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    home town, Sini. In 2006 after more than three years after the war in Iraq. A civil war erupted in the country between Sunni and Shee’a and Al Qaeda was involved too. It was a mess were you do not know your enemies from your friends. In my small home town in the middle northern part of the country where all the population is Sunni, the war was between Al Qaeda and…

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    Terrorism In America Essay

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    Dictionary.com has three definitions for the word terrorism: the use of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce, especially for political purposes; the state of fear and submission produced by terrorization; and a terroristic method of governing or of resisting a government. In America alone, at least three thousand people died and over six thousand were injured during the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. The Boston Marathon bombings killed only three, but injured almost three hundred.…

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    hijacked by members of a terrorist group called Al-Qaeda, two airplanes were crashed into the World Trade Center Twin Towers in Lower Manhattan, New York City. The third airplane crashed into The Pentagon located in Arlington County, Virginia. And the fourth airplane crash landed in a field in rural Pennsylvania because the passengers on board stopped the hijackers just in time before the plane hit the White House, which was its original destination. Al-Qaeda, the group responsible for the…

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    9/11 Terrorism Essay

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    Terrorism: 9/11 On the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001 a group of terrorist called “Al-Qaeda” hijacked 4 airplanes and crashed them into the world trade center’s north and south tower in New York City. This left the whole world in shock. What many people thought was going to be a normal day came out to be a day that we will never forget. Nothing this devastating had ever happened in US Soil since the Pearl Harbor attack on December 7, 1941. A perfectly executed plan by a terrorist group…

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    After the September 11th attacks, the Bush Administrations War on Terror brought terrorist groups (notably al-Qaeda) to the forefront of the global scene, making the Middle East the site of the 21st-century’s newfound conflict. Ten years later, the death of Osama Bin Laden heralded an end to the supremacy of the al-Qaeda core and its leadership, yet began the threat of affiliate groups to al-Qaeda, and the new radical group ISIS. Despite most affiliates inability to launch successful global…

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    extremist attacks have increased. Not notably terrorist attacks increased by 61% between 2012-2013, says the global terrorism index. The Index also said a majority of the attacks were committed by four groups, which happened to be ISIS, Boko Haram, Al Qaeda and the Taliban. All four groups happened to have elements of religion…

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    Hamas — Islamic Resistance Movement Hama is a Sunni-Islamic fundamentalist organization of Palestinian nationality. The group was founded in 1987, and it’s original goal was to liberate Palestine from Israeli occupation and to establish an Islamic state in the occupied Israeli territory of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Hamas’s headquarter is located in the Palestinian territory of Gaza. The group formed as an offshoot of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood. Hamas is known for being the first…

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    Combat Terrorism Essay

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    This team is know as the “Hunter killer team”. The team is made up of delta force, Rangers, USAF and Navy seals. This team is known for the cross over attacks on Seria and the death of many AL-Qaeda members. Another Famous counter terrorism unit is Seal team six who carried out the hit on Osama bin laden AL-Qaeda leader of the planned attack on September 11th in operation called Neptune 's spear. Other countries also have special units designed for countering terrorism. Counter Terrorism…

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    terrorizing the United States and other countries did not help their cause for taking back palestine. The only thing Al Qaeda accomplished from these attacks was bringing the war to them in their countries and made the U.S rally together and retaliate in anger. Osama Bin Laden’s many attempts to…

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    attack but are the ones responsible for the missions. For example, on September 11, 2001 the was carried out by 19 Islamic radicals who were members of the infamous terrorism group Al-Qaeda. Al-Qaeda was managed and controlled by a Yemeni Kindite national known as Osama bin Laden who was known as the leader of Al-Qaeda. This historical attack killed 3,000 people and destroyed the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center. This was a form of transnational terrorism committed on American soil by…

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