Terrorist seeks revenge
http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/24/world/africa/al-shabaab-leader/index.html?hpt=iaf_c2
Tuesday September 2, 2014
In yesterdays news, after the first initial report published last year that came out of a Kenyon mall. A terrorist group by the name of Al-Shabaab and its leader were the hub of the problem. He is heartless when it comes toward opponents, too secretive and a true believer in global jihad. The issue discussed is that Mukhtar Abu Zubayr the emir of Al-Shabaab was hiding out in southern Somalia and has planned numerous terror attacks that includes the most deadliest in Kenya since the U.S Embassy bombing in 1998. This issue is important because Zubayr has a 15 terror resume and the U.S State Department has offered 7 million for his whereabouts. The authors of this article by the names of Tim Lister and Paul Cruickshank key words to describing the situation that Al-Shabaab is presenting is that he “is ruthlessly eliminating real and imagined rivals” within the group.
The tone that the authors give is that they are very cautious of what Zubayr will do next. My impression that I get from the words/tone used for this article would be hopeful. The reason that I say hopeful is that even though the problem may be difficult to face in the present. I am hopeful that whatever circumstance comes along that the results will be justified.
The source of the story I chose is CNN. I chose CNN because there topics are so current in today’s society. I also like how CNN goes in depth with breaking to even past headlines and explains thoroughly what’s happening in the world. I agree that the source negatively impacts the choice of words/ tone used? I say this because mostly if all of the article talks about the different terrorist attacks that is happening in Africa. Zubayr has already directed 2 suicide bombings against bars in Kampala, Uganda, in 2010, and last year’s Westgate mall siege in Nairobi, Kenya. When the Uganda attacks were over which killed over 70 people, Zubayr warned : “What happened in Kampala is just the beginning”.
My personal thoughts about the issue discussed and the tone is that from reading the article it is very explicit and cruel what a group of terrorists can really do. The tone just alone makes it hard for a man like Zubayr can just kill innocent people for no apparent reason. I think people like him should either be in prison for life or receive the death penalty for their actions. Africa is a beautiful country but with history of crime that is far worse than the United States crime violence rate. In order for this world to be in better place we need to end violence such like this in Somalia. People will only continue what they want to do if you let this crime continue.
