Angle of attack

blockbuster film Zero Dark Thirty directed by Kathryn Bigelow presents us with a number of important ethical questions. Along with a parallel theme surrounding torture, seen in the film, as well as felt through the audience. Following the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, Osama bin Laden becomes one of the most-wanted men on the planet. The worldwide manhunt for the terrorist leader occupies the resources and attention of two U.S. presidential administrations. Ultimately, it is the work of a…

articles both written for the Popular Mechanics magazine by James B. Meigs, the latter being written in 2006, one year after the former. “Debunking the 9/11 Myths: Special Report” is an in-depth analysis of conspiracy theories surrounding the 9/11 attacks and the factual evidence that refutes these theories. “The Afterword” is a reflective piece that describes the uprising of the conspiracy theory community after the first article was published, and then poses the argument as to why conspiracy…

official religion and Sinhala to be the official language, an action that was received with much offense in the Tamil community. Initially, the Tigers were one of many resistance groups, but soon emerged to be the dominant organization after their attack on Sri Lankan security forces prompted riots across the country. Through the 90s and early 2000s, the Tigers continued their work, assassinating the Sri Lankan president as well as the former Prime Minister of India. The group assassinated…

all around the world. To kick off the twenty-first century, a group named Al-Qaeda, planned a terrorist attack. The plan went in full force on September 11, 2001. Two planes crashed into the Twin Towers, destroying the towers within hours. A second plane also crashed into the Pentagon. A final plane was thought to be headed toward the White House, but passengers found out about the recent attacks and crashed the plane into a field in Pennsylvania.They basically saved the lives of the president…

large number of attempted connections each minute suggests this is an attempted denial of service attack. This type of attack attempts to overload network resources with illegitimate traffic to deny service to legitimate users or business needs. IDS and IPS devices can detect all of this traffic, and the IPS can drop (or have border network devices such as firewalls drop) these packets to prevent the attack from succeeding. 2) Network traffic shows that hundreds of hosts are constantly sending…

Bin Laden always condemned Israel, he originally emphasized other issues as well, most notably the claim that Saudi Arabia is occupied by the US Crusaders. After 9/11, his attacks on Saudi Arabia mysteriously vanished, leaving only Palestine, no doubt because both Muslim and Western public opinion would consider the Saudi angle as somewhat esoteric. A few years later, during the war in Iraq, Bin Laden returned to the Saudi issue, now more militantly than ever…

particular goal. Terrorism is a word that is implied when an attack happens. Defining it can be a very difficult task, due to the amount of definitions scholars consider. Setting a foundation is very important before critically analyzing suicide bombers. Likewise, exactly what terrorism plus suicide equals in today’s current world is a topic needing such a critical review. One thing for sure is that international and domestic attacks on personnel and infrastructures’ continue to shake the…

“Denial-of-Service attacks are the cyber equivalent of vandalism. Rather than seek to break into the target system, the perpetrator simply wishes to render the target system unusable” (Easttom, Taylor, 2011). This type of cybercrime prevents the end users from attaining the resource accessibility. Denial-of-Service is also known as a DOS. An attack was launched in Santa Cruz County website in California that caused “county’s government entities and programs, including Emergency Services, Law…

outlining the place of each of the towers; with a deep, square hole in the middle; and a waterfall into the ground as far down as I could see. On the top face of the short walls are written the names of all those who lost their lives in the attack. The names are grouped by floor they worked on in the towers or the plane they were in. As I stood there, gazing at the place where so many had lost their lives, I couldn’t help but feel that I wasn’t emotional enough for the situation.…

passenger jet, crashes into the South World Trade Center tower and explodes. Both buildings are burning, creating alarm throughout the entire world. 9:30 a.m.: George Bush, speaks in Florida, he explains that the USA has endured an "apparent terrorist attack." 9:43 a.m.: An aircraft, Flight 77, collides with the Pentagon, sending up an all-consuming measure of dark smoke. Evacuation of the building begins immediately. 9:45 a.m.: Everyone evacuates the White House. 10:05 a.m.: Plunging into the…