targets. Thousands of people died as the towers fell. It all happened Tuesday morning‚ September 11‚ 2001. Al-Qaeda‚ an Islamist militant group‚ was responsible for this brutal terrorist attack. It forced the United States to restructure the architecture of its own government in order to properly respond to a new terrorist threat. The US government had to consolidate “22 government agencies involving 180‚000 employees‚ for the purpose of‚ as President George W. Bush stated‚ ‘ensuring that our efforts
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scenarios where threats are present‚ or action may be required. The plan stated in its publication to “Build a safer‚ more secure‚ and more resilient America by preventing‚ deterring‚ neutralizing‚ or mitigating the effects of deliberate efforts by terrorists to destroy‚ incapacitate‚ or exploit elements of our Nation’s CIKR‚ and to strengthen national preparedness‚ timely response‚ and rapid recovery of CIKR in the event of an attack‚ natural disaster‚ or other emergency.” Critical infrastructure must
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Introduction Prison radicalization is not new to the penal system. The prison environment is an ideal and convenient place for radical religious beliefs and extremist ideas. Yet over the years‚ prison radicalization has evolved into what seems to be an uncontrollable epidemic among a specific group of inmates. Prison radicalization threatens the mechanism society uses to contain its worse of the worse and has the potential to spread beyond prison walls. Radical views and extremists beliefs have
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The Evolution of Al-Qaeda leading up to ISIS: The New Face of Terror Abstract In this paper‚ I will focus on the evolution and current status of the al-Qaeda terrorist organization leading up to one of its more recent franchises which is known most frequently by any of three names– the Islamic States in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) or the Islamic States of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) or the Islamic States (IS) – and is more brutal than the previous versions of al-Qaeda that the world has known. After three
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Terrorism in West Africa‚ Boko Haram’s Evolution‚ Strategy and Affiliations Terrorism in West Africa‚ Boko Haram’s Evolution‚ Strategy and Affiliations Introduction Since the emergence of Boko-Haram as a significant local terrorist group in the West African state of Nigeria‚ its operational reach has brought about one of the most daunting challenges for the regional security of this area. The effectiveness of their capability to operate and hit targets in a country that is said to be one
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directives‚ speeches‚ statements related to war on terror follow the hyperlink. Priorities: Before 9/11‚ as the report showed‚ in mid-nineties the top priority for the Department of Defense was �planning how to handle the possibility of a domestic terrorist incident involving WMD�. This included training responders to such kind
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Alternative Worlds and the Future of International Relations: Gini-Out-of-the-Bottle Yolonda Franklin POL 355 Instructor Kiess November 07‚ 2014 Alternative Worlds & the Future of International Relations: Gini-Out-of-the-Bottle Mr. President‚ I have been tasked to discuss “Alternative Worlds” scenario which is based on how the future is being predicted. The Gini-out-of-the-bottle concept is what I am predicting for the global market. This particular scenario showcases the various inequalities
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Final Research Paper David Buckley HU1440: Rhetoric in Contemporary Culture 08/23/2013 ITT Technical Institute Richard Kmetz Final Research Paper Our forefathers with great fortitude put together a document that would be forever known as the constitution. This document addressed the rights of the citizens of the newly formed states. One amendment has been a focal point of discussion in recent weeks with the leakage of NSA protocol. The fourth amendment states‚ “The right of the people to
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targeting major corporations of the United States like Facebook and Twitter and according Rick Nelson ‚U.S. counterterrorism official‚ to Los Angeles Times “I think it does increase the risk to the employees of those companies‚ particularly from a homegrown extremist “(Bennett). Since ISIS is targeting Facebook and Twitter it puts great risk that an extremist who wants to do an insider attack or massacre that they would target employees of these two major
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In The Newsweek article‚ “The Deadly Noodle‚” Michael Hastings‚ Stefan Thiel and Dana Thomas (2003) illustrate how food habits are turning into more and more Americanized. They point out that the consumption of food with “empty calories” is becoming more and more common around the world‚ for instance‚ in Samoa‚ people are gaining weight resulting in obesity such as canned beef. On the other hand‚ they emphasize that imported food has completely changed the way people produced fruit and vegetables
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