Counterterrorism Strategies After September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks

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Counterterrorism strategies have been implemented after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack in New York and the war on terror as a result. Counterterrorism can be complexed with various countries and different views on how to combat terrorism. Focusing on the United States-European Union relationship in the context of counterterrorism strategies, September 11 attacks, financing terrorism, use of intelligence, violence and finding ways to reduce recruitment of new terrorist.
CIA Director Michael Hayden explained during a meeting at the German Embassy in Washington DC that the US-EU relationship as being a “bottomless criticism”, as European public criticism vs. private co-operation is complex while some important structural explanations

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