Muslim americans and U.S. intervention in Afghanistan 2001
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2013
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university of Oum-El-Bouaghi
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This Mémoire analyzes american intervention in afghanistan in the aftermath 9/11 attacks. By focusing on a number of issues, it attempts to show how the USA justified its intervention and war on afghanistan. More specifically, this work handles the issue of terrorism and its impact on american relations with the muslim countries. In this, the role of the american media is emphasized since it creates and fosters stereotypes about muslims. Accordingly, this thesis sheds the light on the influence of the american media on public opinion and its perceptions of the muslim World. Based on this, the thesis sees that US public opinion is an important element in the making of american foreign policy through providing support for leaders and policy-makers. Americans in general supported american intervention in Afghanistan but many criticized it too. This is particularly true about muslim-americans who saw it as an illegal war and consequently opposed.
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Musulmans : (Afghanistan) : (2001), Attentat : (11 septembre 2001) : war Afghanistan