On September 11‚ 2001 the United States experienced the most devastating attack on US soil since Pearl Harbor. This terrorist attack left people with several questions: Who would do this? and How could this happen? When the 9/11 commission report came out it revealed that there were intelligence failures on many levels‚ most importantly of which was a lack of or unwillingness of agencies to share intelligence. The Commission’s report noted‚ “information was not shared‚ sometimes inadvertently or
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There were terrorist attacks against the U.S. prior to 9/11‚ but it is generally accepted that the War on Terror started with the attacks on September 11‚ 2002‚ when four airplanes were hijacked by terrorists and were crashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center‚ the south tower of the World Trade Center‚ the Pentagon building‚ and one plane crashed into a field in Pennsylvania after the passengers overpowered the hijackers and piloted the plane into a field so that it would not harm anyone
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On September 11‚ 2001 two airplanes crash into the twin tower of the World Trade Center in New York City. The two towers collapsed in around two hours killing almost 3‚000 who were in the building or emergency workers‚ another plane crash into the Pentagon building just outside Washington DC. The last plane crash in a field in Pennsylvania. The years following 9/11 attacks there has been actions taken by the United States. (document 1) The United States took actions after the 9/11 attacks‚ one
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3:26 pm News one 2. Air Defense Was Told To “Stand Down” In the event that a airplane were to be hijacked‚ the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD)‚ is prepared to send out fighter jets which can debilitate or shoot down an airplane. On 9/11/01‚ NORAD generals said they learned of the hijackings in time to scramble fighter jets. Some skeptics believe NORAD commanded defense systems to “Stand-down”‚ because of their lack of presence during the attacks. 3. Planes Didn’t Make Twin Towers
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The Conspiracy: 9/11 The day of September 11th‚ 2001 the world witnessed with disbelief as the World Trade Center in New York City came crashing down. The shock the attacks generated and the some 3‚000 or more people it killed made it one of the brutal attacks in history. One may only wonder how such a grand scaled attack could be carried through. Although controversial‚ evidence suggests that the September 11th attacks in 2001 were an inside job and the statements of the Bush administration
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President Bush took responsibility for 9/11‚ even though he didn’t have anything to really do to cause it. He took responsibility and he came to the conclusion that we must go to war. They didn’t only attack our home soil‚ but killed thousands of innocent people. They were defenseless and unaware
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Michael Moore’s latest film‚ "Fahrenheit 9/11‚" presents a critical look at the administration of George W. Bush and the War on Terrorism. In this film Moore investigates the rapid growth of the United States government and its trend of trampling the rights of individuals‚ and the corporatism that is spawned out of the close ties between big government and big business during wartime. Michael Moore may not convince all audiences‚ but is successful for its factual accuracy in which the evidence spoke
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E.Torres Critical Thinking Perspectives of 9/11 There is a lot of speculation on who was truly behind what happened on September 11‚ 2001. On this date one of America’s greatest tragedies occurred. About three thousand people were killed‚ with a total of six thousand injured. Four planes were hijacked; two of them struck the Twin towers in New York city‚ one stuck the Pentagon in Arlington Virginia just outside Washington D.C.‚ and a fourth one crashed in Pennsylvania‚ the intended destination
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day of September 11‚ 2001 the World Trade center was attacked by the Al Qaeda terror network. They hijacked our own commercial air-liners and flew straight into the towers. It was not till May 1st of 2011 that we finally brought the head of the attack to justice. It was TEN whole years later for us to locate him and bring him down. He slaughtered 2‚792 people just in New York City. Americans from all over the country gave over 2.2 billion dollars to help charities set up for 9/11. The country still
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book on widespread conspiracy allegations concerning the events of 9/11/01. That book‚ compiled by the journal POPULAR MECHANICS: Debunking 9/11 Myths: Why Conspiracy Theories Can’t Stand Up‚ attempts to silence the avalanche of suspicion triggered by attacks that day. You can obtain the essence of those suspicions by consulting the many "Truther" sites on the Web. To a general reader‚ explain what we ought to think about 9/11 in the wake of this confrontation over what actually happened on that
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