Causes Of The 9/11 Attacks

The attacks of September 11th, 2001 were one of the most devastating events that happened in U.S history. An Islamic terrorist organization, Al Qaeda, headed by a expelled Saudi nationalist Osama bin Laden, directed four airplanes to deliberately crash into New York City’s World Trade Center ,the Pentagon outside Washington, DC , and in rural Pennsylvania causing the death of over three thousand innocent civilians and injuring over six thousand. Osama Bin Laden stated that the attack was in response to America’s support of Israel and the U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia. 9/11 resulted in an almost immediate and continuous increase in security procedures both in the United States and worldwide wherever a large gathering of people occurred. In addition,
in an effort to increase security, individual rights were curtailed, including a reduction in the overall effectiveness of the Fourth Amendment to the Unites States Constitution. Because of 9/11, many aspects of America have changed, which resulted in a change in U.S. citizens’ attitude of the U.S. government and concerns about safety and privacy.
In 1990, the U.S.
sent troops to Saudi Arabia in preparation of the gulf war. After the war, the troops remained for Operation Southern Watch. A great number of Muslims were angered by the presence of the U.S. troops because Saudi Arabia holds some of the most important holy sites to the Muslim religion. This is believed to be a major cause of the attacks on 9/11, reported so by Osama bin laden in his “Letter to America”. He also claimed a reason for the attacks on 9/11 was U.S’s support of Israel. The support lead to Israel’s invasion of southern Lebanon in 1982, which Furthered Osama Bin Laden’s hatred of
America.
After 9/11, George w Bush enacted the patriot act, its full title: Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism. The act’s purpose is to establish new penalties against national and international terrorists and to find and detain them. It allows federal officials higher authority in tracking communications coming outside and inside the United States and between U.S. citizens. The U.S. government also allowed the NSA greater access to track and record information of U.S. citizens without providing a warrant. The U.S. invaded Afghanistan and are still currently stationed there.
According to multiple PEW surveys, trust in the government started to fall after 9/11.
Concerns of and further decreased in 2013, when leaks of information of the NSA spying and disturbing privacy of U.S. citizens became publicly known. The NSA’s acts go against the fourth amendment, thus showing the amendment is no longer in full effect, causing citizens to believe the amendment will soon be completely repealed removing the remaining privacy citizens have and further violate their rights. A great number of the general public disapprove of the government collecting data on U.S. citizens. On October 7, 2001, the United States invaded Afghanistan in retaliation of the 9/11 attacks. Since 2001, there have been over two thousand deaths of American soldiers as a result of the war and over two hundred thousand injured. It is estimated more than twenty six hundred Afghanistan civilians have died as a result of the ongoing war. American citizens now view

9/11 was one of the most devastating days in American history. The effects that it had on American and the American people are long lasting and ongoing. The level of security breeching has been rising and public outrage of new leaked information of the government collecting data on U.S. citizens is still currently happening. The ongoing war and continuous casualties needs cease. New ways of protecting America and preventing terrorist attacks that doesn’t include violating privacy and the rights of the American public need to be
enforced and replace the current techniques.