1. Terrorism

2. The use of violence to create fear in a population to achieve a political, social, religious, or geographic goal.

4. Why use terrorism? Terrorists can disrupt superior forces using minimal resources. Belief in martyrdom---religious faith

5. 9-11-01 Attacks The attacks on Sept. 11, 2001 were focused on disrupting and destroying the American icons of political, military and economic success.

7. US Military Icon--Pentagon

8. Economic Icon—World Trade Center

9. Political Icon

10. War on Terror

12. Dept. of Homeland Security Secure the state from outside threats 240,000 jobs: aviation, border security, emergency responders, cyber security analyst, chemical facility inspector, etc… KEEP AMERICA SAFE

13. TERRORIST ORGANIZATION RESPONSIBLE FOR THE 9/11 ATTACKS AND OTHER US TARGETS ABROAD.

14. Osama Bin Laden Leader of Al-Qaeda at the time of the 9/11 attacks; killed by navy seals in 2011.

15. Taliban Fundamentalist Islamic oligarchy that controlled Afghanistan from mid 90’s to 2001. ANY IDEAS WHAT LIFE WAS LIKE UNDER TALIBAN RULE?ANY IDEAS WHAT LIFE WAS LIKE UNDER TALIBAN RULE?

16. Afghanistan Located in SW Asia(middle east) US invaded after 9/11 because the Taliban were harboring terrorists and refused to give up Osama Bin Laden.

17. ISIS/ISIL Islamic State of Iraq and Syria Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

18. Boko Haram--Nigeria

19. El Shabab--Somalia