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    made statements that these four coordinated attacks were committed by al-Qaeda, an Islamic terrorist group. Shortly after, the United States declared war and launched its attacks and weapons in Afghanistan, also known as the War on Terror. Osama bin Laden, who claimed responsibility for 9/11 was later killed due to the efforts of Seal Team Six and the Special Operations Group of the Central Intelligence Agency. However, talk about 9/11 did not stop there. Countless conspiracy theories presented…

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    Have you ever heard about the 9/11 attacks in the New York City? This tragic incident happened on 11 September 2011 where four planes were hijacked by 19 men, collided into the NYC World Trade Centre and led to the deaths of roughly 3,000 people. Before the 9/11 attacks, there was another deadliest act of terrorism happened in the United States on the 19 of April 1995 claimed the lives of 168 people including children and 800 more wounded (Josef, 2014). This deadliest attacks also caused damaged…

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    The weather and setting of Roger Rosenblatt’s essay, “The Man in the Water,” had a prodigious effect on one particular man as well as everyone else who was involved in the catastrophic January 13, 1982 crash of Air Florida Flight 90. Due to the winter season and the weather conditions, the water in the Potomac River where passengers landed was frigid. One courageous man stepped forward and began to save as many of the horrified and dying people as he could. Since the water was so cold, it…

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    Al Qaeda, which is Arabic for “the base”, is an Islamic terrorist group whose ultimate goal is to establish its version of Islamic rule all across any Muslim territory. 9/11, as well as other terrorist attacks, were some of the many attacks in the past decade conducted by Al Qaeda. On September 11, 2001, Al Qaeda hijacked 4 American passenger planes. Then, they flew those planes, conducting a suicide mission as they flew those hijacked planes into both Twin Towers and the Pentagon. The 4th plane…

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    The technological community keeps advancing day by day, and although that benefits the public such as creating products to make our already leisurely lives more comfortable and entertaining, such inventions like anything can be adjusted to do harm; and this is where drones come into play. Technically called “unmanned aerial vehicles” (UAVs) drones are aircraft unassisted by pilots, encompassing everything from military vehicles to just plain use for recreation. Although having been in use for…

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    The Cold War and the current War on Terror have some similarities but many more differences. According to John Tirman professor MIT Center for International studies (par.2) “Mr. Bush signaled these comparisons in his speech before Congress nine days after the attacks, when he said the terrorists “follow in the path of fascism, and Nazism, and totalitarianism. And they will follow that path all the way, to where it ends: in history’s unmarked grave of discarded lies.” The Cold War was a contest…

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    I woke up on a crystal clear morning “time for work” I sighed aloud to make it sound better than it actually was.Some people think it's difficult being a firefighter I honestly have to say it's easy… for me, I can find my way out of things pretty easy. so I arrived early about 6:00 I was ready to sit and do nothing for the entire day. By 7:39 some of my friends had to go deal with some “simple fire” I never quite understood the difference between a major fire; and a small fire they are both…

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    There are two types of terrorist groups that can cause major problems for the United States. One group is known as domestic and the other transnational. In this paper I will describe the two groups and explain how different their methods are when it comes to terrorism. The difference between domestic terrorism and transnational terrorism is that domestic terrorism is homegrown which means the target, venue, and perpetrators are from the same country. This makes domestic terrorism a consequence…

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    Why Did 9/11 Happen Essay

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    At 9pm he gave a television address explaining the tragic events that happened. Bush and his family were wealthy oil owners. They were greedy and wanted oil from iraq. This gives him motive for faking a terrorist attack. The oil production went down 35% after the war started in iraq. 75% of that oil was taken and seized by the United States This…

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    America is a democracy, and the foundation of a democracy is the people. The people’s voice and thoughts in government is what makes this country unique. Our allowance of populism is such an important part of our democracy. Populism could have been destroyed after September 11th, and the government could have taken complete control over our nation to protect it, but what makes this decade spectacular and makes this government great is that didn’t happen. The people’s thoughts were taken even…

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