In the early evening of January 13, 1982, Air Florida Flight 90 crashed into Washington DC’s 14th Street Bridge and plunged into the Potomac River, just minutes after take-off from Washington National Airport. Only six passengers survived the crash, all of whom clung to the tail section of the plane as it sunk slowly into the freezing, ice-clogged waters. Arnold D. Williams, Jr. was one of those passengers. As rescue workers and ordinary civilians tried desperately to reach the injured and…
For my SSR project the book I read was, Lone Survivor, by Marcus Luttrell and Patrick Robinson. Marcus Luttrell is a former United States Navy SEAL, who received many awards and medals for his heroic acts against the Taliban fighters during “Operation Redwing” in 2005. Patrick Robinson is a British Novelist who writes naval-based thrillers each telling the story of a crisis facing the world in the early 21st century. These two men came together and wrote an amazing memoir about Marcus Luttrell,…
On September 11th, 2001, 19 members of the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda high jacked four airliners and executed suicide attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City, the pentagon in DC, and the last one was in a field in Somerset County in Pennsylvania. I am going to give a review on the two planes that hit the Twin Towers in New York City. At 8:45 am on a clear Tuesday morning, an American Airlines Boeing 767 was high jacked midflight and went on to crash into the north tower of the…
with problems with psychological issues, weak personality, or suffering from depression/identity crises. The recruitment approached may come directly or indirectly it can come from a face to face invite or browsing on the internet. A criminal record should be avoided by a quest to raise suspicion towards the organization. Terrorist organizations seduce the recruits by fixing their problems, financial inducements, or information. 9/11 What Happen? Osama bin Laden and the terrorist…
Osama Bin Laden, was being hunted down by two other presidents but they failed. President Obama achieved the hunt and capture and killed Osama. In the article “Osama Bin Laden Dead, Obama Announces”, by Sam Stein and Jennifer Bendery states how Obama was really determined to find the guy that caused the 911 in the quote “Both Bill Clinton and George W. Bush had targeted bin Laden during their presidencies, and both failed to either capture him or kill him. The failure to snare Bin Laden weighed…
Osama Bin Laden’s letter to the American people was riddled with religious justification for the 9/11 attacks. From the beginning of the letter, Bin Laden speaks directly to God, asking for “God’s reward” and “support from Him” as he replies to Americans. Bin Laden uses an “us versus them”, or “Islam versus the US” approach in his response. He references the United States’ support of Israel and Judaism and how it brings “laughter and tears” to watch the US continue to delegitimize Islam as the…
Bin laden says, “The expansion of Israel is one of the greatest crimes, and you are the leaders of its crimes. And of course there is no need to explain and prove the degree of American support for Israel. The creation of Israel is a crime which must be erased…
According to Dictionary.com, imperialism is defined as "the policy of extending the rule or authority of an empire or nation over foreign countries, or of acquiring and holding colonies and dependencies”. In simple terms, imperialism is the process in which one state imposes its control upon another through military force or political action in order to exploit the area for raw materials and strategic purposes. In the modern world, terrorism is a form of imperialism because they both contain the…
up to be more organised, generating their own money from crimes and contacting the other groups when there is a need. Osama bin laden founded the al-Qaida in the year 1979 for the Arabian fighters. Even after a massive military operation in Afghanistan, he was still absconding for many years. He has been on air and was projected as the figure head of al-Qaida. Osama bin laden was the head and the man behind the suicide hijackings and various other attacks on the United States in September 2011.…
Terrorism and anarchism are intrinsic aspects of the novel, and are central to the plot. Verloc is employed by an agency which requires him to orchestrate terrorist activities, and several of the characters deal with terrorism in some way: Verloc's friends are all interested in an anarchistic political revolution, and the police are investigating anarchist motives behind the bombing of Greenwich. The novel was written at a time when terrorist activity was increasing. There had been numerous…