3‚000 people were killed in the towers‚ including 343 fire fighters‚ 23 police officers‚ and 37 Port Authority police officers. 10‚000 people were treated from injuries and many were severe. 19 militants associated with the Islamic extremist group al-Qaeda were evicted and the leader of the group‚ Osama bins Laden‚ who was killed on May 2‚ 2011. How could this terrible thing even ever happen? For this to happen is like the chances for me to win the lottery. How wasn’t the US military or air force
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The speech given by President George W. Bush on September 20 2001 in regards to the attack of September 11 2001 was strong and powerful. President Bush addressed what happened‚ as well as addressing Americas actions in response to it. He made it clear as to who caused the attacks and his plan on how we would respond. President Bush made it known that America is no stranger to war. We know it all too well. However he stated that‚ " Americans know wars on forgien soil‚ except for one Sunday in 1941
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prohibition good or bad? "The reign of tears is over. The slums will soon be a memory. We will turn our prisons into factories and our jails into storehouses and corncribs. Men will walk upright now‚ women will smile and children will laugh. Hell will be forever for rent." words spoken by Billy Sunday‚ beginning of the prohibition law. I believe‚ prohibition was a very poor choice that the government made for the country; One because people who owned breweries‚ distilleries‚ and saloons lost
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Pentagon. The unexpected attack stunned americans everywhere and sent them into a feeling of confusion and want for those responsible to be punished. After investigation‚ it was discovered that those responsible were members of the terrorist organization al-Qaeda led by Osama bin Laden (History). The terrorists did these horrific attacks on the twin towers and the pentagon out of hatred of America. The fact that the attacks were done for essentially no reason brought out fear in Americans as they felt
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commendable contribution. It is an important topic of EDS. Members are requested to add their Notes as well. ABU AL-QASIM AL-ZAHRAWI (936-1013 C.E.) Abul Qasim Khalaf ibn al-Abbas al-Zahrawi (known in the west as Abulcasis) was born in 936 C.E. in Zahra in the neighbourhood of Cordova. He became one of the most renowned surgeons of the Muslim era and was physician to King Al-Hakam-II of Spain. After a long medical career‚ rich with significant original contribution‚ he died in 1013 C
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The War in Afghanistan and its Aftermath Your name Course name Instructor’s name Institution’s name Date of submission The War in Afghanistan and its Aftermath Introduction The war in Afghanistan has deep-rooted historical causes and aftermaths that are hard to assume or ignore when analyzing it. The war began officially during the Cold war era when Russia and the entire Soviet Union were not in unity with the US and friendly nations. Considering the closeness to Afghanistan‚ the Soviet
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Aljaferia Palace was built during the second part of the 11th century in the Moorish independent Muslim state called the Taifa of Zaragoza‚ present day Zaragoza‚ Spain. It was built to be the residence of the Banu Hud dynasty during the era of Abu Jaffar Al-Muqtadir after abolishing Banu Tujibi of Kindah
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victims‚ but all the people of United States of America. The tragic losses will forever haunt the mind of who ever lived to witness this heartbreaking event. On the Tuesday morning of September 11th‚ 2001‚ 19 terrorists from the Islamist militant group al-Qaeda hijacked four passenger jets. The hijackers intentionally flew two of those planes‚ American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175‚ into the North and South towers of the World Trade Center complex in New York City; both towers collapsed
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18 May. 2011 Osama Bin Laden Throughout my research of Osama Bin Laden death I have found out how each news channels supports or doesn’t support the fact that he is dead. I learned how these news channels have projected the subject and how they dealt with it. I got to see how each news reporter took in this information and how they felt about it. Many of these news clips that I watched were very similar but they were all also able to point out their differences on how they felt about Osama death
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The situation in the Middle East is a stark one. Terrorists groups have been appearing since the turn of the century and wreaking havoc across countries in the Middle East. Innocents are dying and the governments of the Middle East are becoming corrupted by the influence of radical jihadists. Since 9/11 the United States has truly taken it upon itself to put a stop to the spread of this terrorism (Bergen and Tiedemann 12-18). Today the United States’ weapon of choice against terrorists is the
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