Hamburg Cell Summary

September 11, 2001 (herein referred to as 9/11) was a day in American history, which will be remembered as the most horrific attack on American soil. This attack, carried out by nineteen Islamic extremists, was associated with al-Qaeda, and involved the hijacking of four airplanes. Two of those airplanes were hijacked and flown directly into the World Trade Center in New York City, New York. The third plane’s target was the Pentagon in Washington D.C., and the fourth plane was brought down in Pennsylvania where it is believed the passengers aboard fought the hijackers. This horrific day in history cost over 3,000 people their lives, and was labeled the worst attack on American soil since the attack on Pearl Harbor during World War II.

Roughly 2,753 people were killed on September 11, 2001, by terrorists who overtook commercial airplanes (Jones). The cause of these thousands of deaths were a series of attacks in New York City by an Islamic terrorist group, Al-Qaeda. However, there are still many questions about what actually happened the morning of September 11, 2001. As there are many different conspiracy theories about what happened that day, 9/11 was an attack which began with Al- Qaeda hi-jacking airplanes, but ended with more questions than answers. Many questions still remain about the authenticity of cell phone calls from inside the planes, why air defense was told to “stand down,” and how three buildings imploded as the result of two buildings being struck by airplanes.

Terrorist attacks have increased over the last twenty years, but one of the most remembered is the attack on the World Trade Center in New York City. It happened on September 11, 2001; and is commonly referred to as 9/11. Americans grow up learning details about 9/11; but rarely do we learn about a personal experience. In Adam Mayblum’s email “The Price We Pay,” he tells the story of what happened to him, and others around him on the day of September 11, 2001. Mayblum explains in paragraph ten “If you want to kill us, leave us alone because we will do it by ourselves. If you want to make us stronger, attack and we unite.” He made an excellent point with that statement, because he is right. He provides us with imagery, thoughts on terrorism, and strong use of emotions throughout the story that brings us a very well written narrative.

On September 11’th 2001 on the morning hijacked by 19 Arab men 4 aircraft were all heading towards California, and used them as suicide missiles. They flew into the World Trade Center two twin towers, the Pentagon and after a long struggle with passengers crashed last down on a field. World Trade Center consisted of seven buildings, three of the buildings collapsed and the four others were damaged by the other collapsed. It is believed that the 19 Arab men, was led by the Egyptian Mohammed Atta (1968-2001) 5.

George W. Bush once said that “Our enemies have made the mistake that America’s enemies always make. They see liberty and think they saw weakness.” 9/11 was a devastating day in American history. Men, from the terrorist group Al Quada, attacked America on their own soil for the first time since Japan attack us at Pearl Harbor. But there are some things we can isolate from it. The basic overview of it. What were the terrorists doing to get ready for the day, and what was their major purpose and intention.

In the 12 years since the terrorist attacks on the world trade towers in New York city, thousands of hours of research and interviews has been conducted, scores of books have been written, and countless documentaries and films have been produced in an effort to help us understand how and why terrorists were able to carry out the massacre of nearly 3500 people. Despite the plethora of religious and nonreligious beliefs represented by the friends and family of those who died, one universal belief binds them all: the belief that an unspeakable act of cruelty has changed our nation and our people for all time. The name ascribed to this act of terrorism is debated widely. Some call it evil. Others call it nothing more than supreme cruelty.

September 11, 2001 is one of the most infamous dates in American history. On this day, 19 radicalized Islamic militants hijacked four United States-based airplanes. Two of the planes were flown into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City. Thousands of first responders, occupants of the Towers and bystanders were killed or injured. The third plane flew into the Pentagon in Washington D.C. and 125 people were killed. The passengers on the fourth plane revolted and forced the hijackers to crash into a field in Stony Creek, Pennsylvania. A total of 3,000 people were killed and over 6,000 were injured that day (“9/11 Attacks” 1). After the most detrimental terrorist attack in the history of the United States, action needed to

President Obama introduces idea of Osama bin Laden as a ‘murderous terrorist’ and connects bin Laden’s ties to September 11, 2001. The imagery and emotion Obama evokes is immense and hits hard. He recounts back to the “cloudless September sky,” he then steers

There are many questions to be answered, and the first one I want to answer is how did the jet fuel melt the steel beams in the towers. Another question, is there is video footage of the towers blowing up before the plane hit. I would like to discover if that video is edited or actual footage. Next topic I want to cover is how exactly did the black box, which is meant to survive a crash, get destroyed, yet the terrorist passports survived the crash, including the terrorist who was in the cockpit. Also, the argument that Bush did 9/11 for an excuse to invade Iran, will be valid in my paper. Lastly, I will discuss how Bin Laden denied that he did 9/11, when his previous attacks prove he enjoys to boast about them. So would one not think he would brag about planning the biggest attack on U.S. soil? Despite many discussions that will come up in my paper, there will be sub categories in each discussion, with evidence to prove them all.

The creator of this group was Osama Bin Laden. The U.S. and Osama Bin Laden had different opinions on who had more power and a better religion (Cassidy Frieling). The main reason on why Al-Qaeda did this attack was because of disapproval of America’s relationship with Israel (Olivia Pelaez). The reason behind this is because Israel and the United States are the closest because the U.S. supports them with military and financial assistance (Kyrie Dozer). Also, they wanted America to be the same religion as them which is Islamic (Kyrie Dozer). To sum it up, the reason why Al-Qaeda attacked the U.S. was because our relationship with Israel and our different viewpoints of

The September 11 attacks were tragic events that had spread shockwaves of horror and grief across the United States. The tragedy became the subject of controversy as some skeptics began to doubt the details reported to have transpired that day. Some people question its legitimacy, theorizing that the Bush administration devised and orchestrated the attacks to further its agenda. Filmmaker Dylan Avery discusses and promotes this prevalent conspiracy theory in his documentary, Loose Change 9/11: An American Coup. Avery argues that the government possessed foreknowledge of the attacks by comparing them to precedents of similar situations. He challenges the official explanations and provides his analyzations of evidence from the reports and media. Avery effectively appeals to pathos, ethos, and logos in his film, but his compelling argument is ultimately undermined by fallacies.

Furthermore the author dissects the September 11th terrorist

Another interesting part was the section on Michael Collins, an Irish revolutionary leader. He used 'selective terrorism' picking and choosing targets very carefully, and followed Nechayev's idea of a perfect terrorism cell where all members only know enough information to complete their

The film that I watched for my history report was United 93. United 93 focuses on the historical event of 9/11. On September 11th, 2001 was a day where the U.S was under a terrorist attack by Al Qaeda. The terrorists took charge and hijacked four passenger planes. Two of which went into the World Trade Center, bringing both towers down. Another plunging into the Pentagon in Washington D.C. United 93 focuses on the plane that didn’t reach its target. Their goal was to hit the White House. The film starts off with four Muslims praying and getting ready for the airport. They soon attack and hijack the plane killing both the pilot and the co-pilot, a flight attendant, and a few passengers. The character Ziad Jarrah (hijacker pilot) is the most

In the film 11'09"01, directors around the world detail their perspectives on the events of 9/11 with a 11 minute short film. Idissa Ouédraogo presents a film set in Burkina-Faso, which details a group of schoolchildren, led by a boy named Adama, who attempt to pursue and capture Osama Bin-Laden after seeing a man matching his description on a magazine cover; Their objective was recieve a 25 million dollar reward for Bin-Laden’s capture in order to purchase medicine for Adama’s mother. Ouédraogo used a variety of techniques to presesnt his perspective of the events of 9/11.