States has faced threats of terrorism from many different groups: the communists during the 20th century (primarily the Soviet Union and their spreading influence)‚ various Islamic extremist group that usually have been based in the Middle East (al Qaeda‚ the Muslim Brotherhood) and
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Considering all of the other mistakes that were being made‚ it is a certainty the historic value of the area was down played greatly. Identified by Fleri‚ al et (2003) the Shahi Kot valley was one of the places that the Afghanis were able to hold off the Soviets in 1980. When dealing with a people of faith‚ knowing that at one time they were able to hold off such a formidable opponent would motivate them
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Drug Trafficking and terrorism In the United States 1 Drug trafficking is financing terrorism in our nation ‚ drug trafficking is no longer a social and criminal ill but a trade that funds organized crime‚ terrorism and other security threats. . Some might find it to be a long shot ‚how drug trafficking and embassy bombings ( or even 9/11 ) are related .Money serves as the largest contributor to the advancement of terror organizations .Unlike
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short time later at 8:13 am the American Airline flight 11 got hijacked by the five Al Qaeda agents. While President Bush was on his way to an elementary school the north tower of the World Trade Center had been hit by flight 11. By 9 o’clock according to Mr. Barlett‚ White House communications director‚ President Bush had been informed. As he entered the classroom United flight 175‚ also got hijacked by Al Qaeda‚ and collided into the second tower.[2] As the airplanes crashed one by one into
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the usage of such frameworks had a great part of the time—e.g.‚ in the round of questioning of Khalid Sheik Muhammad‚ the attested main thrust of the September 11 plot—yielded beneficial information on the organization‚ schedules‚ and game plans of al-Qaeda and other terrorist
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Can America win the war on terror? Just to comment briefly on the question‚ America’s war on terror is a highly simplistic characterisation of something so complex. Saying war can be easily waged against terror makes it seem as if it can be easily won. America’s war on terror is like waging a war on littering or waging a war against racism (which still goes on in the US and most parts of the world) . It cannot be fully won but it can be controlled to an extent. If the US aims to win this war
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important historical events in world history. It sparked a mass awakening across the world and its impact will be felt for many years to come. There has been much debate as to how it happened‚ who is responsible‚ and why. On September 11‚ 2001‚ 19 al-Qaeda terrorist hijacked four commercial passenger jet airliners. The hijackers intentionally crashed two of the airliners into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City‚ killing everyone on board and many others working in the buildings
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referred to as September 11‚ September 11th‚ or 9/11. This accident was a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks launched by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda upon the United States in New York City and the Washington‚ D.C. areas on September 11‚ 2001. That morning‚ 19 militants associated with the Islamic extremist group al-Qaeda hijacked four airliners and carried out suicide attacks against targets in the United States. Two of the planes were flown into the towers of the World Trade Center
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Survivor What is the lone survivor? Most of us know it know it as a movie that is based on a true story and that’s it. But the Lone Survivor tells the incredible tale of four Navy Seal members tasked on a covert mission to neutralize a high-level al-Qaeda. The mission is operation Red Wings‚ tasked with overlooking a village and try and capture or kill a highly dangerous Taliban member that was in links with another dangerous Taliban member Osama bin laden. Faced with an impossible moral decision
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involved in as many wars‚ more so in the middle east. Matthew Green‚ a journalist for KQED news wrote‚ “We deported half the number of people we do today. Our surveillance state was a fraction of its current size.” After 9/11 the U.S went to war with Al qaeda and was involved with many other wars in the middle east as well. The increase in war only counts to the death toll caused by 9/11. After America’s safety in airports was violated‚ the country changed their security. Before 9/11 the airport let people
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