What lead Osama to become terrorist?
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He was our front man in Afghanistan when they were fighting the Russians. We fed him money and weapons. We fed him promises we wouldn't bail out on him.....they finally back him into a corner and when it came down to it, we left him high and dry.......maybe that had something to do with it.
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I would have exhibited restraint and patience, employed our intelligence agencies to track down Osama and infiltrated his camp.  I might have even established a decoy group of dissidents in hopes Osama would reach out to the group and offer support or take them under his wing.  \n\nOn the surface, I would deliberately look like I was taking a weak stance on the attack or even act as if I was unaware of who committed the attack.  Not only would this have infuriated Osama and kept him from becoming some Jihad hero, this would lull him into a false sense of security.  All the while I would be using the information I was gathering to gain knowledge of his strength, weaponry, supporters and future planned attacks.  \n\nUsing this information, I would circumvent any future attacks.\n\nAfter gaining as much information as I could, I would send a recon team from our Special Forces to his location, capture (or kill) him and his body guards, and attempt to bring him to America to face justice.\n \nAs for communicating with terrorists, I have long been against the US policy of non-communication.  How can go to a war against an enemy without having the ability to negotiate a peaceful resolution?  I firmly believe an open dialog with those groups who wish to harm America is the only way to convince them to stop attacking America and American interests overseas.\n\nAttacking Afghanistan was similar to blowing up a house to catch a rat; the house gets destroyed, but the rat simply goes to another house.\n\nNo, the attack on Iraq was not revenge; the attack on Iraq was for economic reasons and is producing the intended results.
658917
Osama bin laden isn't a terrorist. he's a CIA agent, and a CIA funded patsy.\n\nnone of them are leaders they are all illuminati f**k puppets, you can add every president and prime minister to that list, there are all sporn of satan.\n\n'It doesn't matter who you vote for, the goverment still gets in'
1183541
That would be the GOP (Republican party).  You will notice that we have taken great pains to pretend to search for Osama while really allowing him to operate without any real interruption.  Who else can make this claim?
836171
No.Osama Bin Laden  is not a true follower.He has taken a religion that is peaceful and tryed to manupulate it into HIS extreme beliefs and ideas.Trust me he is anything BUT a follower.
504082
Because Bush turned his attention to Iraq as it was an easier target.  Plus Osama has the support of a vast network of terrorists willing to do anyhting to keep him hidden.\n\nAnd Bush is a GIANT loser whether he catches him or not.
1024617
that you are 1/2 right. First part good, second part bad. Being a terrorist happens because of a belief. Terrorists come in all shapes, sizes, colors, nationalities, and religons.
1131933
In an effort to make it look as if he was actually accomplishing something after the 9/11 attacks.  If we all remember correctly it was not Saddam Hussein who was instrumental in those attacks, but rather Osama bin Laden.  here we are 4.5 years into this and still no bin Laden.  All the emphasis is on Iraq.  When did Iraq came into this picture?  It's the classic bait and switch tactic used by so many con men prior to Bush.
368734
no.  he is responsible for the USA's responseto the attack.
171650
Osama Bin Laden\nAyatollah Khomeni (sp?)\nMalcom X\nSaddam Hussain\nThe guy who piloted one of the planes into the WTC\n\n/notice any trend here?/
303542
I think he made fatal mistakes with Islam as he related it with terrorism. I believed that Islam encourage peaceful mind and hate wars.
687756
Osama bin Laden has from the late 1990's grown into becoming the most known terrorist leader from the Muslim world, even if no condemning evidence ever has been presented. Osama has however often called for fighting against what he perceives as corrupt leaders of the Muslim world, as well as fighting against powers like Israel and USA. Following several terrorist attacks in the 1990's, Osama has congratulated the perpetrators, at the same time as claiming that he is not involved.\nOsama is of Saudi Arabian origin, but his Saudi citizenship was revoked in 1994 as a reaction to his attempts to overthrow the regime of Saudi Arabia. Today it is believed that he lives in Kandahar in southern Afghanistan, under the protection by the Taliban regime of Kabul.\nIt is doubtful if Osama is involved in the details of the terrorist actions. From his base in Afghanistan, he has little contact with the rest of the world, and it likely that he his role is defining ideology, defining core goals and distributing funds for the many terrorist groups that work together with Osama's Al-Qa'ida.\nOsama's rhetorics are not different in many fields from what is rather common around the Muslim world. He condemns the corrupt regimes in many Muslim countries, and bases this upon facts that would be accepted even in Western countries. And he condemns USA and Israel strongly both for their Palestine policy as well as the US presence in the Persian Gulf. These are opinions shared by a majority of Muslims all over the world, and a growing part of the peoples in non-Muslim countries. But Osama goes further, and involves himself in violent actions around the world, especially in Muslim countries. This is a part of his policy that most Muslims will disagree with.\nOsama has few friends among the leaders of the Muslim world. Persons like Mu'ammar Gadhafi and Saddam Hussayn, who also have been accused of participation in international terrorism, are his definite enemies. \nPERSONALITY\nNo matter what one might think of Osama's policy, there is no reason to believe that he is anything but honest in his belief. That is one of the reasons why he has been able to get as far as he has. He has also a reputation of being deeply loyal to his closest men.\nOsama has been described as a charismatic and ascetic man enjoying few luxuries, and who is almost mechanically true to his principles.\nSome commentators have suggested that he is now gradually changing from this rather humble appearance in the 1990's, into a character that more aware of his influential position. This is deduced from a films showing a more ornamented clothing style and a less humble way of addressing his followers.\nFollowing attempts on his life in 1997, Osama has become more concerned about his own safety than before, and he now moves between 4 or 5 camps near Kandahar. This has resulted in a great suspicion towards anyone outside the group of his closest comrades. \n\nOrganization 1: MAK - MAKTABU L-KHIDAMAT\nOsama has been involved in establishing 2 very important organizations, MAK (Maktabu l-khidamat) in 1979 and Al-Qa'ida in 1988. While the purpose of these two were different — MAK was built to drive the Soviet troops out of Afghanistan — they are linked in the sense that Al-Qa'ida would never have come were it not for MAK.\nMAK was started by Osama together with the leader of the Palestinian Muslim Brotherhood, Abdallah Azzam.\nWith MAK, Osama was able to recruit troops from all over the Arab world, but especially from Saudi Arabia, Algeria and Egypt. More than 10,000 are believed to have been training by MAK, and then participated in the warfare against the Soviet Union. Large number of the MAK troops lost their lives in the war, but the survivors came through as exceptionally skilled soldiers.\n There have been many suggestions that MAK received both funds and training from CIA (the main intelligence organization of USA) — this has never been offic
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Well, we didn't find Osama bin Laden.  We bombed a lot of innocent Afghanis to death.  We got rid of the Taliban as the official leaders - they were very religious and repressive (especially against women).  That gave women more freedom, like the opportunity to go to school and work.  But it also opened up Afghanistan to the heroin growers and shippers that the Taliban had put out of business - most of the US heroin supply now comes from Afghanistan.
551641
None. It’s not his decision or his right, or that on anyone else's with a God complex.  He's a wealthy Saudi man who didn't fit in.  No one appointed him the representative of anyone.  The only way I could see him able to avenge anyone is the people who chose to follow him.  Most of these people I consider zealots and bigots who should be stopped (sort of like the Klu Klux Klan or the Spanish Inquisition), so I don’t see avenging their captures or deaths as a legitimate act.  I do see that some Arabs and Muslims have real reasons to be upset, but I don’t see how Bin Laden is their “avenger.”  I think that people who don't directly target civilians or support regimes like the Taliban who so grievously harm their civilians would be the best people to represent those civilians.  I also think it should be people from that group: rich Saudi men with tremendous advantages who still couldn't make a positive difference on his co-citizens' lives in his own country need not apply.
535472
i don't think osama will be caught !! he rather commit suicide than being captured. also the western countries will not be eager to catch him as if he's caught, there's no other main culprit to blame on.
1010124
It is true that the US and bin Laden were on the same side once, when we both were trying to stop Soviet expansion into Central Asia.\n\nThose days were long ago.  Al Queada then changed to lusting over the murder of women and children.  We could not follow them in that direction.\n\nIf you child becomes a mass murderer, does that mean you should be a murderer too?
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This is very simple. President Bush need some body like Osama to be alive and hiding to get a cause to attack any country.