The Oklahoma City bombing was a terrorist bomb attack on the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City on April 19‚ 1995. It would remain the most destructive act of terrorism on American soil until the September 11‚ 2001 attacks. The Oklahoma blast claimed 168 lives‚ including 19 children under the age of 6‚[1] and injured more than 680 people.[2] The blast destroyed or damaged 324 buildings within a sixteen-block radius‚ destroyed or burned 86 cars‚ and shattered glass in 258 nearby
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bomb on Hiroshima‚ Japan on August 6‚ 1945 and dropped another atomic bomb on Nagasaki‚ Japan on August 9‚ 1945. 70‚000 died instantly in Hiroshima and 80‚000 died instantly in Nagasaki. Even though the U.S. destroyed many Japanese lives the atomic bombing of Hiroshima was the right decision. However dropping the second atomic bomb on Nagasaki was probably not necessary to get Japan surrender. The decision of using the atomic bomb was tough‚ but it saved many American lives‚ but the U.S. used the second
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The Horrors of the Atomic Bomb I think President Truman’s decision to drop the bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was wrong. I understand that many people feel this was the right decision and there was no other way to end war but here are a few reasons why I think the bomb droppings was a mistake. One reason is because the United States didn’t even leave a warning for Japan to get ready or give them a chance to surrender from the world’s harshest war weapon (Primary source packet #2). In another document
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Oklahoma City Bombing Memorial Ladd-Whitney Monument It was April 19‚ 1995 at 9:03 that the lives of thousands were affected by one single explosion. The explosion took the lives of 168 men‚ women‚ and children. The explosion physically injured 600 individuals and emotionally injured numerous amounts of people around the world. The explosion took place at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma. A staff writer for a newspaper was quoted stating " the bomb was color blind" ( Yumi
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Suicide Bombing History has revealed that terrorists are capable of carrying out bold and destructive acts that at first glance appear to be unexplainable. What kind of person would sacrifice his or her own life in order to kill innocent people? What could possibly motivate a young person to become a suicide bomber? In the wake of many tragic events‚ it can be difficult to analyze objectively the causes and processes leading up to them. For many‚ understanding the motives behind suicide bombing comes
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Suicide Bombing (Reasons of suicide bombing and does Islam motivate it) Faiza Khan University of Management and Technology Abstract Suicide terrorism is not mainly the product of Islamic fundamentalism or any other evil ideology independent of circumstance. The world leader in suicide terrorism is the Tamil Tigers in Sri Lanka - they’re a Marxist group‚ a secular group‚ a Hindu group. The Tamil Tigers have committed more suicide terrorist attacks than Hamas or Islamic Jihad. Instead‚ what
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industrial target because it was a major rail transportation center. However‚ during the bombing raid over thirty five thousand civilians were killed.(1) Due to this devastation‚ many people believe that the bombing was unnecessary and unethical and should not have been carried out even though it further weakened Germany’s war efforts in World War II. To begin with‚ many people argue that the bombing of Dresden was not only unethical because of the large number of casualties‚ but also
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to justice. On that same day Governor George Wallace sent five hundred national guards men‚ 300 hundred state troopers and offered a five thousand dollar reward for any information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the bombings personally resisted federal desegregation laws by banning blacks from attending public Universities‚ Elementary and Secondary schools and was opposed to any segregation between black and whites students US president John F. Kennedy having made
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from the state departments of public safety‚ human services‚ military‚ health‚ and education. Soon joining these agencies were the National Weather Service‚ the Civil Air Patrol‚ and the American Red Cross (ARC). Within an hour and a half of the bombing‚ President Clinton announced the signing of Emergency Declaration FEMA-3113-EM-OK under title V provisions of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act [PL 93-288]. This signing and declaration of emergency gave the Federal
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potentially lost their lives. After the bomb was dropped‚ other countries would not underestimate America’s power. Once other countries knew the power America had‚ negotiation peace was much easier. The bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima had many beneficial outcomes for America. Because of the bombing‚ the war ended. If the war had not ended‚ the Japanese Army would have had time to recuperate‚ and they would
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