Essay about Terrorism Against America

Terrorism is an act that threatens or carries out violence with the intention to disrupt, kill or coerce against a body or nation in order to impose will. This means that a lot of groups use this method to get what they want. The groups use a variety of methods, groups such as:

We all remember the terrorist attacks of 9/11. It was a bright and sunny morning when a commercial airliner crashed into one of the twin towers. Everyone thought it was an accident, it was all over the news, but in mere seconds, the second plane hit. At that moment, everyone knew what had happened, the most devastating terrorist attack in U.S history had just occurred. By the time everything was said and done, America was confused and filled with rage, and when Osama Bin Laden and his terrorist organization, Al-Qaida, claimed responsibility, we were ready for payback. If there is one thing that Toby Keith got right, it’s that the US of A does not take kindly to being attacked by terrorists and so, we clashed with our enemies in the Middle East for over a decade, but that’s another story. Osama Bin Laden had been conducting terrorist attacks ever since the 90’s, like when the U.S embassy in Kenya was bombed in 1998, but we didn’t take action until after we got hit on American soil.

The war on terrorism in the United States began after the September 11 attacks on the United States. Following the war was a series of military campaigns carried out to destroy terrorist organizations in the Middle-East. Led by the George W. Bush administration, America made goals for the war on terror to defeat main targets and terrorist leaders such as Osama bin Laden. The invasion of the Middle-East was supported by the American people at first. After three more years Saddam Hussein’s weapons of mass destruction no longer existed. Multiple terrorist forces fighting Al-Qaeda were taken down. However, America has maintained its military presence in the region until present day. According to Will Fight for Oil by Ted Koppel, if production of oil from the Persian Gulf stopped the American economy would be devastated. The american economy runs on oil; a large percentage of the oil we use comes from the Middle-East. The United States invaded Iraq in 2003 has not left yet because of the possible dangers of a Middle-East without American military presence. Without American supervision the regional instability of the Middle East could be very bad for oil production. To protect the American interests in the region military forces have not been removed. The people at home are all aware that we have American soldiers in the region. American civilians are used to living in a country at war. The constant period of America at war starting in 2003, has made America always prepared for

In the wake of the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon of the United States of America on September 11, 2001, the American people banded together with a shared sense of patriotism and a willingness to punish those responsible. There was no divide between retaliation against the terrorist organizations that performed the strike and the countries of origin that retained them and millions of innocent civilians in the eyes of the United States government. As war ensued throughout Afghanistan, to extinguish al-Qaeda and remove the Taliban from governmental power, and Yemen, which was believe to be harboring al-Qaeda members, about 36 million people worldwide took part in protest against commencing war in Iraq, which was believe to be bearing weapons of mass destruction and Saddam Husseins’ dictatorship in Iraq having ties with al-Qaeda.

Millions of lives have been lost, including innocent civilians, opposing forces, and U.S. troops and its allies. Trillions of dollars have been spent on the involvement in the Middle East for decades by the United States government, which orchestrated these results. The burden financially, has been measured in trillions of dollars, on multiple expenses, all relating to the involvement in the Middle East. Not only have these events impacted the U.S. financially, but many people have had to pay the ultimate price, with millions of people dying as a direct result. From the Afghanistan and Iraq wars alone, 220,000 innocent civilians have been recorded as casualties (Funk). Even with all of the sacrifices that have been made, there has been no

The American government is today still criticized for its response to the terrorist attacks! There have been people who try and discover why exactly did the US invade Iraq. If you didn't know the US at the time was going through a oil crisis like much of the world due to the Saddam regime tightening its ties with the oil laden countries round the world including the Middle East. Also, you may not have known that there were way before these invasions, plans to invade the entire Middle East

Dictionary.com defines terrorism as, “The use of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce, especially for

According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Policy and Counterterrorism Guidelines a well-known definition of terrorism is a ‘a violent act or an act dangerous to human life in violation of the criminal laws of the United States or of any state to threaten or force an administration, the non-military personnel populace, or any section thereof, in assistance

An article composed by William Robert Johnston states, more than 120 terrorist attacks have been reported since 2001. We can all agree that it is atrocious behavior, considering more than half of those attacks are held by citizens. The 9/11 attacks is a moment of time no one can forget but why did it happen? It happened because America interfered with Afghanistan, they wanted to help them or maybe even control it. America sent thousands of soldiers to Afghanistan to try and protect it from their own people;the al-Qaeda. Which they should have not done considering they already wanted to remove any kind of Americanization in the country it only caused more complications. Of course it is always good to help but they can not get involved with other countries. It is not their place to try and save them. As a result, many have died on both sides. Unfortunately, Afghanistan had many

What is terrorism? Terrorism is the use of threat or violence especially as a means of forcing others to do what one wishes. Terrorism is real and it comes in many forms, even you may not know it is

The concept of terrorism is defined slightly differently by various government organizations, but the overall idea is that terrorism is violence, or a threat of violence, in order to put political, economic, social, or otherwise desired change into motion. This is done in various ways, and often times the victims of these terroristic attacks are not the intended targets.

Terrorism - Is the systematic use of terror especially as a means of coercion. No universally agreed, legally binding, criminal law definition of terrorism currently exists. Common definitions of terrorism refer only to those violent acts which are intended to create fear (terror), are perpetrated for a religious, political or ideological goal, deliberately target or disregard the safety of non-combatants (civilians), and are committed by non-government agencies.

     The war on terrorisms has had many lost souls, this war has been the most expensive war is history and not a lot of countries are in favor of it.

     After watching both Battle of Algiers and Bloody Sunday I have come to have a better understanding of the motivations behind these two very important revolutions. It is important to understand why the FLN and IRA decided to engage in “terrorist” activities, because analysis of the motivations behind their actions will allow us to see how “terrorists” are labeled and who is labeling them. The ways in which these groups are labeled and characterized has a large impact on the actions taken and the ramifications of these actions. In the cases of the FLN and IRA, both groups had been labeled “terrorists” and both took two very different courses of action. These actions are directly related to how they are labeled

Terrorism is becoming more and more of a threat to Americans both at home and abroad. International terrorism happens when terrorism occurs out of our country. An example of an International terrorist is Osama bin Laden. Laden is the worlds most dangerous terrorist. Laden shows genocidal tendency by killing Americans through-out the world from the bombings of the World Trade Center to the embassy bombings in Africa. The African blasts killed more than 250 people. The FBI has been tracking him for more that four years and they still couldn't stop him from striking Americans overseas and can't stop him now with the current foreign policy that has been adopted. He feels that all Christians and Jews worldwide need to be exterminated because