3. US / Al Qaeda / Interventionism Terrorism Since WWII Cold War and the Middle East Pre – WWII Colonialism v. US Economic Colonialism US and Israel Islamic “Fundamentalism” of 1970s End of Cold War … NOW? 1 st Gulf War Somalia Yugoslavia / Kosovo Sudan Al Qaeda v. US –Reasons –Examples

4. Al Qaeda and the US and Terror End of Cold War – No tug of war ’93 WTC Bombing ’95 Oklahoma City Bombing ’98 Embassy Bombings ’00 Cole Bombing Taliban and Al Qaeda 9/11 Anthrax Attacks (not Al Qaeda) ‘02 Bali Bombings ’04 Madrid Train Bombing ‘05 London Subway Bombing Al Qaeda in Iraq … ‘06 London Planned “Liquids” Attack Resurgent Taliban in Afghanistan ‘08 Fall of Musharraf – Islamist Militants in Pakistan 08-09 Success of the “surge” ‘11 Death of Bin Laden

5. US Reactions to Terror “with us or against us” Invasion of Afghanistan 10/01 Extraordinary renditions / Secret Prisons USA Patriot Act Guantanamo Bay ’03 Invasion of Iraq –Regime Change –Weapons of Mass Destruction

6. Questions about Combating Terror “an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind” If you kill one terrorist do you create 3 new ones? What causes people to want to become terrorists in general? Why is the US such a lightning rod for Middle Eastern Terror groups? How can a “democratic” nation fight with dirty tricks? Civil Liberties v. Security Can US image be restored?