Ramzi Yousef

September 11th, 2001. American Airlines flight 11, carrying 92 people took off from Boston's Logan International Airport at 7:59AM, in route to Los Angeles. United Airlines flight 175 took off minutes after flight 11, also headed to Los Angeles. After just 20 minutes in the air, flight 11 attendants notified the ground personnel that the plane had been hijacked by terrorists. Seconds after the hijacker of flight 11, Mohammed Atta, attempted to control the flight, the Northeast Air Defense Sector…

Terrorism. An act or threatened act of violence against innocent people for political purpose. Or is it a violation of laws. Terrorism is difficult to define because there is no standard meaning. Alex P. Schmid says most definitions of the term have two characteristics: 1) Someone is terrorized and 2) the meaning of the term is derived from the terrorists’ targets and victims. We can all agree that terrorism is a problem, but we can never agree on what terrorism is. A great example of terrorism…

Terrorism has in the recent years turned out to be a significant threat to the human race. This menace impacts directly or indirectly on governments, individuals, organizations, economy and particularly vulnerable groups. The term terrorism refers to the utilization of brutality to scare a population or an administration thus influencing the political, ideological and religious change. Terrorism, as can be described in other words as psychological oppression, is a product of various populations…

“If we learn nothing else from this tragedy, we learn that life is short and there is no time for hate.” Sandy Dahl, the wife of one of the victims of the September 11th attacks, said this. (“Powerful Quotes Remembering 9/11” 1) It took only 102 minutes for 2,997 innocent people to be killed in a terrorist attack in the United States (“September 11th Fast Facts” 1). The September 11 attacks lasted only 102 minutes, but changed the lives of many Americans in many ways. Most people can remember…