citizen who is involved with a terrorist group called Al-Qaeda. His plan was drive to Los Angeles and blow up LAX International Airport as the world celebrated the new millennium. Thanks to security at the border a major terrorist attack is averted. There would not be such a good outcome the next time. Less than two years later terrorists unleashed the most terrible attack the United States had ever seen on September 11‚ 2001. After the World Trade - Center towers fell security became a major focus for
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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) became operational on January 24‚ 2003 60 days after the Senate passed the Homeland Security Act of 2002 into law. The Department of Homeland Security is the third largest cabinet department‚ only after the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs. The Homeland Security Act of 2002‚ Public Law 107-296 was enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress. The Department of Homeland Security
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Terrorism Following 9/11 Attacks There has never been a time that terrorism has been so high; not only in the United States‚ but all around the world. The most concentrated areas of terrorist attacks are in and around the Middle East. Places like Israel‚ Yemen‚ Iraq‚ Afghanistan‚ and Pakistan‚ to name a few‚ see terroristic attacks with almost daily consistency. In addition to these countries‚ there are increasing tensions in and around the Middle East as a result of the Arab Spring. Tunisia
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speak about in this paper was reported on November 19th‚ 2015. The article is about the Paris Attack Terrorist‚ Abdelhamid Abaaoud‚ who was killed in a shootout. Abdelhamid Abaaoud had been planning the terror attack eleven month prior to the attacks in Paris. Abdelhamid Abaaoud was to believe to a part of multiple of other planned terror attacks that were foiled times before. The article retells of his escape from central intelligence and his belief on the terror attacks. This article points to an
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These attacks are often referred to as the 9/11 attacks‚ they were a series of attacks of terror against the United States. Two planes flew into the World Trade Center’s twin towers‚ some of the most tallest and best buildings in New York City. Another plane hit the pentagon‚ and the third crashed in Pennsylvania‚ as on this one‚ there were no survivors. American Airlines Boeing 767 with over 20‚000 gallons of jet fuel crashed into the north tower of our World Trade Center. This left a huge burning
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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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Terrorist Attack in Peshawar I could not stop- I could not stop myself from writing and I still can’t stop crying. It’s Tuesday‚ December 16‚2014; a day that never failed to hurt us‚ as a nation and as one People. It’s a day‚ that world saw the two parts of Pakistan finally break into two sovereign nations and it’s a day which saw countless little kids losing their precious lives. How could I stop? How could I not say a word on this whole massacre of innocents in Army Public School And College‚
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Was 9/11 An Inside Job? September 11‚ 2001 holds a special place in almost every American’s heart‚ as well as those of families in other countries who lost a loved one that day. Not only is Sept. 11th the bloodiest terrorist attack in the history of the nation‚ several groups of people within our own country and abroad believe that knowledge of this attack was held prior to the actual event. What has been reported and believed was that two airplanes crashed into the Twin Towers in New York City
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How did the Al Qaeda (AQ) attacks on the US develop over time‚ and could the 9/11/01 attacks have been avoided? Were US intelligence and counterterrorist (CT) assets well organized to avoid the 9/11/01 attacks? To what degree was the Clinton administration’s CT strategy a product of faulty presidential thinking -- or faulty intelligence? How did the 9/11 Commission recommend the US adapt its strategy to react to the 9/11/01 attacks? How did the 9/11 Commission recommend the US restructure its
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Carnival Cruises enjoyed a pretty good run prior to the September 11‚ 2001 terrorist attacks. The company held 32% of the overall market‚ making it the largest cruise line in the world. As a result of the terrorist attacks cruise lines were forced to offer deep discount‚ which hand an impact on the bottom line. Bookings were down along with profit. This scenario was all too familiar to Carnival Cruises. In the beginning Carnival had struggled‚ but begin to gain popularity‚ by appealing to
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