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    The Main Social Effects 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

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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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    Zach Betten The Impact of 9-11 On September 11‚ 2001 America woke up expecting a normal day. What America did not expect was that this day was going to change history forever. On that day Islamic extremist high-jacked four U.S. airplanes with the intent of crashing them into the twin towers‚ the Pentagon and the White House. Two of the planes did indeed crash into the twin towers in New York City and another was used to hit the pentagon. The passengers on the last plane however‚ fought back‚ and

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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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    their way. Right there parked in the driveway. When he got into the car he found the keys in the glove box. Trevor immediately accelerated the vehicle down the street. Trevor didn’t know where he was going‚ but he only knew he had to get as far away from that home and find a new safe house. While driving he noticed that many buildings were turned into rubble or they were burnt. When he saw this damage he was in shocked in how bad the communities had been devastated. As he drove on he kept his eyes

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    How Tom and Gatsby are Treated Differently Different treatment of Tom and Gatsby impacts Daisy’s decision of who to pick. Tom is treated better in general than Gatsby is. Tom and Gatsby are treated differently by society which affects Daisy’s choice of man at the end of the book. Gatsby is treated like a battery by society‚ when people are done using him they no longer want to be around him. While at Gatsby’s parties people gossip about him behind his back. People only come to his house for free

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    After-effects of the Act This Term Paper / Assignment / Project has been submitted by Ms. Aishwaria S Iyer ID No: 212034 On Sociology II During the Winter Semester 2012 -13 I. Introduction Everyone knows 9/11 as the day of the infamous airplane crash that brought down the twin towers in New York‚ destroying thousands of lives all at once. Few however‚ realise that the date is ominous for Indians in a different way. It is the date when The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act or AFSPA‚ was

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    Terrorism before and after 9/11 Terrorism is still happening today and it has also happened in the past‚ so we ask ourselves are we safe in any place ? Before 9/11 there have been terrorist attacks in the U.S which then caused the 9/11 terrorism by beginning war which would be the Middle East and America. Also how they would train each men and get more weapons for them‚ although some men did not want to fight. After 9/11 we are not safe anymore due to the 9/11 terror because there is a

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    Some people think that this kind of punishment is too inhumane‚ so government should abolish the capital punishment. Personally‚ I definitely agree with this opinion for several reasons below. First of all‚ there is no one has the right to take other one’s life away. People are born by God‚ and God is only person who has this right. Human beings should not kill human beings. Even if criminals have committed horrible crimes‚ the government does not have the right to execute them. Taking those people

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    the salient features of the Australian Anti-terrorism Legislation passed in 2004. Explain. Answer: Three anti-terrorism bills were enacted in the Australian Parliament in 2004 by a Coalition government with the Labor opposition’s support. These were the Anti-terrorism bill‚ 2004‚ the Anti-terrorism bill (No 2)‚ 2004 and the Anti-terrorism bill (No 3)‚ 2004. Anti-terrorism bill‚ 2004 The Attorney-General‚ Philip Ruddock‚ introduced the Anti-terrorism bill‚ 2004 on 31 March. He described it as

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