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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"osama bin laden"”.
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Using religious discourse to construct reality: President George W Bush and Osama Bin Laden
… address to a join session of Congress and by Osama bin Laden in his taped statement that aired on Al Jazeera television on October 7, 2001. As leaders of societies who both believe they are God's chosen people with a mission, both men relied on the religions of their respective nations to …
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Genre, evaluation, and persuasion in journalistic opinion writing: a study of Pakistani English-language editorials on the killing of Osama Bin Laden
… arguments advanced in response to the killing of Osama Bin Laden by US military forces. The decision to select the editorials was made due to a range of structures, from elliptical to multi-generic, that these editorials employed to code their rhetoric in Pakistan’s highly confrontational …
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The shadow of Muhammed : developing a charismatic leadership model for the Islamic world
… of whether the type of leadership exhibited by Osama bin Laden which led to the devastating attacks of September 11 was a singular phenomenon or an example of a recurring type in the Islamic world. This thesis proposes that a specific, recurring type of charismatic religio-political leadership - …
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An Analysis of the Efficacy of Post 9/11 Security Policy in Countering Violent Extremism and Reducing Acts of International Terrorism
… by whether they could neutralize al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden without contributing to recruitment and further organized attacks against the West.</p>
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The Creation and Evolution of the International Terrorist Organization Al Qaeda
… United States and Western civilization itself. Osama bin Laden, the co-founder and leader of al Qaeda has officially declared war on the United States and its allies multiple times, vowing to destroy all those who support the nation of Israel. This thesis examines Osama bin Laden’s past, the …
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Jihad as an Ideograph: Osama bin Laden's rhetorical weapon of choice
… 1996 The Declaration of Jihad was released by Osama bin Laden urging the Muslim community to heed to the call to jihad. The longest of bin Laden’s early messages, the Declaration of Jihad outlines a call to jihad against America for their continued presence in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Using …
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Jihad as an Ideograph: Osama bin Laden's rhetorical weapon of choice
… 1996 The Declaration of Jihad was released by Osama bin Laden urging the Muslim community to heed to the call to jihad. The longest of bin Laden’s early messages, the Declaration of Jihad outlines a call to jihad against America for their continued presence in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Using …
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Soldiers Without Uniforms: CIA Paramilitary Operations in Afghanistan
… CIA to engage al-Qaeda and, if necessary, kill Osama bin Laden. As a result, CIA operatives landed in Afghanistan with suitcases full of cash (in order to bribe local leaders), as well as highly sophisticated equipment. This operation, known as JAWBREAKER, thereby paved the way for U.S. military …
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United States Army Elite Forces and the Global War on Terrorism
… organization led by the fanatical Islamist Osama bin Laden. This new kind of enemy will not attempt to fight American armed forces on the conventional battlefield. Therefore, in order to hunt down and destroy these terrorists, the United States will need to unleash its own unconventional …
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Dagurinn sem breytti heiminum : nýttu Bandaríkjamenn sér yfirburðastöðu sína innan alþjóðasamfélagsins til að réttlæta innrásirnar í Írak og Afganistan eftir hryðjuverkaárásirnar 11. september 2001?
… bregðast skjótt við. Bandaríkjastjórn vissi að Osama bin Laden væri ábyrgur fyrir árásunum og að hann héldi sig til hlés í Afganistan. Með alþjóðlegum ályktunum frá Öryggisráði Sameinuðu þjóðanna fengu Bandaríkin leyfi til að ráðast inn í Afganistan árið 2001 og svo loks inn í Írak árið 2003 og …
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Sites of Passage: Art as Action in Egypt and the US-- Creating an Autoethnography Through Performance Writing, Revolution, and Social Practice
… Movement in the United States, the execution of Osama Bin Laden, and presidential elections in both the United States and Egypt. Sites of Passage, the final exhibition, ran from September 9, 2011-February 14, 2012 (extended) at the Mattress Factory Museum, one of the only installation art museums …
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US Politics of Betrayal: The Urdu Press on Pakistan-US Relations since the 1971 War
… US operation conducted on 2 May 2011 targeting Osama bin Laden which violated Pakistan’s sovereignty. The Urdu press has not only been identifying examples of US betrayal of Pakistan since the 1971 War, but also has developed a structure for that discourse. The dominant voices of the discourse …
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Rethinking Secular and Sacred. On the Role of Secular Thought in Religious Conflicts.
… a declaration by a then little-known leader, Osama bin Laden, and his fellows. That declaration was of the World Islamic Front for Jihad Against Jews and Crusaders.1 Many analysts now see it as one of the founding documents of al Qaeda, the amorphous terrorist umbrella group. The purpose of …
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Sudan: Enduring Issues, Challenges and Policy
Sudan is a country rich in history and conflict. Sudan poses a complex problem because it is plagued by disease, famine, corrupt government, and violent opposition to the government. Islam is the state religion, strictly enforced, and the goal of the militant Islamic government is to drive all the …
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Al-Qa'Ida and the United States 1979-2001: Lessons Learned
… evident. This thesis provides an account of Osama bin Laden’s life, those of his closest and most influential advisors, the early development of the organization that would precede al-Qa’ida, an overview of the evolution of al-Qa’ida as a terrorist organization, and the numerous interactions …
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Understanding Islamist Terrorism: What It Is and How It Threatens the United States of America
The attacks of September 11, 2001 brought the threat of Islamist terrorism to the fore in the minds of American policymakers and strategic thinkers. As the War on Terror unfolded, it has become clear that this new threat is radically different from the monolithic threat of the Cold War era. This …