Over the summer my family and I went to Washington D.C to visit my grandma. Washington D.C is the capitol of the Unites States of America and while we were there we went to visit the U.S capitol building. On the outside of the U.S capitol there are many places to stop and take pictures and still be able to have a perfect view of the capitol. . The building was built in a neoclassical style which is a inspiration of classical art The Dome of the building is being restored because of damages and cracks
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worldwide. He asks for prayers for those killed or wounded in the attacks. "Make no mistake, the United States will hunt down and punish those responsible for these cowardly acts,"(www.history.com/topic/9-11). Later President Bush addresses the nation from the Oval Office (www.history.com/topic/9-11). CHAPTER TWO; TSA screening Procedures TSA screening has various issues, from carry-on rule to carry-on restrictions, additionally to who get a pat down or who goes into the private room to be searched
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mastermind behind the 9/11 terror attacks in New York city. He was the leader of the Isalmist group known as Al- Qaeda, which was the organization that committed the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon. Bin Laden was named the prime suspect of the 9/11 attacks, as it was stated by the government an hour after the attacks had taken place.
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September 11th was a gruesome day in the history of this country. Schools saw it. Businesses saw it. The world saw it. The world saw the dawn of a new war, a war waged against terrorism. On september 11th, 2001, two commercial airliners crashed into the World Trade center, one into the Pentagon, another into a Pennsylvania field. The planes had been hijacked by members of Al-Qaeda, a muslim terrorist group. They did this to protest America, to get us to change our ways. In the photo, the flag functions
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Year 10 English – Perspective and Bias My target audience for this Documentary review is people that are 15+ this is because teenagers and Adults are the once that are interested in this kind of things. Bowling for columbine was made in 2002 and this was an American documentary that was made by Michel Moore. In this documentary Michel is trying to convince all citizens in America that having guns is dangerous and they shouldn’t be allowed and other acts of violent with guns. At first, it seems
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Written Assignment 5 September 11, 2001 began as any normal morning. However, it turned out to be one of the most devastating memories to be etched into the minds of every American citizen forever. On that Tuesday morning, terrorists hijacked four commercial airline planes. The hijackers intentionally crashed two of these planes into the North and South towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, New York, and flew one directly into the United States Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. According
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On September 11, 2001 terrorists crashed two American airplanes into the World Trade Center (WTC) and the Pentagon, killing thousands of people. It was the worst terrorist attack in American history and it showed us that we are not protected by Atlantic and Pacific. It showed us that we could be attacked by anyone at anytime. It showed us that if we will be attacked again that we can only depend on each other and not on other nations to help us. September 11th changed people forever, some lost
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In the minds of many Americans, civil liberties are the foundation of the country and any laws that limit civil liberties must be fully justified before being accepted. Even after destructive terrorist acts like on the World Trade Center on September 11 2001 Americans are divided on the law. Since
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com/articles/2009/10/16/the-taliban-al-qaeda-connection.html) Some have claimed that this has made Al Qaeda more dangerous and more difficult to track. This may be true, but at the same time they are also less capable of planning and executing as complex of operations as 9/11 since they are now more scattered and a significant amount of their key leaders have been killed or captured. They have however become more difficult to track as they move into new territories such as Yemen where there is less intelligence on their
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“Helicopters descended out of darkness on the most important counterterrorism mission in U.S. history. It was an operation so secret, only a select few U.S. officials knew what was about to happen. The location was a fortified compound in an affluent Pakistani town two hours outside Islamabad. The target was Osama bin Laden. Normally, the U.S. shares its counterterrorism intelligence widely with trusted allies in Britain, Canada, Australia and elsewhere. And the U.S. normally does not carry out
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