by Alvinbeo

Created on: August 29, 2009

Al-Qaeda is a global Muslim extremist organization which is striving towards the "talibanization" of the whole world. Which means that through terrorism in the name of jihad (the Muslim Holy War) aims to put the whole world under the strictest form of the Shariah Law in the form of a Caliphate. Al Qaeda came to be known so well as it is now globally due to the bold and massive attacks using hijacked conventional passenger airplanes to crash and effectively destroy the World Trade Center Twin Towers in New York City in 9th September 2001. Since then, the United States of America, as well as the whole world in general have been making huge efforts to curtail and eradicate the terrorist activities by Al-Qaeda or its affiliates. The global anti terrorism efforts that have been enacted since that fateful attack ranges from the beefing up of the securities in the airports (for example the prohibition of sharp metal objects and liquids on board) to the US led War on Terrorism, which is still going on right now. Fast forward 8 years to the present, the big question being asked is that is Al-Qaeda getting stronger after the implementation of the aforementioned global terrorism efforts? In my opinion, I do agree to an extent that instead of getting weaker, the presence of global efforts to curtail terrorism seems to strengthen Al-Qaeda's resolve and as an organization rather than discouraging and curtailing their efforts. In the following paragraphs, we are going to delve into the various reasons why.

First and foremost, we could see that the global crackdown on terrorism, while it is being carried out in the whole world, is not really tackling the roots of the problem, which of course have been embedded so solidly to be plucked out just like that. The appropriate analogy that can be used to describe the global anti terrorism efforts is just like trying to get rid of a very huge tree just by plucking the leaves out without touching the roots which are of course much tougher to remove as they are so deeply entrenched into the soil. Even with the beefing up of the securities worldwide, captures of terrorist suspects around the world, it still does not solve the problems as the figures being captured are just those who carry out the attacks for Al-Qaeda or any other organizations affiliated to them. Just like in the game of chess, it would not do a substantial damage by just capturing the small-time pawns. These "pawns" of Al-Qaeda have little use other than overcrowding

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