Niksch Specialist in Asian Affairs October 16‚ 2009 Congressional Research Service 7-5700 www.crs.gov RL34194 CRS Report for Congress Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress Terrorism in Southeast Asia Summary Since September 2001‚ the United States has increased focus on radical Islamist and terrorist groups in Southeast Asia‚ particularly those in the Philippines‚ Indonesia‚ Malaysia‚ Thailand‚ and Singapore. Southeast Asia has been a base for terrorist operations
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Destiney Clay Mr. Gillispie Economics 8th block September 14‚ 2010 How the International trade impacts the US economy? Foreign trade has become more important to our economy in recent years. Only five percent of the world consumers live in the U.S. Therefore‚ if the U.S. only trade domestically‚ it will only have small share of potential customers in the world. International trade help diversify U.S. domestic economy. It helps the overall economy of the U.S. grow stronger. International
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forms. It is an issue that most of the free word is dealing with on a daily basis. In the United States racial profiling has been a hotly debated issue for many years. It has been reemphasized even more following the three separate terrorist attacks on September 11th 2001 that killed about 2‚996 people. From its extreme form to the moderate‚ racial profiling is being defined as using a person’s race as a factor to determine whether or not a specific person is a suspect. Many claim that racial profiling
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were lost nearly a thousand miles from here. But the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon were an attack on the heart of America. And standing here in the heartland of America‚ we say in one voice: We will not give in to terrorists; We will not rest until they are found and defeated; We will win this struggle‚ not for glory‚ nor wealth‚ nor power‚ but for justice‚ for freedom‚ and for peace; So help us God.” – Tom Harkin. 9/11 is a date that most of us will never forget until the
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The attack on September 11‚ 2001 was an event which shows the violent and damaging effects that race thinking can cause. 9/11 marks not only the terrorist attacks of a select few Muslims‚ but sparked a fundamental change in the social and political world of America. It represents the perfect example of how governments – in particular‚ the Bush administration – use race thinking to commit acts of violence while furthering their own ulterior motives. These motives were created far before 9/11 happened
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everyone is going to‚ citizens‚ terrorists themselves‚ media‚ politicians‚ and important leaders. These attacks from terrorists happen when they believe a certain thing should be changed to benefit their own beliefs. These beliefs can be either religious‚ culture‚ or political. Throughout the war there has been a rising hate towards a certain group of people primarily Muslims and Hindus. In the Post 9/11 hate crime trend article “ A New York woman murdered Sunando Sen‚ who was Hindu‚ by pushing him into
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Essay What was a normal day in New York came to be known as one of the most tragic days in the United States History. On September 11‚ 2001 virtually 3‚000 citizens died due 19 al-Qaeda hijackers taking over four planes. The World Trade Center (twin towers) in New York City got hit by town commercial planes full of passengers. In this essay I will explain three reasons about 9/11‚ how people were affected by this tragic destruction‚ what was the World Trade Center? And the Terrorist. First‚ the people
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War Against Terror The September 11 2001 (9/11)‚ terrorist attacks on the United States changed the perspective of the world towards terrorism especially the Al Qaeda. The world‚ in particular the major powers came to realize that the greatest threat they had in the 21st centaury was global terrorism and President Bush once said‚ “Al Qaeda is to terror what the Mafia is to crime” (George Bush‚ 2001‚p.2). Just few days after September 11 2001‚ President Bush delivered a speech in which he
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America after September 11‚ 2001 On September 11‚ 2001 a very sad historical event occurred. Four planes were hijacked by terrorists. Two of the airplanes crashed into the World Trade Center in New York City. The third plane was crashed into the Pentagon in Washington‚ D.C. The last plane was going to crash into another building in Washington‚ D.C.‚ but the passengers stopped the hijackers‚ and the plane crashed into a field instead. These events changed American culture in the way we operate our
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Homeland Security was established in response to the biggest terrorist attack on U.S. soil on September 11‚ 2001. This attack sparked the nation and caused fear among citizens as well as opening eyes of the government to how much stronger the security level had to be in the country. U.S. officials began to reconstruct the Office of Homeland Security once they recognized their shortcomings. Eleven days after‚ following the attack‚ Tom Ridge was appointed from being the governor of Pennsylvania to the
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