https://padlet.com/ganderson223_1/tc66e3wwi7a0971a Assignment: keep track of the events you believe to be the most important in the evolution of the al-Qaeda organization, stopping at September 11th, 2001. en-us 2021-11-08 18:27:01 UTC 2025-10-26 15:00:23 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/ganderson223_1/tc66e3wwi7a0971a/wish/1876044272 Truck bomb kills 6 people in 1983- first attempt to take down WTC]]> 2021-11-08 18:48:31 UTC https://padlet.com/ganderson223_1/tc66e3wwi7a0971a/wish/1876044272 ganderson223_1 https://padlet.com/ganderson223_1/tc66e3wwi7a0971a/wish/1876054380 Osama Bin Laden travels to Afghanistan 1984 at 27 to join guerrilla warfare (Mujahideen) fighting against Soviet Union. Described as a leader who is "unique", "silent", and "calm". Drafts "The Base" - which Al Quaeda was built ]]> 2021-11-08 18:52:14 UTC https://padlet.com/ganderson223_1/tc66e3wwi7a0971a/wish/1876054380 ganderson223_1 https://padlet.com/ganderson223_1/tc66e3wwi7a0971a/wish/1876062097 United States enter Saudi Arabia - triggers Bin Laden's hatred towards Americans. Bin Laden's viewed western culture as the enemy of Islam & wanted to overrule it. He wanted "Fundamentalist Islamic rule around the world". BIN LADEN EXPELLED FROM HOMELAND 

Personality as described by witnesses: 
Hypochondraic, slept 2-3 hrs a night, careful about what he ate, mama's boy]]> 2021-11-08 18:55:18 UTC https://padlet.com/ganderson223_1/tc66e3wwi7a0971a/wish/1876062097 ganderson223_1 https://padlet.com/ganderson223_1/tc66e3wwi7a0971a/wish/1876065646 April 1991 - Al Quaeda grows into "force of global terror" - **Gains attention from America** - preserving army by moving them to Sedan.]]> 2021-11-08 18:56:49 UTC https://padlet.com/ganderson223_1/tc66e3wwi7a0971a/wish/1876065646 ganderson223_1 https://padlet.com/ganderson223_1/tc66e3wwi7a0971a/wish/1876070861 October 1993 - Bin Laden sticks Africa despite US - "Black Hawk Down"- 2 Black Hawk Helicopters are taken down by Somali terrorists - US soldiers bodies dragged through the streets. Terrorists trained by Bin Laden's trained soldiers who were moved to Sedan. 18 soldiers + Hundreds of Somali's killed. ]]> 2021-11-08 18:58:56 UTC https://padlet.com/ganderson223_1/tc66e3wwi7a0971a/wish/1876070861 ganderson223_1 https://padlet.com/ganderson223_1/tc66e3wwi7a0971a/wish/1876077124 Clinton told to take Bin Laden from base in Khartoum. CIA said they couldn't do snatches, station chief says his "hands are tied"- at this point there is no arrest warrant for Bin Laden.

American Q: What would they do when they caught him?



]]> 2021-11-08 19:01:25 UTC https://padlet.com/ganderson223_1/tc66e3wwi7a0971a/wish/1876077124 ganderson223_1 https://padlet.com/ganderson223_1/tc66e3wwi7a0971a/wish/1876077917 Bill Clinton withdraws US Troops shortly after black Hawk down]]> 2021-11-08 19:01:46 UTC https://padlet.com/ganderson223_1/tc66e3wwi7a0971a/wish/1876077917 ganderson223_1 https://padlet.com/ganderson223_1/tc66e3wwi7a0971a/wish/1876086803 Bin Laden expelled in 1996]]> 2021-11-08 19:05:13 UTC https://padlet.com/ganderson223_1/tc66e3wwi7a0971a/wish/1876086803 ganderson223_1 https://padlet.com/ganderson223_1/tc66e3wwi7a0971a/wish/1876089089 1996 Bin Laden returns after expulsion from Sedan - makes an alliance with the Taliban]]> 2021-11-08 19:06:07 UTC https://padlet.com/ganderson223_1/tc66e3wwi7a0971a/wish/1876089089 ganderson223_1 https://padlet.com/ganderson223_1/tc66e3wwi7a0971a/wish/1876090985 1996 Releases Islamic decree against America for occupying holy places of Islam - DECLARATION OF WAR]]> 2021-11-08 19:06:49 UTC https://padlet.com/ganderson223_1/tc66e3wwi7a0971a/wish/1876090985 ganderson223_1 https://padlet.com/ganderson223_1/tc66e3wwi7a0971a/wish/1876093219 CIA & FBI combine forces to catch Bin Laden (around 1996, after war declaration)]]> 2021-11-08 19:07:41 UTC https://padlet.com/ganderson223_1/tc66e3wwi7a0971a/wish/1876093219 ganderson223_1 https://padlet.com/ganderson223_1/tc66e3wwi7a0971a/wish/1876096424 Clinton gives permission to arrest Bin Laden without a warrant with emphasis on the fact that he will NOT be killed; difficult to find him, his location is unreliable. Later it is approved that Bin Laden can be killed if not captured

1- Planned for a frontal assault on his compound with the end game of holding him in a nearby cave; odds of raid being successful were less than 20% and is cancelled ]]> 2021-11-08 19:08:55 UTC https://padlet.com/ganderson223_1/tc66e3wwi7a0971a/wish/1876096424 ganderson223_1 https://padlet.com/ganderson223_1/tc66e3wwi7a0971a/wish/1876111506 Al Quaeda bombs US embassies August 7 1998 - Pivotal point to war mentality]]> 2021-11-08 19:14:20 UTC https://padlet.com/ganderson223_1/tc66e3wwi7a0971a/wish/1876111506 ganderson223_1 https://padlet.com/ganderson223_1/tc66e3wwi7a0971a/wish/1876129684 Bin Laden meeting in training camp and gives opportunity for US strike - fires missiles at camp & chemical facilities (chemical facility turned out to be innocent pharmaceutical facility). Missed Bin Laden by roughly two hours.]]> 2021-11-08 19:21:14 UTC https://padlet.com/ganderson223_1/tc66e3wwi7a0971a/wish/1876129684 ganderson223_1 https://padlet.com/ganderson223_1/tc66e3wwi7a0971a/wish/1876136504 Nov 1998 - search for Bin Laden primarily criminal investigation, formally indicted. After 1998 bombing Bin Laden never stayed in one place, it became increasingly difficult to keep track of where he was.  ]]> 2021-11-08 19:23:40 UTC https://padlet.com/ganderson223_1/tc66e3wwi7a0971a/wish/1876136504 ganderson223_1 https://padlet.com/ganderson223_1/tc66e3wwi7a0971a/wish/1876150487 American soldiers killed in bombing of US Naval ship October 2000. Widely believed that America did not respond appropriately]]> 2021-11-08 19:29:01 UTC https://padlet.com/ganderson223_1/tc66e3wwi7a0971a/wish/1876150487