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    This compelling novel; Roll Of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D.Taylor tells the eventful and intriguing story of an African-American Family in the 1930’s. This family (the Logans) go through many vigorous and racist events. Such as a family member getting shot, and a racist, narcissistic, White man agonizing Black people in their town. But what could be the source of some of these awful and heart wrenching events? Revenge. There are many examples in this novel where revenge will not make things even, or right, it will just escalate the problem. In this book there are many times where getting back at someone not only amplifies the problem, but can also possibly endanger lives. One example of when revenge only makes thing worse is when T.J. tells the Wallaces about how bad a teacher Mama is as payback, he ends up losing his only true friends. This is an example of how revenge can only make things worse. For instance, in the middle of chapter 4 T.J. gets called out for cheating on a test. T.J. gets mad so to…

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    ISIS Motivation

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    By the time, he was eighteen years old, both Zarqawi’s parents died, so he dropped out of school and shortly ended up in jail after going the wrong path. “He had neither the connections nor the proud lineage of a Bin Laden, nor even the education of a man like Ayman al-Zawahiri, al-Qaeda’s spiritual mastermind” (Teslik, 2006). In 1992, Zarqawi was incarcerated for drug possession and sexual assault. During this time, Zarqawi had the opportunity to focus and create religious motivation. After…

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    The Attacks on the United States on September 11,2001 tested Americans patriotism, and sense of security. On May 2, 2011 President Barack Obama delivered “On the Death of Osama Bin Laden” speech addressing the citizens of the United States, US Allies, and the world on the death of Al- Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden. President Obama gave what the American people needed so desperately to hear: closure and justice. He was able to confirm the death of Osama Bin Laden, using Ethos, Pathos and Logos,…

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    ,.m-The best hidden player award goes too.. Al Qaeda, oh man they've been hiding for so long that I'm sure they don’t even know that Osama Bin Laden is dead. Al Qaeda wins this award because they haven't been active for 5 years. That’s how long they've been hiding in their caves. Osama Bin Laden, the founder and the head of Isamist group Al Qaeda was killed in Pakistan on May 2, 2011 by the one and only United states Navy Seals. The U.S People thought Osama was living in a cave, but in…

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    On May 1 at 11:35 P.M. EDT, President Barack Obama delivered a speech declaring the death of Osama Bin Laden. Osama Bin Laden is the leader of the terrorist group al Qaeda. Al Qaeda is responsible for the tragic events such as 9/11, shootings, and bombings against innocents. In President Barack Obama’s speech he is able to connect with his audience using pronouns such as “us” “we” “our”. Obama is establishing the connection that he has with the people and that not only were the citizens…

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    civilian and military targets. He was a Saudi Arabian, a member of the wealthy bin Laden family, and an ethnic YemeniA major component of bin Laden's ideology was the concept that civilians from enemy countries, including women and children, were legitimate targets for jihadists to kill.[51][52] According to former CIA analyst Michael Scheuer, who led the CIA's hunt for Osama bin Laden, the al-Qaeda leader was motivated by a belief that U.S. foreign policy has oppressed, killed, or otherwise…

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    Osama Bin Laden is a name known to millions as a malicious terrorist who killed thousands of people during the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11th, 2001. Before he became a terrorist, bin Laden had a history and a family. Bin Laden started life as the seventeenth out of fifty children on March 10th of 1957 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. His father was a wealthy construction manager who had close ties to the royal family, giving bin Laden a privileged early life. Later, many…

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    Al Qaeda Essay

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    Al Qaeda With the war on terrorism becoming more and more violent, US officials are looking for a way to stop the violence that Al Qaeda is inflicting on the United States of America. Al Qaeda isn’t a new problem to the United States. Al Qaeda is defined as “a radical Sunni Muslim organization dedicated to the elimination of a Western presence in Arab countries and militantly opposed to Western foreign policy: founded by Osama bin Laden in 1988” (Dictionary.com). “In approximately 1989, bin…

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    Osama Bin Laden Influence

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    Osama bin Laden is the 17th out of 52 children, born in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in 1957. His father Mohammed bin Laden, was an immigrant who had owned the largest construction company in the Saudi kingdom. Bin Laden believed that Islam was more than just a religion. In the late 1970s while he attended college, he became a follower of scholar Abdullah Azzam, a “radical pan-Islamist.” He had believed all Muslims should rise up in jihad, to create a single Islamic state. Bin Laden supported his idea…

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    for this act of terror? It was in fact Osama bin Laden, the leader of a terrorist group known as Al Qaeda. Osama bin Laden’s beliefs led to his hatred of America, his attacks on America, and ultimately caused his death. Here is a look at Osama’s family background. Osama’s father, Mohammed bin Laden started life in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia with a simple profession of bricklaying. While working on the construction of a palace for the Saudi Arabian royal family, it is said that he caught the…

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