The Attack On The World Trade Center

Beginning in 2001 Intelligence about the impending nature of an attack was increasing, not only from US Intelligence sources but also from 11 other countries such as Britain, Israel, India, Egypt, Morocco and even a top Taliban commander from Afghanistan (Thompson.) Beginning in August warnings become coming in from everywhere, foreign governments, CIA and FBI sources and so on however, next to none of this information was shared between the many intelligence agencies. In April, NORAD launched a training scenario in which the pentagon was to be incapacitated by a hijacked airliner however the Joint Chiefs of Staff disregarded the scenario as “too unrealistic” (September 11 attacks advance-knowledge debate.) On august 19th the Israeli’s gave US intelligence personnel credible information including, the list of 19 suspected terrorist’s names and the fact that a large aircraft would be the primary weapon involved. The names were not shared by the CIA with other intelligence agencies (Robinson.)

The terrorist attacks of September 11, altered American 's perceptions of the role in the world by strongly supporting the increased spending on national security and counterterrorism. Also, Americans have become more aware of how and where to engage in the world. As a result of the attacks, the US now has a defense that totals to nearly half the global total and has military dominance over scene, air, and space. The US also has the capability to dispatch massive military power anywhere in the world making them the system shaper. You may ask yourself just have a bad or do you check on September 11, 2001 was that led to this chaos and security becoming abnormally tight you may ask yourself just have a bad do you check on September 11, 2001

The attacks of 9/11 affected the United States by increasing discrimination, endangering the health of many Americans, hurting the economy and changing foreign and security policies.

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.

Prior to September 11, 2001, people could sneak weapons onto planes. The weapons included explosives and tools that individuals could use to help hijack planes. In 1995, Al Qaeda plotted to bomb 12 United States trans-Pacific flights and also planned to kill Bill Clinton on his trip to the Philippines (Cronin 2). Al Qaeda is a Muslim extremist group that is known for resorting to terrorism and killing to please God. When a Muslim extremist group a deadly attack, they think that they are eliminating the evil in the world.

Al Qaeda had been planning to invade the United States for quite a long time. They started strategizing for the attacks in 2000. Osama Bin Laden, the leader of Al Qaeda, wanted a strike on America that would impact everyone. He approved a plan that stated Al Qaeda would use hijacked airplanes to attack multiple targets in the United States. Their proposal to have multiple hijackings was in case one failed, they wanted to make sure they still

However there would be specucation of the various terriosm groups who may be have been involved with these acts of wars. The one group that had the most suspicion fell onto al qaeda. Globalissues.org states,” Suspicion soon fell on the radical Sunni Islamist group, al-Qaeda ( 'The Base ' in Arabic) founded in 1988 and led by Saudi-born Osama Bin Laden. There was good reason for this. Although difficult to confirm, it is thought al-Qaeda 's involvement in world terrorism can be traced back to 1993, with the first World Trade Center bombing”. There would be numerous attacks that may have been clamied by this radical group who may had more invloment with more attacks before the September eleventh attacks. According to Glovalissues.org,” Over the next 8 years, al-Qaeda were implicated in a series of major attacks on US forces: the shooting down of two American Black Hawk helicopters in Somalia in October 1993, the killing of 19 Americans in a bombing at a military housing complex in Saudi Arabia in 1996, the bombing of US embassies in Dar Es Salaam and Nairobi

One factor that contributed to the September 11 attacks is the long history of unrest between America and the Middle East. The USS Cole Bombings were basically just a warm up for Al-Qaeda to see how much they could do to the US. On October 2nd, 2000, in a port off of Yemen, suicide bombers boarded the USS Cole and blew a hole in the hull. The bombers killed 17 men. When the United States pulled from Lebanon in 1983 and their withdraw from Somalia in 1993 shocked the world but Bin Laden saw the attack and retreats in a totally different light. According to “The National Interest” Bin Laden said America was a “paper tiger” (24). He meant that as a country we look very strong and tough, but when the actual fighting starts, we will fall within a few attacks and be defeated.

On September 11, 2001, members of the Islamic group Al-Qaeda hijacked four airplanes and flew two of them into the Twin Towers in New York City. The other two planes were hijacked and flown into the Pentagon, in Washington D.C. The World Trade Center, in New York City, took the biggest hit (Bergen 2001). This event was very devastating and made many Americans uncomfortable, because it decreased their feeling of security. The terrorist was a major eye opener for the United States. The terrorists had been living in the United States, and some came to the United States right before the event occurred (Bergen 2001). On the day of the attack, they had gone under the radar and successfully smuggled box cutters and

In the Communist invasion of Korea in the summer of 1950, Stalin believed North Korean leader, Kim Il Sung when he said he was “absolutely certain of success.” However, Stalin made it clear the USSR would not be footing the bill for a war in Korea if Sung was wrong, and he was. Once the United States sided with the South Koreans, the war became a fiasco instead of the quick, easy, and cheap spread of Communism Stalin thought he was signing on for, and Korea has never been stable since. Similarly, on September 11, 2001, al Qaeda underestimated American retaliation when they orchestrated and executed terror attacks on U.S. soil. Since Americans started a “war on terror,” al Qaeda’s efforts have become “desperate self-promotion” and most of “their” attacks have been made by affiliated and never again had such a catastrophic impact as 9/11 (p 123).

It is difficult to go anywhere where the Al Qaeda terrorist group is not known. While terrorist groups have been traditionally been known to influence, inhabit, and operate in areas of the Middle East. Al Qaeda has become a household name within the United States after September 11, 2001 when the group was responsible for one of the most devastating attack on the lower 48 states. The days to follow the attack are fundamentally responsible for the development and enactment of the Patriot Act by the United States.

On September 11, 2001 there was a major occurrence that changed New York City. It all started with four hijacked planes that took off at 8:45am on a Tuesday morning. As those planes took off, and were hijacked, they took down a major economic building, The World Trade Center. The Twin Towers were the key success to The World Trade Center complex, the North Tower stood at 1,268 feet and The South Tower stood at 1,362 feet high. The tallest buildings in New York City held 35,000 people each, along with 430 companies. This created an economic target, as each building represented economic power and freedom. The attack on the World Trade Center created an impact on the financial standing of America, a loss resulting in billions to the airline industry, increased spending due to domestic security and the constructing of a federal agency, Homeland Security. All of these were results of the tragic attack on September 11 on the US economy. The World Trade Center was a sign of freedom and economic power in America, there were many companies along with workers that suffered a tragic loss on this day making them lose their company along with workers as well. As the aftermath of September 11 progressed the US economy began to suffer as a result.

I think that Berne means that before the 9/11 incident occurred the Twin Towers was always occupied with many people those who were workers, tourist and its outside surroundings. Being one of New York Cities famous attraction sitting in the middle of manhattan bustling streets, may people were always there no matter what. After the tragic incident, that caused many people to lose their lives, loved ones knowing that they will never return or ever wake up the next morning seeing the beautiful World Trade Center. Other people would replace the absence of those who lives were lost with their emotional curiosity filling up the empty space. The ones who once wondered "how and why did this have to happen?"

After Al-Qaeda’s involvement in the Cold War, their planned attacks were a set-up for something bigger: the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York on September 11th, 2001. Each terrorist attack got progressively worse in terms of life lost and the amount of lives the attack altered. Each attack got closer in time, going from years apart to months apart. The increase in attacks should have set off alarms as to what was going to happen. The attacks that follow are the ones that were confirmed to have been executed by Al-Qaeda and Osama bin Laden. There are many more attacks that have occurred that evidence suggests could be linked to the terrorist organization but have not but confirmed by the organization.

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