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    or how something occurs. 5. Cause and effect analyzes why something happens. 6. Comparison and contrast; comparison shows how two or more things are similar‚ and contrast shows how they are different. 7. Division is the process of breaking a whole into parts; classification is the process of sorting individual items into categories. 8. Definition tells what a term means and how it differs from other terms in its class. 9. Argumentation is a process of reasoning that asserts the

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    Pearl Harbor: Disturbing Questions About the Bush Administration and 9/11 By David Ray Griffin. Second edition. Olive Branch Press. 254 pages. $15. The 9/11 Commission Report: Omissions and Distortions By David Ray Griffin Olive Branch Press. 339 pages. $18. Christian Faith and the Truth Behind 9/11: A Call to Reflection and Action By David Ray Griffin Westminster John Knox Press. 246 pages. $17.95. Debunking 9/11 Myths: Why Conspiracy Theories Can’t Stand Up to the Facts By the editors of Popular

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    The attacks of September 11th‚ 2001 were one of the most devastating events that happened in U.S history. An Islamic terrorist organization‚ Al Qaeda‚ headed by a expelled Saudi nationalist Osama bin Laden‚ directed four airplanes to deliberately crash into New York City’s World Trade Center ‚the Pentagon outside Washington‚ DC ‚ and in rural Pennsylvania causing the death of over three thousand innocent civilians and injuring over six thousand. Osama Bin Laden stated that the attack was in response

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    The Impact of 9/11 Attacks

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    Paper 1 September 11‚ 2001 was one of the most tragic days in U.S. history. The attacks on the World Trade Center were absolutely hanis to say the least. The attacks took many people by surprise‚ including myself. That day made a tremendous impact on our country that still exist today and will probably last a very long time. Terrorism has been around for a many years; however‚ the terrorist attacks of 9-11 changed the United States forever. The terroristsattacks of 9-11 did not have much of

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    Terror Attacks Of September 11th “What separates us from the animals‚ what separates us from the chaos‚ is our ability to mourn people we’ve never met.” - David Levithan. Just under fourteen years ago we were attacked on our own soil for the first time since December 7‚ 1941 when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. Although I wasn’t old enough to remember this day I feel like I was one of the millions of Americans to witness the terror attacks on September 11‚ 2001. September 11th was a horrific

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    September 11‚ 2001 terrorist attacks‚ now referred to as 9/11‚ were a series of coordinated‚ well-planned suicide attacks that involved the use of hijacked passenger jets as a means of destruction . The suicide bombers used the passenger jets as bombs‚ and ran into the World Trade Center Towers of New York‚ the Pentagon‚ and a fourth plane that did not make it to its destination‚ hit the ground in Pennsylvania. These sudden attacks came as a shock to the people and government of the USA. The attacks affected

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    Essay On 9/11 Attacks

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    that devastated millions. On September 11‚ 2001‚ 4 hijacked planes crashed. 2 planes bursted through the twin towers‚ causing them to fall after some time. At first‚ people believed that it was a accident. After the second plane hit the south tower‚ they knew something was going on. The third plane crashed into the pentagon‚ and the fourth was aiming for the capitol

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    On September 11‚ 2001 there was a terrible attack in United States in New York City and the Washington‚ D. C.‚ which was launched by the Islamic terrorist group called al- Qaeda. On that Tuesday morning al-Qaeda hijacked four planes which were crashed into the World Trade Center North Tower‚ South Tower and the pentagon. The first attack was taken place at 8:46 am in World Trade Center North Tower by American Airlines Flight 11 and the second attack was taken place at 9:03 am in South tower by

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    Establishment of the Department of Homeland Security as Established by the Homeland Security Act of 2002 An Analysis and Report Zachary Stackhouse Political Science 101: Introduction October 24‚ 2011 Introduction On September 11th‚ 2001‚ The United States of America and the rest of the world stared and watched as the first and then second tower of the World Trade Center in New York came under attack by terrorists. At 8:46 am‚ American Airlines Flight 11 crashed into the North Tower. At 9:03 am‚ the

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    Homeland Security After 9/11

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    Homeland security After 9/11 Department of homeland security Who are they?   DHS was established to consolidate efforts of all of the domestic agencies in securing American borders and infrastructure. It possesses functions reaching far beyond what previous domestic security agencies used to have. The need for a new efficient apparatus to manage domestic security was realized very quickly: on 9/11 2001 no one was prepared for the type of attacks launched against the United States of America

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