Cause And Effects Of 9/11 Essay

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The attacks of 9/11 were considered the main events which lead to both the UK and the USA to take one more step towards the invasion of Iraq. In 9/11/2001 the USA saw the bloodiest event in the beginning of 21st century, USA was attacked by terrorist, who stole four commercial passenger jet airlines. According to BBC news (2001) the USA blamed Osama Ben Laden for the attack. The BBC reported that two commercial passenger jet airlines were thrown in the world center in New York City and the third one was thrown in Pentagon building and the fourth one was crashed in Pennsylvania south-east of Pittsburgh. Nearly 3000 people were killed and others were injured.
After the attacks immediately, Osama Ben Laden and Saddam Hussein were seen as the responsible

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