Now in 1995‚ investigators found that Usama Bin Laden had been in charge of the 1993 attack. Once the news was released about this information‚ the country of Sudan came to the United States telling us that they could get us Usama Bin Laden if we wanted to press charges against him. Bill Clinton was reported as saying "Usama Bin Laden is not a threat to the United States." He was reported saying this in the year 1995‚ after he found out that Bin Laden was responsible for the acts. However‚ Clinton
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United States no good. Afghanistan is a poor nation which lacks any real targets. To destroy their nation would be to destroy the little they have. This would set them back even further than they already are. There are merely individuals‚ namely Osama bin Ladin‚ who are being targeted by the United States. Bombing part of Afghanistan‚ would not do anything against these individual men. Also‚ simply bombing the enemy would cause more nations to rally against the United States. Many nations already despise
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behind his decisions shortly after the event later criticized him for his insignificant misjudgments in dealing with the war on terrorism. When Bush made a movement for retaliation against Osama Bin Laden and Al Qaeda‚ US citizens united with a fierce sense of nationalism and a thirst for vengeance. Osama Bin Laden and Al Qaeda were pegged as enemies to the United States. Bush didn’t need any proof that they were responsible for 9/11 and he didn’t give it to the Taliban when they demanded it. (Phillips)
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9/11 was not just terrible for the people involved and their families‚ but for everyone in the United States. 9/11 was the day when a group called al-Qaeda made a plan to bomb multiple buildings in the New York area because they felt that the Christian-Jewish alliance was trying to destroy Islam. The group said they were motivated by religious
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The Algebra of Infinite Justice by Arundhati Roy The Progressive magazine‚ December 2001 It must be hard for ordinary Americans‚ so recently bereaved‚ to look up at the world with their eyes full of tears and encounter what might appear to them to be indifference. It isn’t indifference. It’s just augury. An absence of surprise. The tired wisdom of knowing that what goes around eventually comes around. The American people ought to know that it is not them‚ but their government’s policies‚
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(the US military headquarters) in Arlington‚ Virginia. The final plane crashed in Shanks Ville‚ Pennsylvania. Both articles agreed that exactly 19 terrorists hijacked the 4 planes; and that the attack was made by Al Qaeda‚ which was led by Osama bin Laden. An over-all of 2‚996 people were killed in the 9/11 attacks‚ including the 19 terrorist hijackers of the four airplanes. At the World Trade Center‚ 2‚763 died after the
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after 9/11 all air traffic was suspended in America‚ yet Bin Laden and his family were given clearance to fly out of the country for no specific reason. There were no replies from Bush to these accusations as he just allowed them to do this for no reason. Also‚ he released a report where he blacked out his colleague’s name for no reason regarding national security. But‚ it was likely to benefit his colleague and not shame him and his family for desertion. Which is him abusing his powers as president
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base"‚ was created in 1989 as Soviet forces withdrew from Afghanistan and Osama Bin Laden and his colleagues began looking for new jihads. The organisation grew out of the network of Arab volunteers who had gone to Afghanistan in the 1980s to fight under the banner of Islam against Soviet Communism. During the anti-Soviet jihad Bin Laden and his fighters received American and Saudi funding. Some analysts believe Bin Laden himself had security training from the CIA. The "Arab Afghans"‚ as they became
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References: 2. Tan‚ A. (2006). The politics of terrorism. London ; New York : Routledge. 3. Coleman‚W.‚& Perrin‚ P. (2006). Osama Bin Laden. Farmington Hills‚ MI : Greenhaven Press. 4. Katona‚ P.‚ Intriligator‚ M.‚& Sullivan‚ J. (2006). Countering terrorism and WMD : creating a global counter-terrorism network. London ; New York : Routledge. 5. Pedahzur‚ A. (2006). Root causes of suicide
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will never forget. 19 terrorist boarded a total of four different passenger airliners with the goal of causing havoc in the United States of America. Al-Qaeda was quickly deemed the culprit‚ and in 2004 after years of denying any involvement; Osama Bin Laden the leader of al-Qaeda claimed responsibility for the attacks. President George W. Bush correlated with other countries to fight what would be known as the The Global war on Terrorism. This campaign was America’s response to the attacks‚ and its
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