Operation Neptune Spear The culmination for the hunt of Osama Osama bin Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden , the founder of Al-Qaeda was one of the most dangerous men on earth. He claimed responsibility for September 11 attacks in the US. Listen to Osama talk about the 9/11 attacks Al-Qaeda An Arabic word meaning “The Base” is a global militant Islamist organization. Al-Qaeda ideologues envision a complete break from all foreign influences in Muslim countries. Al-Qaeda leaders regard liberal Muslims, Shias, Sufis and other sects as heretics. Symbol of Al-Qaeda Born to a bin Laden family of a billionaire in Saudi Arabia, the 6’4 Al-Qaeda leader was the 17 th child out of 54 children of Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden, who had more than 10 wives. Despite being a billionaire’s son, Osama was against the US and Saudi Arabia relations. He was deeply religious, fought against USSR with the Mujahideens and later on fought against US. Listen to the first
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Drones as I understand them Reading through the pages of the TIME magazine, I spotted an article on drones. Not just army drones but even on the commercial drones telling us the use of drones in the daily lives of the people. A few links to interesting videos about drones are http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riSE9GrYNEM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXgGCH36fzM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0vhTLBC1OI Aerial Vehicles (UAV) aka drones are dated back during the 1916, where the first unmanned vehicle, “Aerial Target” was made for target practice. In 1944, the American Navy tried to adapt B-24 Liberators [1] under human control as Project Anvil, but it turned out to be a failure and it claimed the life of Joseph Kennedy [2] , brother of President Kennedy. The remotely controlled B-24 needed soldiers for take off and take them to around 2000m altitude and activate the detonator. The pilots would then parachute down and the aircraft would continue on to Germany whi