The terrorist attacks on September 11‚ 2001‚ were acts of terrorism against the United States and its allies. These attacks killed thousands of people‚ and left the United States in disbelief. Compared to previous history‚ international terrorism is different in many ways. We cannot win a war solely on military might. United States must fight terrorist organizations‚ networks‚ and anyone who wishes to put fear in people around the world. However‚ the United States must be prepared to respond and
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us -- to wreak havoc and destruction among the innocent. It’s becoming more and more evident with each new year. Fanatical groups around the world are slowly coming out. Terrorism‚ based on intimidation and fear‚ no longer will be cast aside: the United States will stand and fight for the freedom and values of its people. Terrorism isn’t anything new to the United States‚ from The Sons of Liberty in the 1800s to al-Qaeda of the new millennium; it has been a part of our history. Two of the more notable
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The United States has been subjected to terrorism for many years‚ much of it directed toward American targets out of the country. This contains the bombing of the Marine barracks in Beirut on 1983‚ a detonation that brought down an American airliner over Lockerbie‚ Scotland in 1988‚ the bombing of American embassies in 1998‚ and the attack of U.S. naval vessel Cole in 2000. Terrorist occurrences were rare prior to the September 11th attacks. Radicals west of America performed numerous performances
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Overall‚ the last decade and a half have been forgettable and largely a mistake on the US’s behalf. The entire war on terror failed as a whole with ground troops fighting despite early success with the defeat of the Taliban in Afghanistan following 9/11. Yet‚ afterwards‚ the Taliban resurged and the USMNT did little to quell this resurgence. In Afghanistan‚ more than three hundred thousand Afghan civilians died during the bombing campaign(Choices 187)‚ demonstrating a horrible and tragic failure
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AFFIRMITIVE Supreme Court justice Potter Stewart once said‚ "Fairness is what justice really is." It is because of this that I affirm the resolution stating Resolved: The US ought to extend to non-citizens accused of terrorism the same constitutional due process protections it grants its citizens. Before going further‚ I would like to define the following terms: Ought‚ according to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary‚ is used to express moral obligation. Citizen‚ according to the Blacks’ Law Dictionary
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The Mujahedeen rebels were Islamic guerrilla fighters that were very diverse. Many of whom came from all over the region to fight the Soviets along with the muslim brothers . One of the fighters who came all the way from Saudi Arabia to fight with the Mujahedeen was Osama bin laden‚ who would be the founder of al-Qaeda in the early 1990’s ‚ the terrorist organization responsible for the September 11 attack. Bin laden saw the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan as an attack on his Muslim brothers. Bin
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and the thousands of innocent people left dead in its wake. Every day hundreds of innocent people are killed because of this war‚ and media is misrepresenting the moral idea or it. What most people do not know however‚ is the culture surrounding the narco-trafficking war. Singers and songwriters are making “art‚” that glorifies this horrible war‚ their songs are based in detailed descriptions of decapitations‚ executions‚ nights out‚ a consistent obsession with alcoholic drinks and name brand clothing
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Narco-Oligarchy: Not All Wealth Is Equal In analyzing the actions of oligarchs across many nations with robust property defense laws and enforcement‚ a trend between source of wealth and methods of wealth defense becomes clear. Oligarchs whose primary sources of wealth are investments‚ real estate holdings‚ and corporate ownership rely on significant defensive institutions to secure these holdings. When the state both has the capacity and provides this property defense via legal protection and publicly
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community. It is through this that human rights were able to be changed and recognised as a standard for global order‚ regulated through international law. The act of terrorism is not a new concept‚ and has been responsible for many innocent lives over many years‚ however not until the attacks on the United States‚ known as 9/11‚ has terrorism become such a globalized issue. It was through the symbolic destruction of capitalism‚ coupled with the vast media outlets to create witnesses that allowed for Western
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