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    After the terrorist attacks on America‚ people of Islamic culture have been derided‚ punished‚ and are terrified of. Clearly displaying the results of discrimination against witches in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible‚ we as Americans must not discriminate against others‚ especially Muslims. We must prevent this from recurring by educating the public‚ learning from prior situations‚ and living in accord. The task of educating the public is often a very difficult and daunting challenge. Subsequent to

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    Another Terrorist Attack? BY INTL652 29 December 2013 Introduction In the aftermath of the terrorist attacks of 9/11‚ securing the country has become a national priority. The events of 9/11 were the first attacks on the United States (U.S.) since Pearl Harbor which catapulted the U.S. into World War II. As of the writing of this paper‚ the U.S. has been engaged in the War on Terrorism for 13 years. During this period of time the U.S. has been kept free from terrorist attacks

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    Established after the 9/11 attacks against America‚ the U.S. Department of Homeland Security mission involved defending against terrorism‚ safeguarding the borders‚ imposing immigration rulings‚ developing readiness for reaction to and resurgence from tragedies within the U.S. territories. The Homeland Security Act of 2002 was ratified to assist the Department of Homeland Security in assimilating several agencies which integrates twenty-two government bureaus into a single organization. The burdens

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    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 the terrorists‚ and the

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    The likely mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks is a Kuwaiti-born lieutenant of Osama bin Laden who had previously plotted to attack the World Trade Center and to bomb several airliners simultaneously‚ a top U.S. counterterrorism official says. Khalid Shaikh Mohammed‚ one of the FBI’s most-wanted terrorists‚ is at large in Afghanistan or nearby‚ the law enforcement official told The Associated Press on Tuesday. U.S. investigators believe Mohammed‚ working under bin Laden’s leadership‚ planned

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    Compare/Contrast Point by Point Title: Unexpected Crazy Attacks Introduction: Hard workers up in the towers minding their own business‚ when all of a sudden a crash arises. Two planes less than 5 minutes‚ on the morning of 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

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    The attack was not a terrorist attack because Japan targeted a military base and not civilians‚ it was rather an act of war. On a website it stated another reason why it was not a terrorist attack was because Japan had declared war on the U.S. before the bombings (Pearl Harbor Terrorist or Act of War usmessageboard.com). Although the U.S. was not fast enough to translate the message which was sent about 30 minutes before the attack. A similar attack to Pearl Harbor was the attack of 9/11 which was

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    All passengers were dead except Trevor. He was the only survivor. The engines of F22s could be heard in the distance. A fire was burning in the engine. Trevor Adams lay there next to the helicopter half conscious. His body felt like it had been crushed by a thousand buses. Trevor was an analyst for the CIA and his mission was to gain information on the militants. The helicopter was supposed to take them back to the base. Trevor was the only analyst willing to gain information about the Iranian militants

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    suicide attacks but my area of focus is going to be from 1980-2015. This reason for the change is because I want to expand on the data collected by Pape (2003)‚ from the Lexis Nexis data base. Another area of change my research will have is on the properties collected from the data. As citied earlier Pape (2003) looked at three properties I’m only going to look at two. Pape’s main findings are supported by three general patterns he finds in an extensive database he compiled and that he describes as “the

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    Running Head: SECURITY & INFRASTRUCTURE Assignment 2: Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) Clara Mae Jones Strayer University Instruction: Dr. Patricia White CIS 502 – Theories Security Management May 16‚ 2013 Abstract When we ask what “Critical Infrastructure is?” Critical infrastructure is the backbone of our nation’s economy‚ security‚ and health. It is clear that we have the power in our homes‚ the water we drink‚ the transportation that moves us‚ and the communication systems

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