Osama bin Laden

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The paper provides a review of Osama Bin Laden's background and explains the history and structure of his organization. The paper explains his connections to fundamentalism and his links with other known terrorist groups. The paper describes Bin Laden's extreme hatred of the West and globalization and discusses how he has issued a "Jihad" (holy war) against the West for his and other terrorist organizations. The paper shows how Osama bin Laden's fundamentalist beliefs make him a danger to the western world and a deadly ally to many other terrorist groups determined to removed American "infidels" from the globe.

From the Paper:

"Osama bin Laden was born in 1957 in Saudi Arabia. His family raised him in the strict Islamic tradition; he is a Sunni Muslim. He attended Abdul Ariz University in Jeddah, where he graduated with a degree in Civil Engineering. His father amassed a fortune in the construction industry; in fact, it was the largest construction company in Saudi Arabia and had close ties to the Saudi royal family. When his father died, Bin Laden became independently wealthy (Piszkiewicz 107). After he became disenchanted with western influence in Saudi Arabia and began organizing resistance, his family disowned him in 1994, and Saudi Arabia revoked his citizenship (Thackrah 189-190)."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Munson, Henry. "Lifting the Veil: Understanding the Roots of Islamic Militancy." Harvard International Review 25.4 (2004): 20+.
• Piszkiewicz, Dennis. Terrorism's War with America: A History. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2003.
• Thackrah, John Richard. Dictionary of Terrorism. New York: Routledge, 2004..

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