The attacks on the United States on September 11‚ 2001 were the direct result of the failure of US agencies‚ ranging from the White House to airport security‚ to recognize vulnerabilities present in the various symptoms. The reason why these vulnerabilities were not acknowledged and repaired is that these various agencies were trapped in a cognitive dissonance cycle of thinking. After the Cold War‚ terrorism was seen as a regional problem (9/11 Commission‚ 92). The majority of terrorist groups
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“Globalization: The Super-Story”: A Story for Everyone In Thomas L. Friedman’s “Globalization: The Super-Story”‚ he examines the features of globalization from various aspects and how it helps people better understand 9/11 events. He claims that globalization is the new improved system formed in place of the old “cold war system”(102)‚ and through the patterns of which‚ people observe today’s world in an integrated way. Simple short phrases‚ organized structure‚ colloquial language‚ and punctuation
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of notoriety in the early stages of the war in Iraq for the suicide attacks on Shia Islamic mosques‚ civilians‚ Italian soldiers fighting with the US‚ and Iraqi institutions. In October 2004‚ Al-Zarqawi’s group officially pledged allegiance to Osama bin Laden’s al-Qaeda. They then changed their name to what’s known as al-Qaeda in Iraq. Attacks by the group on civilians‚ Iraqi government and security forces‚ foreign diplomats and soldiers‚ and American convoys continued with roughly the same intensity
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event left the whole country shook and though to some people it may not be a big deal‚ for majority of the people it was and still is till this day. Three weeks after 9/11‚ as the US began launching air strikes against Taliban positions‚ a video of Bin Laden sitting
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September 11‚ 2001‚ is a moment frozen in time. It was on this day that the world seemed to stop turning‚ and its course would never be the same again. It was the day of the largest organized attack on American citizens that took the lives of 2‚976 innocent everyday people (attention grabber).It not only destroyed buildings‚ it destroyed lives. Not only the innocent lives of the thousands murdered in the burning buildings were destroyed‚ but the lives of their families were destroyed‚ and their
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Daniyah Hannini Final Paper War‚ Peace and Violence in Western Religious Thought For a little over ten years‚ various works have been published by numerous academics in hope of finding some sort of solution when it comes to the position America should take when it comes to dealing with the tragedy of the September 11th attacks and the seemingly uprising form of “radical” Islamists. Although the bulk of books and articles published that seem to agree and promote the concept of
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enemy of humanity by doing wars against Muslims only on the basis of religious discrimination. Mr. Bush is the murderer of nearly one hundred thousand innocent citizens of Afghanistan and Iraq while trying to fight against only two persons Usama Bin Laden and Saddam Hussein on one side and thousands of precious lives of our beloved soldiers and the soldiers of collision countries. These soldiers joined the arm forces with the aim to give their priceless lives to serve their respective countries and
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occur on domestic airlines. Evidently‚ the ideas of fear‚ pressured Americans to use their suspicions as a means of protection. On January 16‚ 2002‚ just months after the tragedy with the twin towers‚ Richard Colvin Reid‚ an Al-Qaeda member and Osama Bin Laden follower‚ attempted to detonate a bomb inside American Airlines Flight 63. “Because of Reid’s actions‚ the FAA‚ on December 11‚ 2001‚ announced a civil aviation security warning that terrorists may try to sneak weapons onto aircraft in their shoes
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The Flight that Changed America “I felt so much pride‚ so much love. You get a handful of days like this in a lifetime. Take in every minute. They’ll be over soon enough‚ and you never know what tomorrow will bring.” This was said by Elliot on September 10‚ 2001. Little did Elliot know that by saying this quote he was speaking to what the next day would bring. The next day was a day that changed America forever. September 11‚ 2001 is day no one will forget. Who would have thought that a plane
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Introduction The International community has become a vast assortment of treaties and agreements and institutions after WWII. The topic of this paper is on the new international customs developed in response to terrorism focusing on the actions from the US after September 11th 2001. Part One: What is Customary Law? The international community was built on centuries of traditions‚ actions and lessons learned. These actions of history were recorded and eventually created into law. This beginning
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