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    The Semiramis Hotel Bombing was perpetrated by the Haganah in Jerusalem between 1947and 1948 when there was a civil war in Mandatory Palestine. After the Semiramis hotel was suspected to be an Arab‚ headquarter the Haganah placed a bomb and as a consequence‚ twenty-four people lost their lives and several injured. Referring to the Associated Press‚ the hotel was attacked because it was considered important to the Arabs gangs. It was from the Semiramis hotel where rifles were dispersed to the outskirts

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    number of casualties for both sides. Due to these factors‚ the U.S. should have dropped the bomb on Japan to save lives on both sides. Some people believe the bombing of Hiroshima was unnecessary. They claim that Japan was on the edge of surrendering‚ therefore the United States had no right to bomb the Japanese. Many feel that the bombing was unjust due to the amount of civilians that were either killed or injured. One year after the atomic bomb hit Hiroshima‚ the death toll stood at 70‚000 from

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    Pearl Harbor Bombing Pearl Harbor took place on December 7th‚ 1941. Japan had surprised the United States when they attacked one of our military bases in Pearl Harbor‚ Hawaii. They had attacked the US without warning. The Japanese had destroyed 21 American ships and almost 350 aircraft. They had attacked Pearl Harbor around 7:55 on a Sunday. The Japanese Commander yelled out “tora‚ tora‚ tora!” (“tiger‚ tiger‚ tiger!”) Which means they caught the Americans by surprise. The United States declared

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    with the Enola Gay‚ dropped two atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on the 6ht and 9th of august 945. This was after the attack on pearl habour‚ December 7th 1941. Evidently‚ this has opened many debates arguing whether the bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima was justified. Np‚ it was not. The USA responded unnecessarily and brutally. The two atomic bombs caused mass destruction to buildings‚ homes‚ roofs‚ and vast land. Along with that‚ 93 000 people died in Hiroshima. Out

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    Birmingham Bombing On 16th street Baptist church a bomb went of. The church collapsed and four people were killed‚ under the name of Tomas Edwin Blanton‚ Jr.‚ Robert Edward Chambliss‚ Bobby Frank Cher‚ and Herman Frank Chach. When these people were killed‚ they were near the stairs of the church. This was where the dynamite was located. An Anonymous person called and said “5 min”. Less than 1 minute later the dynamite blew up. The Bomb went off at 10:22 AM. The explosion was so big that the 4 people

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    As World War II raged on‚ the U.S. began to devise ways that could perhaps conclude the war quickly before it carried on anymore. Surrendering was not something Japan would do‚ they informed the countries involved in the war on this and would fight till the finish to defend their region of the Pacific. The U.S. chose to use the atomic bomb against Japan in hopes of ending the war swiftly and obtaining ultimate power over post-war decisions. They failed to realize the consequences that would follow

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    On April 15th 2013 the unexpected happened near the finish line of the Boston Marathon. Two improvised explosive devices (IEDs) where detonated‚ at the feet of the spectators while they were cheering on the runners‚ in an interval of just seconds and a distance of approximately 200 feet. Three victims were pronounced dead on scene and there were close to three-hundred injured. Luckily the Boston marathon was highly equipped and prepared for the worst and had a lot of first responders and medical

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    Cassidy AP Language Speech Analysis One of the top 100 speeches of all time was said by Bill Clinton‚ when he was addressing the memorial of the Oklahoma Bombing. This was said in 1995 when tragedy struck the lives of hundreds. Innocent women‚ men‚ and children were murdered for no apparent reason‚ and people needed someone to turn to. This person was Bill Clinton‚ he responded in ways of composure and emotion that just added to his already powerful speech; he addressed the issues the correct

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    of the terrible news that 3‚500 of your comrades are dead. Pearl Harbor is a gigantic naval station located just off the coast of Honolulu‚ Hawaii‚ that had to suffer this feight that came by and surprised everyone. The life changing event of the bombing of Pearl Harbor surprised our nation with this attack and would start some very rough years ahead for our country. First‚ even though Pearl harbor is remembered for being bombed it is known for much more back then and today. Today‚ Pearl Harbor serves

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    VIETNAM NAPALM BOMBING In this essay I am going to be writing about the Vietnam Napalm bombing‚ which took place in 1972. I will be discussing the history of the world famous picture taken by Nick Ut and what the picture represents. I will also be talking about how and why this picture is was so influential in the way people saw the Vietnam War. The picture was taken in the middle of the action. It’s quite amazing how Ut managed to capture this monumental photograph. It is almost as if you as the

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