Bin Laden and the Al Queda, we all know what they did. Can anyone tell me WHY ? Why is he so vehement ?

Question

My first impression of him was he looked calm and gentle without any trace of malice. Its amazing to learn that he and the Al Queda could have masterminded the 9/11 bombings. What's the motivation, the hatred behind these atttacks ?

Answer 1

ok, it seems most of these answers are right to a point, although i have not read all of them. but we did this for like a month in my world affairs class last year, it's so much deeper than all that. This is going to be slightly hard to explain because i don't remember every specific detail but i will try

ok so basically...

in 1991 Osama Bin Laden (who will be OBL for short from now on), decides he wants to help protect the Middle East. He fought in the war in the Middle East against Soviet Union in the late 1970's. He brought in a good knowledge of construction and a lottt of money to work with. It was thought that this war was going to be a push over and that the Afghanistanis would be defeated easily. Eventually  the Soviets were defeated in a hugeee upset.The Middle East came together to fight what they believed was a "jihad" aka a "holy war". We helped the Afghans by giving them weapons and supplies. The war created 4 MILLION REFUGEES. These refugees were sent to schools called "madrassas". they were really strict religious schools that taught the old islamic ways to the children and made them bitter toward others, many people that eventually formed the Taliban grew up in Madrassas. Bitter that they had lost everything they turned against the western world.

Ok, so fastforward a few years to 1991, Saddam Hussein is on a quest, hoping to eventually rule the ENTIRE middle east. He invades Kuwait, which is a very small country. He says he only wants Kuwait but the world knows that this is the first step he needs to take before he can take SAUDI ARABIA. Saudi Arabia is important to the Arab world because Mecca and Medina are located there. These two cities are VERY important holy cities to their religion. The country is also rich in oil. These are the 3 main reasons why Saudi Arabia is important, and the 3 main reasons SH wants to take it over. Saudi Arabia needs to defend itself against the strong Iraqi army and dictator. The U.S. offers to defend the country. Osama Bin Laden goes to the Saudi leaders and ASKS TO DEFEND HIS HOMELAND. Mecca and Medina are very important to him! He thinks that he should be defending his country, not the Americans. He knows he is capable and is backed by an entire army. Saudi Arabia TURNS HIM DOWN and decides to go with AMERICAN BACKING. He takes this as a HUGEEE insult and that is the moment he decides that the Americans are his real enemy.

This is when he develops relations with the Taliban and starts forming Al Queda and their main focus is on ruining the Americans. From that moment in 1991, until the attacks on 9/11, he was planning ways to attack us, 9/11 was years in the makinng. We took him as a jokeee. In 1996 he outwarly declared jihad on us, we laughed at him, and basically ignored the claim.

Now, more than 6 years after 9/11 Al Queda is reforming. American attitudes are back to being as naive as we were before 9/11. OBL is not gone, we have chased him into hiding, I believe he is still out there probably planning the next attack. He and rest of Al Quaeda are just as bitter as ever.

Please, if you have any questions ask.

I feel like Americans are so naive to all this and it is important to completely understanding everytihng that is goingg on right now!

Answer 2

Bin Laden has stated that it started with the U.S bases in S.Arabia. The Infidels from the West were on Holy Land. Now his goal is all of the Middle East to rid the U.S and friends. Bin Laden (sold a bill of b.s) to the guys who work and die for his cause ....he knows that they are not to bright. And he can stir the pot with the moolas who hate the U.S. and have them head for Iraq and suicide bomb everyone. Crazy eh?

In the mean time the Head Guy with Iran meets with Putin of Russia and all is well. China could over-run any country out there with just the sheer masses of people. Try 1/4 of the worlds people. But fear not because here comes Mrs. Clinton !!  I'll be able to sleep once again.

Wood

Answer 3

it is difficult to judge. Some say it is the American support for Israel. Some say it was actions such as the American cruiser USS Vincennes shooting down an Iranair flight in 1988. Personally I think that it is because the CIA were supplying Bin Laden and the Mujahadeen with weapons to fight against the Soviet forces and the DRA army in Afganistan from 1979 - 1989, once the Soviets pulled out the CIA cut off the weapons, funding etc etc simply Bin Laden and his band of not so merry men were being used as cold war pawns by the CIA against the Soviet Union, once the Soviets were gone that was it, CIA want nothing more to do with them

Answer 4

Decode this lyrics " Beat it"

Ever wonder what is a scout master?

Ever wonder what is a scout academy?

Ever wonder who has the brain child of us-911?

Luke 21.34-36

Luke 21.27

Leviticus 26.13-24, 27-28, 30-41

What do you think?

Answer 5

RELIGON WHAT ELSE THE ROUTE OF ALL EVIL

Answer 6

Because their jealous of our country.They come over here & go to some of the best schools here & go back home only to plot to destroy america & american.Sick,sick individuals.And,you would think that I'm republican but I'm not.

Answer 7

It is in the Koran. It is the duty of every Muslim to do every thing he can to make the whole population Muslim, including violence.  They tried to invade and occupy Europe in the Middle ages and were stopped by Charlemagne. The Crusades were a defencive war fought against a people who originated in the Saudi desert. They are again trying to impose Islam on the rest of us using the power that oil wealth has given them.

Another irony is that Al Queda kill many more fellow Muslims than Westerners. As King Abdullah of Jordan said, the Sunni/Shea conflict is the major destabilising issue in the Middle East not US or Israel

If you look at the status of non-Muslim people under Sharia law, you will see that you are destined for a life of slavery.

It is highly ironic that the extreme left ally themselves with militant Islam, as Muslims hate atheists more than Jews and Americans, and they will be the first people to get a bullet in the head should the militant Islamics succeed

Answer 8

Who cares why???

They did it, that's all that matters, now let's kill em all and let God sort them out.

Answer 9

qutbism

Answer 10

Because of America's anti-Islamic attitudes; whether in her Zionist-dominated policies (speaking about Isreal!!!), or her Jewish-dominated media (watch the films about the Arabs and Muslims and you decide), or her medieval bigotric methods of education (a thousand  Christian knights would crush fifty thousand Muslim cavaliers!!! Who in h**l would ever believe that?? Even our folks in Iraq number 140,000!), the crusader inspired songs that are anti-Islamic,...etc

Bin Laden is never jealous of effiminate men who are indulged in same-s*x relationships...nor was that billionaire ever jealous of our countless homeless bums in the streets of LA, SF, NYC,....I can go forever baby!!! Nor was he angry because our beautiful blondes lay topless on the beaches. These things do not have any impact on Muslims' policies. To believe that these were the reasons for their attacks is solid B.S. Our freedom and democracy (look at GWB beating Gore!!!) weren't the reasons behind Muslim revenge.

It was our policy; point blank.

Or would you believe that the reason for the Iraqi suicidal attacks on our troops was because our women do not cover their hair??!!! Be rational and logical, for GOD's sake, and know well that for every action there's an equal opposite reaction.

The "terrorist" activities of these guys are but a simple response to what we've done to them all these decades of wars, partitions, Zionism, sarcasm, blasphemy, military occupation, blockades (speaking about 1.5 million Iraqi children dying from starvation in 1991-2001).

We have to admit that our beautiful America is no angel; nor our experienced politicians have the slightest mercy; they just work for their own benefits.

GOD bless us all, Amen!

Answer 11

Wow, reading some of these responses is dishearting.  Al Queda has not attacked us out of jealousy or because of what we have done to them.  This has been on going for years and will continue well past my time.

Here are some of the reasons:

1) Culture.  This culture is taught from birth to HATE americans.  Understand that this is a passionate, discriminatory Hate of americans.  The american woman, child, man, politician, military.  We are the epidome of "Western" And we are a world power.  Therefore us and England are the most hated of "westerners".  

2) Bin Laden has more money than the populice of NYC combined.  He can sit on a couch and be surrounded by flat screen tv's if he wasn't being hunted down.

3) Religion.  We have protected the "jewish" israelis, of whom they want to wipe off the face of this planet.  This war has gone on since the old testament.  And if it weren't for our support and continued presence there, there would be a gigantic whole where Israel is.

4) We are the infidel.  They can lie to us and it is fine.  As a muslim extremist they are rewarded with 70 something virgins in the afterlife for an act of war against us.  

If you think 9-11 was bad, hold on because it is going to get worse.  Bin Laden has permission to kill up to 2 million american CHILDREN from his clergy.  The Al Queda are currently planning attacks against schools.  School blue prints and procedures have been found in the caves of al queda troops.  Bin Laden stated that what was visited upon Russia will be visited upon american's 100 fold.  Look up the Beslan masacre and magnify that.  Then look at the two men who got on a school bus in Florida.  Look at the buses stolen in houston.  Look at the Homeland security training in schools right now.  It doesn't take a visionary to know that an attack is imminent and that we are dealing with a group of people that are not going to stop.  He is not calm, is not gentle.  But he is smart.

Answer 12

Bin Laden has repeatedly claimed that the 9/11 attacks were the result of the United States maintaining military bases in the Islamic holy land, specifically Saudi Arabia.

Answer 13

Years of disrespect and oppression of an ancient culture perhaps? The west trying to divide and conquer in the middle east for AGES to try and control the oil? The west has an amoral set of values which it believes it can impose anywhere in the world it wants. They steam rolled into Iraq twice, maybe for good reason, BUT humanitarian rights are violated frequently on mass scales in places where there is no oil. Hmmm GWB not so interested then is he?

Im not siding with OBL but how much oppression and manipulation do you think a group can take before someone kicks back?

Answer 14

Their shorts are to tight.

Answer 15

Depends who you believe, from the film the towers were demolished and all the evidence points that way. However his hatred for the west is based on the fact that the worlds greatest terrorists are given legality by the West lead by America. The is the state of Israel which has continued a campaign of terrorism against the indigenous population of Palestine since the Second World War. This terrorist attitude started when the British Army was upholding the mandate in Palestine that allowed only 20000 Jews into the area per year, they even killed British soldiers who had helped to release them from the n**i oppression,some gratitude, and have continued to attack other countries on an almost continuous basis being armed by the Yanks. Thus the Arabs hate the West while it is lead by the Yanks.

Answer 16

It is the most extreme form of jealousy, we have so much that they can never have.  I am sitting here in my air conditioned house, answering questions from my couch with a flat screen tv 42" as a monitor.  This is something that most americans have and take for granted every day.  I even have a dog that is worth about 2k.  I am not bragging, everyone spends their money differently, but they "hate" us for the little pleasure that we have and they want to bring us back to the stone age.  They feel inadequate and envious to the point of rage and they use America as a united front for the extremists to rally the youth around.  They use their hatred and jealousy of the success of the "west" to gain power and influence in their religious and political worlds.  This will not just go away

I think that once we find THAT alternative energy source............be it solar, electric, nuclear, liquid coar, fusion, hydrogen........whatever and we don't need all of that gas anymore, you are going to hear a big sucking sound and nobody is going to give a d**n about the middle east and their stupid rantings.  And they wont have the oil money to use to kill us with anymore.  Do you know why we are in Iraq toppling a dictator.......and not in Cuba toppling a dictator, because we are not afraid of Castro cutting us off of his bananas.  Thats right, they have nothing we want and we wont fight for cigars and sugar cane, but we will fight for oil

Answer 17

Read the koran.

Answer 18

it is your damned theiving and lying government dear, don.t you realize that government is so evil that they have doomed us all to die

Answer 19

The first gulf war has got a lot do with it.

Answer 20

i think the results out of their action speak louder than their motivation. the real losers from their action are the Muslims around the world specially people in Iraq. the main winners are the rich around the world specially the military and oil corporations! that is why i believe it was enabled or Bin Ladin couldn't have achieved such a plan! peace

Answer 21

Because of our ties to the so-called "infidels" or Israel. I love God, but religeon is an ugly bugly thing.

Answer 22

They see Westerners, who are portrayed in the media as whoring, gluttonous people, as monopolizing the money and food of the world while many pious Muslims are impoverished.  

They see Westerners as the descendants of the Crusaders, who came to the Middle East and destroyed the golden age of Muslim scholarship, killed thousands of men, women and children, and disrupted the balance of peace between Christians, Jews and Muslims in the region.  The Muslim universities and libraries never regained their former standards.  

They see Westerners as the people who caused the mess in Israel and Palestine, forcing Muslims out of their homes and into refugee camps to create a Western-style state in the Middle East, just like the Crusaders tried to do with Jerusalem.  

Bin Laden, I'm sure, cares very little about religion and righteousness.  He is, after all, the son of a very rich man.  But I think he's recognized a bitterness, hopelessness and anger in some Muslim populations that he can exploit for power.  He can tell these people that it's okay to turn to violence, rather than more peaceful and positive ways to advocate for their rights.  It's the same as what the KKK do, or other hate groups - find lost people and use them.

Answer 23

I think the big motivation (apart from religion) is the fear of a complete de-culturisation of the whole world.

This is a world where we'd all be eating macdonalds, swilling coca-cola and talking about Britney Spears' b*****s.

I am an atheist but morally I agree with them on that point,  not with the violence of course.