How would al-Qaeda have been affected if the Taliban had not supported it? It would not have had Osama bin Laden as its leader. It would not have developed a strong base in Afghanistan. It would not have been motivated to attack the United States. It would not have had the funding to commit terrorist attacks.

Texas’ gulf coastal plains are the western extension of the coastal plain extending from the atlantic ocean to beyond the rio grande. its characteristic rolling to hilly surface covered with a heavy growth of pine and hardwoods extends into east texas. in the increasingly arid west, however, its forests become secondary in nature, consisting largely of post oaks and, farther west, prairies and brushlands.