I will then look in to and discuss the various conspiracy theories that surround the question. Introduction When asked to think of a name associated to the word terrorism Osama bin Laden will spring to the front of many people’s minds. This is not surprising as he been the most influential and internationally recognised terrorist over the last few decades. At 10:30 AM on May the 1st 2011 the White House released a statement claiming bin Laden had been killed in an American operation in Pakistan. Many people all over the US and Europe celebrated at the news as they felt that justice had been done for the 9/11 attacks which killed so many innocent people.
History Controlled Assessment. Why has 9/11 had a lasting significance on the fight against terrorism? In the past we have always had a problem with terrorism; There have been bombings in many different countries like Kenya, Beirut, Lebanon, Iran and Tanzania. These bombings happened because the US positioned troops out in the countries near holy sites and embassies for protection but some people didn’t like it, like Osama Bin Laden, and decided to act on it resulting in the attack of 911. Another act of terrorism was the ‘Klu Klux Klan’ who were a group of white people who did not agree with the slave trade being abolished so they would commit crimes (like burning down buildings and rioting) and would harm people who agreed with slaves being freed.
The July Bomb Plot of 1944 was an attempt by senior German Army officers to kill Hitler and end World War Two. The July Bomb Plot was not the first attempt to kill Hitler, but it was the one that came the closest to success.The July Bomb Plot of 1944 was an attempt by senior German Army officers to kill Hitler and end World War Two. The July Bomb Plot was not the first attempt to kill Hitler, but it was the one that came the closest to success.Stauffenberg was a career army officer. He had served in the Polish campaign, and the attacks on Western Europe in 1940. From here, he served in North Africa where, in July 1943, he was severely wounded from the gunfire of a low-flying plane.
South Asia after Osama bin Laden The US Navy Seals killed the most wanted terrorist in the world-Osama bin Laden in an independent operation in Abbottabad Pakistan on May 2 2011. His body was subsequently laid to rest in the waters of the Indian Ocean. By doing this, the US claims to have cut the head of Al-Qaeda and also avenge the deaths of 9/11. However the complete fallouts of this event are yet to unfold. And this is not because one person named Osama bin Laden who was accused of masterminding one of the dreadest acts of terrorism in history has been killed, but it is more because of the ideology which he personified and the stature he had acquired by using the Jehadi ideology to recreate the perception of the ‘clash of civilization’
I think that you have to look at the nature and the timing of the attacks in Oklahoma City and the first world trade center bombing to really determine why the DHS was formed after the attacks. The United States never really had a large-scale attack on US soil except for the attack on Pearl Harbor. The attacks though Oklahoma City and the world trade center were horrible, but they weren’t on such a large scale as the 9/11 attacks. Timothy McVeigh and a small group of extremist came up with the idea to blow up the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City, because they incidents that happened two years earlier in Waco, Texas (FBI, 2013). I think that this attack didn’t cause a dramatic effect as 9/11 because the thought was that Mr. McVeigh acted alone and he was an American so nobody thought that there was a need for a forming of an agency such as the Department of Homeland Security.
They Shin Bet tactics were initially most developed to gather information from the local population. The Bus 300 Affair became an important event in Israel when two Palestinian terrorists hijacked a bus but were captured alive and without having killed anyone but actually beaten to death by Shin Bet agents. The director resigned from this incident and is upset that politicians can pass the blame for incidents like this when they condone the activities and allow them to happen. An important idea discussed in this film is that depending on what side you’re on, everyone is a terrorist and liberator. To the terrorist organizations fighting the state of Israel, Israel is the terrorist organization.
You can see where a problem would arise here. The pilots would have no idea who they are dropping their bombs on, just what coordinates it is. Bombs were dropped on US soldiers everyday but more vital, local South Vietnamese. America might not have understood at the time but they were the biggest recruiter for their own enemy. Every village destroyed, brother killed, livestock murdered.
This made him very popular with the government and locals. Osama continued to play a supporting role in the Afghan war, but it was not until the late 80s that he took on another role as soldier. He went on to fight in many battles and stayed on the front lines which made him seem fearless. Osama Bin Laden traveled a lot back and forth from many countries, but while living on the Afghan-Pakistan border religious convictions became much more profound. By 1989 the Soviet Union forces were defeated and kick out of Afghanistan, Osama took credit for winning the war and the expulsion of the Soviet troops.
In George Bush’s ‘war on terror’ speech, George Bush has strongly depicted Al Qaeda as iniquitous freedom haters. He starts by using emotional appeal in his first sentence stating Al Qaeda as “enemies of freedom” to create a sense of injustice towards the audience, which manipulates them to support Bush’s contention and also trigger an emotional response. In his third paragraph, he uses a metaphor to describe Al Qaeda: “Al Qaeda is to terror what the mafia is to crime”. This automatically creates a negative image in the audience’s mind and furthermore, highlights Bush’s main point. Throughout his whole speech, he uses an anger and disparaging tome to reflect Bush’s point of view.
To some these conspiracies may seem believable; however, after analyzing them one realizes that there is more doubt than theorists relay. One such conspiracy was conveyed by David Ray Griffin, a professor of philosophy of religion at the Claremont School of Theology. In this essay, he chose to answer the question: why did the Twin Towers and Building 7 collapse? The official theory states that, “The structural damage sustained by each tower from the impact, combined with the ensuing fires, resulted in the total collapse of each building.” However, Griffin’s research showed that fire had never caused a steel frame high rise to collapse either before or after 9/11. Although fire cannot get hot enough to melt steel, Griffin discovered that steel loses 80% of its strength when it reached 1,300 degrees Fahrenheit; however, steel, an excellent conductor of heat, would not have been that hot.