The bombing was only about 2 miles away from the first bomb site. Once again no one claimed responsibility, and there was no reason why the Gonzales family was targeted. Police at the time had no idea if it was the same bomber that tried to kill them or if it was a copy cat who had hurd of the most recent bomb. The to detonation devices in Grand Junction Colorado where highly sophisticated explosives. Each use a 9 volt battery that was placed on a vehicle and then went off when the vehicle moved. In the rubble, investigators found pieces of curved glass, the outer shell of a mercury switch. It’s a hair triggered device. They figured that the bomber would have hand carried it from his home to the target vehicle. Investigators searched their files for anyone who had prior arrests from making explosive devices. One was 19-year-old Shannon Keith, a factory worker, who lived just ten minutes outside of town in Clifton. He had been arrested 5 months earlier for possessing pipe bombs and was sentenced to two months probation. He claimed that his wasn’t in Grand Junction when the bombs were plated and his alibi checked out, so he was eliminated…
9. Argumentation is a process of reasoning that asserts the soundness of a debatable position, belief, or conclusion.…
Who would want to devastate the United States with another uncalled for tragedy? The Boston Marathon effected not only Boston, but everyone in the United States and around the world. It was a huge shock and devastation for all the families who lost a loved one, friend, co-worker, etc. The question for many was, why would they hurt innocent people trying to good for their country? No one could imagine the great fear these participants faced, knowing that a bomb had just gone off during a family fun event. The lid of the one of the pressure cooker bombs was found about 35 feet away from the explosion on a hotel roof. Even though there was a low casualty rate, people loss there since of well-being because of the massacre. Everything that went on still traumatizes people still today.…
The attacks on America on September 11th, 2001 killed “almost 3,000 people” according to theguarden.com. The attacks include the Twin Towers, the Pentagon, and the naked field in a rural area in Pennsylvania. After 16 years of mourning, the evidence of the day of September 11th, 2001 still does not add up. Families have been fed lies so the government can cover up their disturbing secrets on the 9/11 attacks. The government has put the blame on Osama Bin Laden’s al-Qaeda terrorist organization. The amount of evidence that has been covered by the government is phenomenal. Here are a few of many pieces of evidence that sources have dug up.…
“Blast Kills Four Children…”! It was in all the newspapers and everybody was talking about it. The Birmingham Church Bombing may not have been the first bombing over race, but it was the first that killed. This horrible event took the lives of four little girls and injured many more. This bombing demonstrated just how bad racial tensions truly had gotten, especially in Alabama. Michele Norris is one of the great authors that actually wrote about the Birmingham Church Bombing in her book, The Grace of Silence. In this book, Norris explains how things truly were between the races and includes historical events that made the United States the way it is today. One of the most influential events of these was the Birmingham Church Bombing.…
Mainstream media claims that Sandy Hook shooting was a massacre and an intruder at the school took many children’s lives that day. But there has been strange behavior and evidence that the shooting was a hoax, planned and acted by the government so people would be persuaded to believe that guns are the problem. Therefore, the government would try and take away our second amendment rights.…
Tragedy looms above all, striking at the most inopportune of ocassions before sulking off into the unspecified realm of dark situations yet again. It has no preference for a certain variety of victims; to seek and destroy is the only goal with matter. Such is the case of the Sandy Hook Elementary school shooting on December 14, 2012. With fear then cast into the community of Newtown, Connecticut, and all of America, it may only be said that tragedy is received in the massive doses of heartache, despair, and a continuing aura of hopelessness, and with these feelings combined create an even more volatile feeling of misanthropy. This misanthropy hurts not only the person wielding it, but the others who may also express not as extreme feelings of misunderstanding. This unbearable, and, to some, unforgivable, act at the hands of a mentally unstable murderer is more of something of an inspiration of others to heed the calls of newfound hope in humanity, emphasize national mental health awareness, and the techniques utilized to prevent gun-related attacks.…
In Benghazi, Libya there was an attack at the United States Consulate and CIA Compound. The Benghazi strike was a tragedy to many Americans. It was soon believed that the former United States Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, was informed about this pre-planned bombard. “ The attack was a response to an infamous YouTube clip mocking muslims,” exclaimed Hillary Clinton.(Caruso) There were many emails Hillary tried to keep hid from the public, but once they were released the truth was revealed. After finding out this strike was pre-planned will Hillary Clinton be worthy enough to receive the people’s vote in the 2016, United States presidential election?…
When tragedy strikes, it is not uncommon for a well revered figure to respond to such an event as common people look up to them for guidance. Robert F. Kennedy and Bill Clinton are no exceptions, while the initial is addressing the sudden assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. and the latter concerning towards The 1995 Oklahoma Bombing, both are responding towards tragic loss and the aftermath that should follow. In their speeches, “A Eulogy For Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.” and “Oklahoma Bombing Memorial Address,” Robert F. Kennedy and Bill Clinton enhance their claims by appealing towards an emotional appeal, a logical appeal, and personal connection in order to insist that we must try to get over the loved ones that have passed away and continue their legacy through compassion, not hate, but Kennedy utilizes rational reasons more while Clinton incorporates more moving personally touching words in order to impact their audiences.…
About 90 minutes later, Timothy McVeigh was stopped by an Oklahoma state trooper who arrested him on a firearms charge. Two days later, shortly before he was to be released, McVeigh was charged in the bombing. His friend Terry Nichols was arrested in Kansas, and formally charged with the bombing on May 10. Both men were indicted on murder and conspiracy charges, and the case was moved to Denver where McVeigh and Nichols were to be tried separately.…
On February 26, 1993, Terrorists parked a rental van in a garage underneath the World Trade Center's twin towers and lit the fuses on a massive homemade bomb(Greenspan 1). With the alleged goal of toppling the north tower into the south tower(Greenspan 4). Six people died and more than 1000 were injured in the subsequent explosion, which carved out a crater several stories deep(Greenspan 1). At the time, it was one of the worst terrorist attacks ever to occur on U.S. soil(Greenspan 1). The terrorists involved in the attack were Ahmad Ajaj, Nidal Ayyad, Mahmud Abouhalima, and Mohammed Salameh. In March 1994, a federal jury convicted the four of them for their side in the bombing, and they were each sentenced to life behind bars(Greenspan 8). The FBI later called it “the largest by weight and by damage of any improvised explosive device that we've seen”(Greenspan 6). This horrible terrorist attack has changed the way we handle security in the U.S, especially when entering the country. The 1993 World Trade Center bombing has influenced the life of Americans in many different ways and will always be…
The Oklahoma City Bombing took place on April 19, 1995. It was considered to be the worst terrorist attack that took place in the U.S. until September 11, 2001. The methods of the attack were very simple. A very large, homemade bomb was placed inside a rental truck outside the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. The bomb was detonated at 9:02 a.m., leaving critical damages to the building, as well as killing and wounding many others. The attack was brought about by Timothy McVeigh with the assistance of Terry Nichols. Both of these men were American citizens who had once been members of the U.S. military. An eyewitness told the authorities about McVeigh, who had conveniently already been arrested not for a traffic violation not long after the…
Prior to September 11, 2001, the Oklahoma City bombing was known as the worst act of terrorism ever committed on American soil (Nye 2). It was a beautiful day in Oklahoma City, at least it started out that way. It was springtime in Oklahoma City, the sky was bright with the sun shining; and the flowers were blooming. Then a bomb carried in a Ryder truck exploded in front of the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. The bomb claimed 168 innocent lives. According to (Linder) that a homegrown, war-decorated American terrorist named Timothy McVeigh drove and parked the Ryder truck in the handicap zone in front of the Murrah Building there is little doubt. In 1997, a jury convicted McVeigh and sentenced him to death. The federal government, after an investigation involving 2,000 agents, also charged two of McVeigh 's army buddies, Michael Fortier…
The September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, now referred to as 9/11, were a series of coordinated, well-planned suicide attacks that involved the use of hijacked passenger jets as a means of destruction . The suicide bombers used the passenger jets as bombs, and ran into the World Trade Center Towers of New York, the Pentagon, and a fourth plane that did not make it to its destination, hit the ground in Pennsylvania. These sudden attacks came as a shock to the people and government of the USA. The attacks affected not only the United States, but the entire world felt the aftershock of the event. It specifically affected the United States economy and sent it on a downward spiral. It had a huge impact on people emotionally. The most significant outcome of the attacks was America?s march towards the War Against Terrorism, which targeted the Taliban network, the Al-Qaeda organization, and the specific terrorists behind the attacks.…
Barack Obama, commenting on the Boston Marathon bombings of April, 2013, declared "Anytime bombs are used to target innocent civilians, it is an act of terror."[43]…