was being used to protect the citizens. Ever since then‚ high valued terrorists are locked up in this detention center. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was the architect of 9/11 and he planned everything. This guy deserves the punishment for his acts of terrorism in the world. Guantanamo Bay is the right place to hold these people and Obama cannot close this. With the world today‚ interrogation facilities need to stay open and harsh punishment needs to take place so terrorists give the information needed
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“Terrorism is the weapon of the oppressed” “Everyone’s worried about stopping terrorism. Well‚ there’s really an easy way: Stop participating in it.” ― Noam Chomsky In any set up there are legitimate‚ legal and peaceful means of expressing displeasure and disapproval of certain policies in a country. Peaceful demonstrations were successfully employed
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towards committing the attack and the effect it had on the American society. According to Pedahzur (2006)‚ terrorist groups exist for the purpose of planning and executing attacks to accomplish their mission. Included among the objectives of terrorism are demonstrating the group’s power over population and government‚ exact revenge for perceived persecution and satisfy the group’s vengeance while at the same time gaining publicity for their actions. Accordingly‚ the September 11 attacks can be
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The attacks of September 11‚ 2001 on our country was one of the most tragic and deadly days in our history. It brought a country together and the American strength of freedom and unity became a battle cry. After the dust had cleared‚ the questions came about that asked‚ how could this have happened? Were there not security and intelligence infrastructures and policies in place? Where did these failures occur? Will our country be vulnerable going forward? The events of 9/11 brought a large
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attacks plan. The famous former leader of Al Qaeda was Osama Bin Laden‚ who was killed in 2011 during a United States Military operation. Al Qaeda is now lead by Ayman al-Zawahiri. Subsequently‚ Al Qaeda closely identifies with the definition of new terrorism. They use their extremist religious beliefs as reason and purpose for their attacks. The organization attacks multiple locations all over the globe to strike fear to the public‚ and manipulate governments. They also utilize numerous tactics to rain
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September the 11th 2001. Four airliners‚ hijacked to implement acts of terrorism against targets in the United States of America. The product of this: 2900 fatalities and a limitless figure on those traumatized. Over a decade later the wounds inflicted by 9/11 remain raw. It is perhaps one of the most controversial‚ revolutionary and conspiracy ridden events in human history. AL Qaeda is defined as a broad-based militant Islamist organization‚ and is considered to be- by the majority of society-
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hit the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City‚ the third plane crashed into the Pentagon just outside Washington‚ D.C. and the fourth plane crashed in a field in Pennsylvania. These attacks prompted the start of the Global War on Terrorism as the destruction caused the deaths of over three thousand people including more than four hundred police officers and firefighters. As a result of the 9/11 attacks‚ Islamophobia gained in frequency and notoriety. Violent hatred towards members
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Bush. President used his propaganda tool to get public approval for his war on terrorism. The terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11‚ 2001 was a huge help in Bush’s war on terror. The media showed Bush’s feud with Osama Bin Laden‚ who was one of the masterminds behind the attacks on September 11‚ 2001. Many news networks on television portrayed a feud between
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The article probes into the two different perspectives of the horrific 9/11 attacks. Every story has two sides‚ and the analysis of the two diverse novels- Don DeLillo’sFalling Man (2007) and Mohsin Hamid’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2007) will help to explore the ideas and misconceptions that rule us at a personal level which in turn contributes to our public outlook. Post the 9/11 attacks‚ there has been a dramatic change in the way the world views the Muslims‚ the “perpetrators”‚ and Hamid’s
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legs‚ which pulpified them. Though very unfortunate‚ Dilawar was not the only prisoner who suffered such treatment under U.S. custody. Through pictures‚ interviews‚ etc‚ this documentary provides the viewer with the shocking effects that the War on Terrorism and Bush’s administration policy on torture had on the both the United States Military and Afghani prisoners. In the end‚ the film sheds a negative light on Americans as a
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