citizens that they were potential targets for a terrorist group joined by the now infamous Osama bin Laden (Eland‚ 1998). However‚ many did not think any terrorist would be capable of the tragedy that leveled the World Trade Center and took many thousands of human lives. Americans thought they could not be touched‚ especially on their own turf. While it may be that organizations involved with Bin Laden that are in the United States‚ and have been for years‚ there are other groups that U.S. citizens
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On September 11‚ 2001‚ a tragic event occurred‚ three airplanes were hijacked‚ two out of the three crashed in the twin towers in New York. All them were hijacked by terrorists‚ the mastermind behind all this was Osama Bin Laden who was hiding in Afghanistan. Families lost loved ones over this event‚ because of this there was a man hunt of Osama. I believe that the U.S. responded inappropriately due to 9/11. The U.S responded inappropriately because they invaded Afghanistan without knowing
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in-group/out group manipulations or preferring ’people like us’ over ’people who aren’t like us’. Throughout the movie the Saudis are represented as an out-group of Bush. Moore shows Bush to be close to the Bin Laden family by repeated association. Then he shows the Bin Laden family to be close to Osama Bin Laden again by association. Whether these associations are really this close is a point for discussion but the thing to notice is that the only connection is association. Because a policeman tends to be
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Ruschmann‚ Paul. The War on Terror. New York: Chelsea House‚ 2008. Print. McIntyre‚ Doug. Terrorism ’s Effects On Wall Street. Investopedia. 26 Feb. 2009. Web. 7 Nov. 2013. Varma‚ Subodh. "Osama Dead: It Took US 10 Yrs‚ $1.3tn to Kill Osama Bin Laden and Avenge 9/11 Politics/Nation]." The Economic Times (Online)May 04 2011. ProQuest. Web. 8 Nov. 2013 . The terrorist attack planned by Al Qaeda terrorists caused many psychological impacts
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the Beautiful" have influenced the way they see things. For example how if they love a woman they should tell them that way they know if she feels the same back. He also speaks about how the generations of the past were raised to be the men of the family and take upon
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aided by the UK who helped up through the entire war. President George W. Bush demanded that the Taliban hand over Bin Laden but they would not unless we could give them evidence of his involvement in the 9/11 attacks. Without anyway to prove that he was guilty of the attacks he disappeared into the middle east. Since 2001 there were always new leads of info about the whereabouts of Bin Laden but they had always come up empty. The U.S established military bases throughout Afghanistan and were in constant
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Fahrenheit 9/11 Selling of American Empire "The people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked‚ and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country." Hermann Goering It was with disbelief and shock that people around the world saw footage of the terrorist attacks in the US on September 11‚ 2001 when the planes-turned-missiles slammed into
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The Current State and Future of Al Qaeda United States President Barack Obama announced on May 1‚ 2011 that “Osama bin Laden‚ the mastermind of the most devastating attack on American soil in modern times and the most hunted man in the world‚ was killed in a firefight with the United States forces in Pakistan.” The death of Osama bin Laden is certainly a major blow to the Al Qaeda terrorist network causing many of its leaders to go underground. Yet‚ the threat of Al Qaeda still exists and many
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agreed-upon definition does not exist for the extremist organization‚ run by Osama bin Laden and responsible for the September 11th terrorist attacks‚ but rather a multitude of beliefs on the number‚ strength‚ and whereabouts of Al-Qaeda. Most researchers and historians point to August 11th‚ 1988 as the origin of Al-Qaeda as an organized group. However‚ it was the events leading up to this meeting that caused Osama bin Laden and a small group of extremist leaders to officially organize what had grown
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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 Bin Laden and Bush. Video tapes of Bin Laden was showed to the public as well as Bush vowing to protect America from Muslim fundamentalism. This helped to portray President Bush as a strong militant leader
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