The rise of Al Qaeda- Osama bin Laden and the Al Qaeda group got together in the late 1980's. A Soviet government gained power and the Afghans responded with a national resistance movement which defeated the Soviets. The United States supported the Afghans when this was happening. After the movement the Taliban got the nerve to make a group which is now known as Al Qaeda. The goal for them was to spread Islamic rule throughout the world. In 1996 Osama bin Laden declared war on the U.S to try and drive us out of the countries such as Saudi Arabia. In the next six years after war was declared the organized group made several attacks in different countries including the U.S. The 1998 twin bombings of American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania that killed a total of 200 people and the suicide bombing of the U.S.S. Cole in a Yemeni harbor in 2000 that killed 17 sailors. The biggest attack by far and the most devastating one in U.S history was the 9/11 attacks on the U.S twin towers. After the attack the U.S declared war Afghanistan (to end the Al Qaeda group initially). Some of the leaders of the group have been killed, bin Laden being the biggest one and most known for. There isn't really a way to stop this group because more and more leaders keep stepping up to the take the last leaders place. The war is still going on under President Barack Obama.
My thoughts- I think that is was a very bad thing for the Taliban to betray us after we supported them in one of their wars, then killing innocent people for no reason. I wish there was a way to stop the Al Qaeda group but there isn't really a way. If you kill a leader from their group then another one will just step up and take his place. I think that we need to get our troops out of Afghanistan and bring them back home but if we do this then the Al Qaeda group will get stronger and bigger attacks on us.
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Good info and personal thoughts but be sure to break info into shorter paragraphs.