9/11 Attacks on America
9/11 Attacks on America | Osama bin Laden Wants to Drive the West from the Islamic World
James S. Robbins is an international relations professor at National Defense University.
Summary: Osama bin Laden’s statement released on October 7, 2001, reveals some clues as to his motives behind his endorsement and alleged planning of the World Trade Center and Pentagon terrorist attacks. He wishes to rid the Middle East of Western influence and to overthrow regimes in Saudi Arabia and Jordan that trace their roots to post–World War I European diplomacy. His comments calling on Muslims everywhere to resist the United States reveal that...
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- Enemies of Freedom Committed an Act of War Against America
- The Attacks Were God’s Punishment for America’s Actions Against Islam
- Osama bin Laden Wants to Drive the West from the Islamic World
- The Attacks Were Part of Militant Islam’s War Against America
- The Terrorist Attacks Were Not the Result of U.S. Actions
- U.S. Policies in Islamic Lands Are a Root Cause of the Terrorist Attacks
- The Terrorists Were Waging a War the United States Began
- The Financial Backing of Terrorist Groups Must Be Targeted
- The United States Should Seek Alternatives to Military Action
- The Terrorist Attacks Should Be Treated as Acts of War
- The Terrorist Attacks Should Be Treated as International Crimes
- Bombing Afghanistan Is the Wrong Response to the Terrorist Attacks
- Bombing Afghanistan Was a Necessary Step in the War Against Terrorism
- The Attacks Revealed America’s Lack of Preparedness Against Terrorism
- The Terrorist Attacks Clarified the Meaning of Good and Evil
- Evil Is Too Simplistic an Explanation for the Terrorist Attacks
- The World Must Respond to the Attack on New York City
- The Attacks Revealed the Importance of the Public Sector
- The Attacks Marked the End of the Post–Cold War Era
- Organizations to Contact
- Bibliography
- Copyright
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