Preventing 9/11: Could it Have Been Done? September 11th‚ 2001: the American people will remember this day as the day the unthinkable happened: someone‚ or rather a group of people‚ infiltrated the seemingly impregnable American defenses and turned our own airplanes on us. Crashing several planes into different important federal buildings‚ these terrorists spread terror throughout the country. Nobody thought that the most powerful country in the world could be attacked so easily‚ and
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that have impacted the people and the government. One event has had more impacted on me then the other events. That event is the 9/11 attack on the United States. This event was one of the first major acts of terrorism in the United States killing over 3‚000 people. The terrorists hijacked four airplanes and crashed two of them into the World Trade Center towers. After 9/11‚ the United States declared war on terrorism and the goal of capturing Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda and putting them to justice
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9/11 102 minutes that changed America forever. The 11th September 2001 was the day that changed modern history. It is known all over the world as 9/11‚ the day that shook America. Immediately after the attacks on the World Trade Centres North and South‚ many conspiracy theories surfaced about what actually happened on that tragic day. There are some true facts we know; the time that flight 11 flew into the North building‚ that flight 175 followed closely behind making its way into the South building
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During and after World War II‚ the Cold War‚ and the Gulf War‚ Hollywood portrayed villains as the current cultural fear and official enemy of the United States. This trend changed after the terrorist attacks on September 11‚ 2001. Since the attacks on the World Trade Center‚ Hollywood has often refused to use Muslims as villains‚ even though Muslim terrorists became the United States’ cultural enemy due to their responsibility for the attacks. This can best be explained by Americans’ change in
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September 11‚ 2001‚ will be in history‚ "a day of infamy." (Sirs Research) Nothing like this has ever happened before on American soil and nothing would ever be the same again. "It was an unprecedented terrorist attack on America‚ a plot to kill as many Americans as humanly possible. Ultimately‚ it was the downing of United American Flight 11 and United FLight Airlines 175 into the Twin Towers at the World Trade Center on September 11‚ 2001‚ that brought the two buildings down into massive clouds
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In the post-9/11 world‚ public officials have tried to define terrorism and understand its roots. President George W. Bush argued that terrorism is incited by “‘persistent poverty and oppression.’” Because these factors “‘can lead to hopelessness and despair‚’” he argued‚ “‘failed states can become havens for terror’” (Krieger and Meierrieks 3). While valid‚ this argument falls slightly short of understanding the full problem. Many argue that terrorism is incited by individuals with psychological
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September 11‚ 2001 was a devastating time in history. No one knew exactly what was going on whenever the news of the plane crashing into the north tower reached them‚ but the leader behind the attack‚ Osama bin Laden‚ did. This wasn’t bin Laden’s first attack‚ but it was his biggest. He’d been involved in many things before. For example‚ he was involved in the bombing of the World Trade Center in 1993 and the attempted assassination of the Egyptian president in 1995. However‚ those didn’t stop him
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The Main Social Effects of the 9/11 Attacks: A Response of American Society. The events that occurred on September 11th‚ 2001 were acts of terror‚ roughly 3‚000 people were killed in the nine-eleven attacks. Four US airplanes were hijacked by chosen members from al-Qaeda a group of terrorists who planned out suicide attacks against important targets in the United States. Of the four planes‚ one struck the Pentagon‚ one crashed in a field in Pennsylvania due to the passengers fighting back against
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September 11‚ crash into the beautiful twin towers in NYC. Many years before this terrorist attack‚ in December of 1941‚ a similar but as well different attack occurred. Planes struck the navy base on Pearl Harbor. Streets are full‚ people working and a plane strikes a tower in the center of New York City. Working on a navy base and planes come out unexpected with terrorists planning to destroy everything. The bombing of Pearl Harbor was definitely unexpected‚ as was the plane wrecks on 9/11; many can
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Terrorism Paper 11/16/09 There are several terrorist groups throughout the world today. All the terrorist groups have one common goal and that is to rid the world of Americans and western influence from the Muslim world. There is one organization that has ties to most of all the terrorist groups in the world and is the most infamous group in the world today and that is the group called Al-Qaeda The word Al-Qaeda means “the base” in Muslim. As an international terrorist organization led by Osama
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