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    prior to the gruesome aftermath of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attack. This devastation, referred to as 9/11, was the result of an attack on the World Trade Center in New York City and an attack on the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. As a result, the United states’ government promptly introduced the Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act, the PATRIOT Act, to the American Public. Consequently, In the years after the attack, many forms of media reenacted…

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    September 11th, 2001 was a tragic day in history. It started out of any other day, but that changed pretty quickly. Islamic terrorists hijacked American planes and flew two of them into the Twin Towers in New York City. Another plane was flown into the Pentagon just outside of Washington D.C., and a fourth one crashed into a field in Pennsylvania. An estimated 2,996 citizens and firefighters were killed and more than 6,000 others were wounded. Some of the information given to us by the…

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    become president again for another term. Moore Talks about 9/11 and Bin laden throughout this book and his opinion on how is was basically done on purpose by Bush. He states different facts that can sort of prove what Moore is saying about Bush. Like how the Bush administration resisted the special commission from even investigating 9/11 from collecting any evidence. Something even more puzzling that happened just days after the attacks on the twin towers is that Bin Laden’s family was secretly…

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    theories regarding the September 11th attacks. The September 11th attacks is one of the most tragic events that has occurred in American history, a day where planes were hijacked and flown into the iconic World Trade Center in New York, followed by an attack on The Pentagon in Washington. Terrorism has always been on the minds of the American people, but after this event, it was glued into their minds forever. The September 11th attacks took place on a Tuesday morning the attacks being held out…

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    I am going to talk about is called FLYING AND DRIVING AFTER SEPTEMBER 11 ATTACKS. It talks about how driving and flying has changed in the United States after the September 11 attacks. Was driving and flying safe in before the attacks? In the source the writer suggests that there was a lower risk in flying as compared to driving. This was according to Dan Weintraub in a paper that was published in the year 2001. However after the attacks there was an 18% drop in the number of passengers that…

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    According to a contributor at Fox News, Steven Crowder, religious extremism is not the only kind of extremism in the world. He states that a more alarming form of extremism is called secular extremism. Secular extremism demonstrates the same terrorist ideologies but is seen in a more positive light, as its battle is ‘moral’ against that of the ‘evil’ theistic terrorists in the world. He uses the example of James Lee, who held innocent people hostage in the Discovery Center building to further…

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    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 more into consideration after the bombing and into the beginning of the millennium. After the attack on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, citizens didn’t feel safe in the nation, a nation under attack by terrorists (Attacks). America cried out…

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    9/11 Compare And Contrast

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    event that almost no person would want to remember. both attacks had in common is that they both left There many similarities dealing with the Red Scare and the September 11th terrorist attack. One thing that major destruction in the area. In the red scare attack 60,000 total strikers paralyzed the city schools and, ordinary commerce. On September the 11th there was a various terrorist attack which is known as 9/11. The destruction on 9/11 concluded killing almost 3,000 people and caused at…

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    probably would have had a larger amount of terrorist attacks then we actually had. The Patriot Act has helped monitor foreign communications, as well as electronic communications in America. This act was created in response to the tragedy that happened on September 11th, 2001 at the World Trade Center in New York. As of December 2011 the Patriot Act has prevented over 42 terrorist attacks on American soil, that’s…

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    States became the main target on September 11 that stunned individuals. Ever since, the horrendous attack against the United States citizens and the Government have raised their guards. The Homeland Security was informed to secure and shield risks that are coming to the United States (Taylor & Steedman). It is time that we take a more consequential procedure and seek why the system is at fault for all of grief that is has casted upon individuals and their families. The 9/11 attackers were…

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