the terrorists were all linked to Osama Bin Laden‚ the leader of Al-Qaeda. Immediately after the terrorist attacks on 9/11‚ Bin Laden was placed on the FBI’s top ten most wanted list‚ for obvious reasons. Coalition forces stationed in Afghanistan have been on the heels of this man for more than six years now. Bin Laden is still on the run and is believed to be hiding in the vast mountains of the Afghanistan and Pakistan Border. In the early 1980’s Bin Laden joined the Afghan mujahideen in order to
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Unfortunately they did. After the bombing in the WTC‚ al-qaeda completed a series of attacks on both US soldiers and other groups outside the US. After being exposed for these deadly encounters‚ Bin laden is forced to leave Sudan‚ and he flees to Afghanistan. Now people are "awake" and aware of terrorism. Warnings started to go out‚ to alert people about this problem‚ especially in the US. Different areas of security reported some useful information
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Zero Dark Thirty is a movie about the manhunt for Osama bin Laden that lasted almost 10 years beginning after the September 11‚ 2001 terror attacks on the United States and finally ending on May 2‚ 2011 when Osama bin Laden was killed. The film bounces around in different locations around the Middle East and the United States as the CIA is on the hunt for bin Laden. Pakistan is the primary focus‚ however. The film takes the viewer to different locations of Black Sites. Black Sites were places of
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The Effects of Social Media Last year on May 2nd‚ 2011 I was browsing facebook when suddenly I see a flood of statuses all with the same topic. Osama Bin Laden had been killed by US troops. My friends were posting their emotions‚ feelings‚ and opinions on this news for everyone to see. My friends had reacted to this news so quickly but I was hesitant to respond. They had seemed ecstatic regarding the death of this malevolent man. Although my feelings were ambivalent‚ I had always been taught
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Osama bin Laden is the Senior Operations Chief of al-Qaeda and is advised by a Shura Council‚ which is estimated to be twenty to thirty senior leaders. Ayman al-Zawahiri is the groups Deputy Operations Chief and is bin Laden’s top lieutenant. Abu Musab al-Zarawi was the Senior Leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq but it is believed that his house was hit with missiles and
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since 2005‚ although its ability of mounting plausible‚ worrisome threats is not in question. Osama bin Laden’s death by no means spells the end of al
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the world at once‚ not many people see it by an outsider’s view. People‚ especially American‚ tend to condemn it only as the tragedy brought by the terrorists‚ like saying‚ “we are the victims of the tragedy‚ they are the terrorists who killed our family.” Yes‚ I think it is hard for them to think about it as an outsider because they were actually involved in that tragedy. In fact‚ about 3000 people died in the attack. But about me‚ of course‚ I feel bad to people who died in the attack‚ and I don
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The recovery after the terrorist attack 9/11 and the role of government in the US economy Outline I. Introduction Throughout history every society has faced the fundamental economic problem of deciding what to produce‚ and for whom‚ in a world of limited resources. In the 20th century‚ two competing economic systems‚ broadly speaking‚ have provided very different answers: command economies directed by a centralized government‚ and market economies based on private enterprise. A market
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Are today’s children leaders of tomorrow? I think yes children of today will be the leaders of tomorrow simply because the leaders of today will grow old and die someday‚ which means that the children of today will be given the responsibility to lead their people their people. Just like the English monarchy the reason why queen Elizabeth is queen is because king Edward who was before her died‚ the same thing will happen with her when she dies‚ prince William will become king after that and so
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on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon caught the United States largely by surprise. Once the dust had settled‚ and the shock and horror of such an unprecedented event had waned‚ the American public began to ask questions. Names such as Osama bin Laden‚ countries such as Afghanistan‚ and organizations such as Al-Qaeda were brought into the public’s consciousness for the first time. Through newspapers‚ talkback radio and television programs the nation asked why do they hate us so much?’ Others
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