ¬â¢ and ââ¬ËWestern-powersââ¬â¢ that maintained them (New York Times, 2001).Bin Laden, the ââ¬ËSaudiââ¬â¢ millionaireââ¬â¢, would utilize his campgrounds in Afghanistan to obtain ââ¬Ëholy-warriorsââ¬â¢ from aroundââ¬âthe-world ââ¬â who had at all times followed ââ¬Ëlocal goalsââ¬â¢ ââ¬â and figure them into an ââ¬Ëinternational-networkââ¬â¢ which would wrestle to convey all Muslims under a ââ¬Ëmilitant-versionââ¬â¢ of ââ¬ËIslamic lawââ¬â¢. At some stage in the ââ¬Ëanti Soviet jihadââ¬â¢ Bin-Laden and his combatants have been given American and Saudi funding; a number of ââ¬Ëanalystsââ¬â¢ think Bin-Lad en himself had ââ¬Ësecurity-trainingââ¬â¢ from the C.I.A. (BBC, 2004).Following the ââ¬ËIraqi-invasionââ¬â¢ of Kuwait, Bin Laden articulated these analyses in resistance to the beginning of ââ¬Ëforeign military-forcesââ¬â¢ to Saudi Arabia. Bin Laden illustrated the presence of non-Muslim troops and U.S. in Saudi Arabia following 1991 Gulf-War as reason for transformed commitment to ââ¬Ëdefensive jihadââ¬â¢ and the endorsement of violence against the United States and Saudi government.What is Al Qaeda?Any number of theories has been advanced as to the origins of the name ââ¬Å"Al Qaedaâ⬠, from a reference to a computer file revealing the identities of Arab veterans of the Afghanistan conflict (the database), to Osama bin Ladenââ¬â¢s alleged high-tech headquarters, deep in the mountains of Afghanistan (the secret base), drawings of which ââ¬â impressive though entirely fictitious ââ¬â were produced by the American media when U. S. operations be gan in October 2001 (Chaliand & Blin, 2007).The name Al Qaeda, which instantly became the focus of the media attention following the August 1998 U. S. embassy bombings had long had mythical status. According to Chaliand and Blin (2007) Osama bin Laden himself had contributed to the mystery surrounding the name by never uttering it prior to the events of September 11. The groupsââ¬â¢ leaders, in their internal communications, usually referred to it as ââ¬Å"the societyâ⬠, an internationally neutral appellation.In fact, it was ââ¬ËAbdallah Azzam who had named the organization; in 19888, the first signs of a Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan, ââ¬ËAzzam decided that he would not disband the Army of Arab volunteers he had created four years earlier but would use it to undertake a much vaster mission ââ¬â re-conquest of the Muslim world (Chaliand & Blin, 2007).To that end, he needed a standing vanguard of fighters to serve as leaders of the umma; he coined the term al- qaeda al-sulbah (the solid base) for this, which was also the headline of an editorial he wrote in al-Jihad in 1988.
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