1. Terrorism
US History

2. Taliban Established during Russia/Afghanistan War
Took control of Afghanistan 1994
Very strict religious fundamentalism
Goal = Muslim Theocracy, “anti-modern”

3. Al- Qaeda “The Base” in Arabic
Osama Bin Laden is the founder in late 1980’s
WEST has too much influence in Middle East (Israel) political and economical poisoned culturally (dress, alcohol, general way of life)
Wants ISLAMIC STATE in Middle East “West, GET OUT!”
West does not leave >>>>>>>>>> Terrorism
Goal= total collapse of US & “Western” Econ thus lose influence in Middle East

4. ATTACKS World Trade Center Truck Bomb 1993 USS Coal in Yeman
Two US Embassy bombings in Africa
Clinton air strikes Al-Qaeda, misses Bin Laden by 10 minutes
Bin Laden on the run, sides with Taliban for protection in Afghanistan

5. ATTACKS 1993 first attack on the World Trade Center in NYC
6 killed, 1500 wounded

6. ATTACKS
1996 Plot to assassinate President Clinton. Discovered minutes before

7. ATTACKS 1998: 2 simultaneous bombing of US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania – 12 US killed

8. ATTACKS
! : Failed attack on LA airport

9. ATTACKS
2000: USS Cole bombed in Yemen
17 US killed

10. September 11, 2001 Hijacking of 4 planes w/small knives, box cutters
Approximately 3,000 killed, worst attack ever on US soil
2 planes into the World Trade Center Twin Towers, NYC
1 plane into the Pentagon, Washington DC
1 plane headed to Washington DC, crashes in Pennsylvania

11. ATTACKS
Sept 11, 2001: Second attack on WTC also Pentagon and Flight 93
2,977 killed

12. 911: Pentagon

13. 911: Flight 93

14. Aftermath MAJOR hit to the economy
Patriot Act created (monitor phones, , internet, transactions, etc.)
Department of Homeland Security (secure nation from threat)
Guatanamo Bay (Cuba) used to detain suspected terrorists

15. ATTACKS
2002: Night club in Bali, India
202 killed

16. ATTACKS
Moscow theater siege
170 killed

17. ATTACKS
2004: Moscow train bomb
40 killed

18. ATTACKS
2004: Train bomb Madrid, Spain
190 killed

19. ATTACKS
2005: London bus bombing
56 killed

20. ATTACKS
2008: Mumbai, India hotel siege
166 killed

21. ATTACKS
2014: Brussels gunman attack at a Jewish museum
4 killed

22. ATTACKS
2015: Paris, Charlie Hebedo office attacked
17 killed

23. ATTACKS
2015: Russian airliner crash in Egypt
224 killed

24. ATTACKS
2016: Brussels
32 killed hundreds injured

25. ATTACKS 2016: Berlin Germany. Truck runs down civilians
86 killed 436 injured

26. ATTACKS 2017: London, England
Car runs down civilians on a tourist bridge. 49 injured, 4 killed

27. ATTACKS
2017: Great Britain
London Bridge attack
48 injured, 8 killed

28. ATTACKS August 2017: Barcelona, Spain Multiple bombs at multiple sites
130 injured, 13 killed

29. ISIS Formed from War in Iraq
Trained, unemployed soldiers, brutal tactics
Goal to create Islamic State (Syria & Iraq)
Media savvy, savagely brutal
Unlike Al Qaeda, they are not only using terrorism as diplomacy, but also taking territory by force regardless of what “country” it “belongs” to.