live in North America. Canadian values and culture of North America are vastly different from those of the Middle Eastern country that is the subject of an-article by Arshin Adib-Moghaddam titled Abu Gharib and Insaniyat. Following the terrorist attacks in New York in 2001 the differences between these two cultures seemed immense. The stories and images that were beamed into our houses by television and other media were unreal to our eyes. From our perspective we feel fortunate to live in a different
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The Anti-terrorism Act in Canada and its effects on the Muslim and Arabic communities September 11‚ 2001 marked a catastrophic change not only in American society but in every western state including Canada. The terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon have had a ripple effect‚ spreading to the entire world and terrifying thousands of people. Following these attacks‚ world populations were devastated and governments faced a never-before seen need to make laws governing
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September 11‚ 2001 was the deadliest day for New York. Thousands died because of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City. Two planes crashed into the twin towers while a third crashed into the pentagon and a fourth into a field in Pennsylvania. Something this big could not have been decided that morning‚ it needed to be planned. All the people involved need to know what they were going to do. This meant they had to have some form of communication along the way‚ whether it
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Zach Tuchman Social Studies 8-3 Mrs.Hagler June 3‚ 2013 Zach Tuchman Mrs. Hagler Social Studies 8-3 June 3‚ 2013 Research Report Has a terrorist attack ever affected your family? The twin towers attack was one of the biggest terrorist attacks in American history and it affected thousands of families. But‚ before one should assume the attack was a tragedy‚ one must look at the construction of the twin towers first. After the fact coming up from the ashes come the freedom towers which represent
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infamous attacks on September 11 2001 brought the largest terrorist attack in history‚ resulting in the death of nearly 3000 innocent and complete destruction of the World Trade Center. At 8:46am on that morning the first plane struck the north tower and within minutes FDNY and NYPD were on the scene. The incident in the towers lasted for a total of 102 minutes concluding with the collapse of the North tower‚ 412 emergency responders parished. The emergency response to the 9/11 attacks was very ineffective
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security to mitigate terrorist threats? During the past decade‚ America has been confronted with a number of terrorist actions that have threatened the security of this country. September 11 2001‚ was one of the first major tragic events that our country has witnessed. In a series of coordinated terrorist attacks‚ several members of al-Qaeda hijacked four commercial airliners. Two of the airlines were forced to crash into the World Trade Center in New York City. The third airline was crashed
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past terrorism attacks on the September 11‚ 2001. Do you think that ’s a problem? Despite‚ other global problems such as pollution‚ natural disasters‚ and global warming‚ terrorism tops all problems with the world we live in today because it results in many innocent lives‚ social issues‚ as well retaliation. This is an issue that has shown up all over the world and effects many countries. It seems to never stop only escalating into many of these problems discussed. On September 11‚2001‚ terrorism
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examples of terrorist attacks. 1. The September 11 attacks were a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda on the United States in New York City and the Washington‚ D.C. metropolitan area on Tuesday‚ September 11‚ 2001. The attacks killed 2‚996 people and caused at least $10 billion in property and infrastructure damage. Four passenger airliners were hijacked by 19 al-Qaeda terrorists to be flown into buildings in suicide attacks. Two of the planes were
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Terrorism as a “Social Status” After September 11‚ 2001‚ Muslims have been the targets of social discrimination due to the high belief that all Muslims are terrorists. That fateful day changed the way America perceived them‚ which increased animosity between those of Muslim faith and those who are not. Post 9/11‚ we as a country look at Muslims as people who are violent‚ evil‚ and that none practice what they preach. However on the other hand‚ we believe they all are radical Muslims‚ ready to
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“Common Sense” A Rationale for the War on Terrorism Preface On September 11‚ 2001‚ our fellow citizens‚ our way of life‚ our very freedom came under attack in a series of deliberate and deadly terrorist acts. On this day‚ our nation united‚ determined to obliterate the evil force of terrorism from the planet Earth. Now‚ just eight years later‚ these same people wish to pardon the acts of evil‚ disregarding the 2‚995 deaths that they united to avenge just a few years before. So the question lies
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