Describe the Al-Quaida and the Al Jihad terrorist groups, which were involved in the Sept. 11 attack against the World Trade Center.
-Are these groups nonstate-supported, state-supported, or state directed?.
-Identify the immediate objectives of these terrorists and explain.
Al-Quaida is multi national terrorist group that was organized by Osama Bin .
Laden in the 1980's. The goal was to try and bring together combat seasoned Arab .
Veterans. Creating a guerrilla militia in order to re-establish the Pan-Islamic Caliphate .
and the Wahhabite sect. While over throwing "non-Islamic" governments and ousting .
Westerners, specifically the United States. A statement made in 1998 brought the .
undeniable reality of Osama Bin Laden's hatred toward the United States "it is the duty .
of all Muslims to kill US citizens, either civilian or military and their allies everywhere".
Al-Quaida proved this reality with several act's of terrorism toward the United States .
bombings Embassies in Nairobi, Kenya Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Sept.11, killing and .
or injuring over 5000 people. .
The Taliban movement began with 11 student led by Mula Muhammad Umar in .
Qandahar, with the desire of returning to Islamic law free from Western influences. A .
skirmish broke out between a group of local bandits and the Taliban in a small town .
called Sing Hissar. The ensuing skirmish brought about the capture of a large cache of .
weapons. With the defeat of the bandits Mula Muhammed Umar requested authority to .
govern Sing Hissar, it was denied. The Taliban then forcefully ousted governor .
Rabbani. Which provoked a civil war between the Taliban and Rabbani's .
government troops. Eventually, leading to the demands of Islamisation of rule and the .
coalition of Taliban Jihadi (Osama Bin Laden) partnership. The early years of the .
coalition brought state-support from Pakistan with thousands of students joining the .
ranks of the Taliban, providing fuel, food and transportation.