Why did the terrorist attacks of 2001 and the ones before happen?

Why did the terrorist attacks of 2001 and the ones before happen?
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Terrorism has been defined as the carefully planned use of force in a violent and intimidating way against masses of people. Terrorism coerces governments to concede to political and ideological demands. It attracts publicity and media attention, destabilizes polity and causes serious damages to the economy (Krieger and Meieerricks 4).Terrorists targeted the US on September 11, 2001, the Khobar towers complex near a US military base in Saudi Arabia1996 bombing of, Kenya and Tanzania’s US embassies in 1998 by Alqaeda terrorists and USS Cole in the Persian Gulf in 2000 by Alqaeda (Kondrasuk and Pamplin 645). Subsequent attacks have followed in Casablanca, Istanbul, Riyadh, Madrid, London and Mumbai among other places. These multiple attacks have resulted in the need to better understand the causes of terrorism (Pilat 171). An understanding of the why the attacks happened is essential in determining counterterrorism measures.
Terrorism is a complex phenomenon that may not be explained on the basis of a single cause or a set of causes. Many construe that poverty, socio-economic, political and psychological factors are linked to terrorism. They indicate that terrorists may be ‘madmen’ with psychological predispositions for terror and that religious fanaticism, political discontent, alienation and marginalization may be the causes of terrorism. However, there is no empirical evidence to support such claims. They also cite national and international structural inequalities although they are inadequate to explain and predict terrorist attacks (Pilat).
Globalization, modernization and socioeconomic and cultural disruptions may be exploited by terrorists but they are insufficient in explaining the occurrence of terrorism (Pilat 173). In as much as these factors may not adequately explain why terrorist attacks happen, there is a strong correlation between them and terrorism. This paper outlines the conditions that may determine terrorism. These conditions include economic deprivation, socio-economic and demographic strain, political and institutional instability, identity and cultural strain, and global and political order (Pilat 9). It also illustrates that the the more direct reason why terrorists in particular Al qaeda attacked the US was because the CIA was ineffective in its prediction about terrorism. It failed to predict that Al qaeda was radicalising people against the west, that the imminent threat was real and that Al Qaeda had enough capacity and resources to attack the US.
Discrepancy between individuals that arises from relative deprivation of resources in the economic distributive processes has been linked to terrorism (Krieger and Meieerricks). Poor economic structures stimulate frustration among the deprived and it increases the possibility of violence. Countries that produce terro...