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Islamic State of Iraq and Sham (ISIS) is a militant outfit designated as a terrorist organization by the UN and many countries in the world. There is no country or organization which is openly assisting this organization. But despite every difficulty and military operation by world powers and regional states of the Middle East, ISIL managed to take control of a large area of Iraq and Syria. There are a few important reasons behind the rise of ISIL. ·          American policies in the Middle East should be regarded as the main reason for the birth and rise of ISIL. After the US invasion of Iraq in 2003 over false allegations of WMD (weapons of mass destruction), ISIL’s parent organization JTJ ( Jamaat al Tawhid wal Jihad ), under the leadership of al-Zarqawi, started guerrilla warfare against the US and became popular among regional Sunni Muslims due to its stiff resistance. It helped them to increase their strength as a large number of ...

Osama bin Laden was the founder and chief of the Muslim militant organization al-Qaeda. He was the son of a Saudi billionaire but chose to adopt militancy after taking part in the Soviet-Afghan War (1980s). Due to his motives and activities of his organized, Saudi Arabia canceled his citizenship in 1994. The most famous terror activity of his organization was the September 11 attacks, which initiated the global War on Terror. Later,  US Special Forces killed him on 2 nd May 2011 in a Pakistani city, Abbottabad. Early Life Osama bin Laden was born on 10 th March 1957 in Riyadh ( Saudi Arabia ). His father, Mohammad bin Awad bin Laden, was a billionaire and founder of the construction company Saudi Binladin Group. His mother’s name was Hamida Ibrahim. In his childhood, Osama bin Laden attended Al-Thager Model School in Jeddah and earned a degree in Civil Engineering  in 1979. In 1974, Osama married his first cousin Najwa Ghanem in Latakia (Syria). Osama bin Laden was a...

September 11 attacks (also 9/11 attacks) were suicide bombings attacks by 19 terrorists who hijacked 4 passenger airline planes from the eastern coast of the USA and blew them in their respective targets. Two of the planes hit the Twin Towers of the  World Trade Center in New York, the third plane destroyed the west wall of the  Pentagon in Virginia and the fourth plane crashed in Pennsylvania while its possible target was the  White House or Capitol . Almost 3,000 people were killed during these attacks including 19 hijackers, 72 security personnel, and 343 firefighters. Events During Attacks A Boeing 767 aircraft of American Airlines Flight 11 took off from Boston’s Logan Airport at 7:59 am (local time) on 11 th September 2001. After around 15 minutes, hijackers took control of the plane after overpowering the pilot and the crew members. Muhammad Atta was leading the hijack while there were a total of five hijackers in the airliner. At 8:46 am, the plane h...