TRN410H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Presidential Directive, Sayyid Qutb, Osama Bin Laden
30 Apr 2016
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Background and the immediate aftermath of the events 9/11. Acts of violence began to be increasingly targeted at the us. Warning in 1993 when bomb truck was set off at the world trade centre. Omar abdul religious duty of all faithful muslims to kill those who opposed god. Plan out of manila to explode an airplane over the ocean. Mastermind of 9/11 and still in guantanamo bay. This is still what he hoped to accomplish. Clinton considered military action against iran but backed off. Bin laden is in somalia and sudan. Us believed he was increasingly dangerous plan for nsc to capture him. Presidential directive 39 allowed for foreign people to be seized by the us to be brought to justice in the us. Taliban were only recognized internationally by 3 countries. Diplomacy done with taliban was through pakistan. In 1996, bin laden had issued the fat law. Formally declaring war on the us for religious reasons.
