Understanding The Taliban

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Understanding The Taliban

• Caitlyn P
• October, 2001

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Heres An Analogy That Could Help Us Understand
The Taliban

• TalibanIslam___Christianity

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The KKK

• The Taliban and the KKK are the same because
• They are intolerant to anybody or anything that
  is different than them.
  
• They distort the main rules of their religion.
• They hate others within their religion.

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The Taliban Give Women NO Rights

• Women cant work or go to school.
• Women have to be covered head to foot, only their
  eyes can show.
  
• Women arent allowed outside without a male
  relative.
  
• Women have to do whatever men say.
• Rape is common.

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Dont You Feel Lucky?

• Here is a comparison between American Women and
  Afghan Women
  
• On the left is Katie Harmon, Miss America,
  wearing the swimsuit she chose for the
  competition. On the right is a typical Afghan
  girl, wearing the heavy smothering burqua as
  required by the oppressive Taliban regime.
• Miss America would have been stoned to death if
  caught in even jeans and a T-shirt in Afghanistan.

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Why Are Women So Oppressed

• Islam teaches that women should be covered. up,
  but Taliban take it to the extreme.
  
• Taliban is run by men.
• Very old ideas.
• Women dont do anything to fight back, since they
  will be killed.

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How the Taliban Came to Power

• Russians fought rebels (the beginnings of the
  Taliban) in the 1980s, but lost.
  
• Taliban rule Afghanistan.
• Taliban occupy 85 of Afghanistan, all but its
  northeastern corner.
  
• Not official government of Afghanistan.

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Map of Afghanistan
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The Taliban Take Over

• Had people join because Taliban told them that
  America was at fault for all of their problems,
  since they live bad lives.
  
• People are uneducated and didnt know any
  better.
  
• Used guerilla warfare to beat Russians.
• Saudi Arabia helped bring Taliban in, since they
  didnt like Russia.
  
• America did nothing.

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Leader of the Taliban Osama bin Laden

• From extremely wealthy Saudi Arabian family.
• Hates America.
• Formed camps all over the world to train
  terrorists.
  
• Group is called Al Queda.
• Taliban is main section of Al Queda.

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Why Does He Hate Us So Much???

• They dont like how liberal we are.
• Our government is not run on a religion.
• He feels that we support Israel, not
  Palestinians.
  
• Taliban despise the rights we give women.
• They are jealous because we are such a rich,
  powerful country.
  
• We dont like their way of thinking.
• Does not feel that non-Muslims should occupy
  Muslim Holy Land (Mecca and Medina in Saudi
  Arabia).

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Advisors

• Bin Laden has as many as 50 close advisors.
• There is an Egyptian doctor who is largely
  responsible for planning attacks.
  

Egyptian Doctor
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The Talibans Way of Thinking

• Feel that all of their actions are justified by
  Islam.
  
• MARTYERS
• They believe that if they die for their religion,
  theyll become saints and be regarded as heroes.

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U.S. Embassy Bombing in Kenya and Tanzania

• Kills nearly 300.
• 1998.
• In Africa.
• Many Muslims occupy Africa.
• Africa houses many Al Qaida camps.
• Taliban are in some areas.

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U.S.S. Cole Bombing

• October 12, 2000.
• Yemen (heavily Muslim country in mid-east).
• While refueling.
• Terrorists came up to the ship in an inflatable
  raft, and blew it up.
  
• Left a gaping hole in the side of the USS Cole.

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Attacks on World Trade Center and Pentagon

• September 11, 2001.
• Planes flew into middle of towers.
• Collapsed.
• Death toll estimated at 4,000.
• Side of Pentagon caught on fire.
• Another plane that crashed in Pennsylvania,
  supposedly headed towards D.C.

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Mistakes of Past Conflicts in the Mid-East

• GULF WAR
• We won, and knew where Sadam Hussein was, but we
  didnt capture him
  
• We didnt patch up our relationships with Iraq
  and Iran

• AFGHANISTAN
• We let Taliban take over Afghanistan since, at
  the time, we had bad relations with Russia
  
• We didnt keep a good eye on Taliban movements
• We didnt take some of their threats seriously

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Proclaim a Holy War Against America

• Since the attacks occurred, America has
  retaliated using bombs, and now, the Taliban are
  calling our actions hatred toward Islam.
  
• They are saying this because they want the rest
  of the Muslim world to terrorize America
  
• Taliban are weak, and without help from the other
  1.6 billion Muslims in the world, they would
  surely lose a war.