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    HISTORY OF THE LIBERATION TIGERS OF TAMIL EELAM: The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) were an intentional terrorist group well known in the northern/eastern Sri Lanka. LTTE was founded in 1976 and became the most effective, dangerous, brutal, organized and deadliest extremist terrorist groups in the world. They were a revolutionary association that wanted to establish an independent Tamil State to protect their human rights. Moreover, they are known for carrying out a high number of…

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    9/11 Hijacking Theory

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    Marwan al-Shehhi, and Ramzi bin al-Shibh. They were introduced the Radical Islamic views in a mosque in Germany. The scariest thing about these people were not because they were super human with high intelligence, they were ordinary people that were convinced that a holy war must be called upon the United States. They will soon be recruited into Al Qaeda and started planning for what Osama Bin Laden called "The Planes Operation". Mohamed, Marwan and Ramzi all three had to go through extensive Al…

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    The Unsolved Mystery of D.B. Cooper I.Introduction A.Imagine being a flight attendant, now picture receiving a note from a passenger which indicates that there is a bomb on the plane; this is what happened to Tina Mucklow, a flight attendant and also one of the main witnesses of the D.B. Cooper Case. B.The unsolved case of D.B. Cooper is one of the most infamous hijackings of American History. C.Not only that, it’s also one of the largest and most difficult conundrums ever for the FBI.…

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    Triangle Changed America

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    David Von Drehle worked as a journalist for The Washington Post and is also the author of “Triangle: The Fire That Changed America.” In this ALA Notable Book of the Year, Von Drehle talks about the devastating fire in New York City on March 25, 1911 as well as the events leading up to it, how it led to many reforms and changes in government policies regarding not just the workplace, but of the standard of living in general. During the 20th century, a time when immigrants flocked to the US for in…

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    Organized Crime In Chicago

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    there were only 60 officers(“Wikipedia”). People could do whatever they wanted, whenever they felt like it. Even before Al Capone, a famous American gangster who ran the streets of Chicago, started his illegal activities the city already had a reputation for crime(“Mental Floss”). Chicago’s rival territories, the North and the East, started being rivals right about the time Al Capone started to dominate the streets of Chicago. The two rivals, even today, are only split by Madison Street(“Sam T…

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    his morning, on the 245th anniversary of The Boston Massacre, Queen Elizabeth admitted in a public comment that the English attack that resulted in the death of several americans was “kind of a bad idea.” “We are taking the time to express Our regret for a wrong committed over 200 years ago,” the Queen began. “This week, after seeing a news report about a American revolution remembrance ceremony, We thought to yourself, ‘Man, that was kind of a bad move, We should probably make an expression…

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    Fahrenheit 9/11 Analysis

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    Taha Quraishi Mr. Irvine US History 22 September 2015 Fahrenheit 9/11 Fahrenheit 9/11 directed by Michael Moore is a documentary film that premiered in movie theaters around the world during June of 2004. The film’s foremost basis is that US President George W. Bush is, and has been from the start of his term, unfit for office and does not act in the interests of the American people. It is a no-holds-barred attack on the Bush management’s handling of the 9/11 terrorist attacks and the War on…

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    The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis Imagine being a sailor on The USS Indianapolis. You had just finished dropping off the atomic bomb at Tinian. It is late at night and you decide to go to bed. A couple minutes later, the ship jolts to the left. You’ve been hit by a torpedo. You jump out of your bed and rush out of the room. You hear your captain screaming, “Abandon ship!Abandon ship!”. You rush down the narrow hall and find a life jacket. You put it on and run to the stern of the ship. You…

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    Introduction At present, whenever we look at Islam. We instantly imagine the suicide bombing, violent protests, terrorism, jihad and veiled women of the Middle East. This mean that some people have a negative sense towards the Islamic world. Particularly, when we consider on women which are nearly always the victims of gender discrimination , justice, and inequality. So, in this paper, I try to conduct the analysis in the issues of gender inequality over the Islamic world. From my point…

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    Military deception has been used throughout history to thwart the enemy during battle. The Art of War by Sun Tzu discusses strategies that emphasize the concept of deception as a critical war tactic. Military deception is considered a type of psychological warfare and employs many unconventional methods including visual deceptions and misinformation. Before and during the Invasion of Normandy in World War II, one of the largest deceptions in military history was executed. By using this…

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