WHAT IF OASAmA BIN LADEN WAS NEVER KILLED?

WHY WAS OSAMA BIN LADEN KILLED?

• Bin laden was responsible for countless terrorist attacks on the United States
• He was the leader and of a big terrorist group called Al Qaeda
• September 11, 2001 was one of the biggest and well known attacks, where planes were hijacked, and crashed into United States monuments.

THE NIGHT OF BIN LADENS DEATH

• Osama was at one of his compounds, called the Abbottabad compound
• On May 2, 2011, U.S. Seals raided the compound, then shot and killed Osama bin Laden
• Bin Laden was then buried at the South Arabian Sea

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ALTERNATE ENDING

• When the U.S. Seals started preparing to raid the compound, a seal told bin Laden about the plan, because he was working with Osama bin Laden.
• When bin Laden received the news, he headed to a new location somewhere else in Pakistan.
• Bin laden set up bombs in the Abbottabad compound
• When the U.S. Seals raided the compound, the bombs went off and they all died.
• The navy seal that was working for bin Laden was never discovered.

Timeline

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES

• Interactions between the United States and Pakistan, Iraq, and Afghanistan will get worse and worse.
• The United States might stop buying oil and gasoline from Saudi Arabia, and stop all trade with them all together, and an embargo would occur.

CULTURAL CHANGES

• Interactions between Americans and people of the muslim faith would be more hostile.
• Terrorist groups wild grow stronger in America.

POLITICAL CHANGES

• There would be a political conflict between the country of Pakistan and the Al Qaeda group.
• Al Qaeda would want to control their own land, so they would fight the country for it.
• Al Qaeda will win the war for land, and they will get bigger than ever, and will become a structured society.

ECONOMIC CHANGES

• Bin Laden will be able to continue to supply Al Qaeda with his finances.
• Al Qaeda will become an economically strong organization, and will have a powerful army and advanced weapons.

SOCIAL CHANGES

• Gender roles would stay the same because it is part of the Islamic religion.
• Religion is forced on people in Pakistan by Al Qaeda

SOURCES

• pbs.org
• bbe.org
• oxfordislamicstudies.com
• history.com
• bigraphy.com