The Attack by Aum Shinrikyo

On April 19, 1995, a terrorist set off a bomb at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal building. The explosion killed 168 people and injured 842 more. The bomb went off at 9:02 a.m., and it “destroying a third of the building and left a thirty-foot-wide crater” (Casey 2).

This attack was premeditated by Tamerlan Tsarnaev and his brother, Dzhokhar. With the security’s in place since 9/11, this attack could have been prevented. Tamerlan Tsarnaev came to America in 2003 and at that time seemed like a regular individual but then began studying the Koran, complaining against the government, becoming increasingly isolated and confrontational primarily when it involved religion and society. He no longer had any American friends. (Homeland Insecurity) In 2011, Russian intelligence contacted the FBI with concerns that Tsarnaev was becoming radicalized because of a phone conversation they recorded between Tsarnaev and his mother discussing jihad. The FBI investigated this claim and didn’t find any incriminating evidence and deemed him not dangerous. However, he was put on the TIDE list which is a clearinghouse for potential terrorists. This list housed names of 740,000 people but the list wasn’t monitored and rarely used. (Homeland Insecurity) In January 2012, Tsarnaev visited a conservative mosque is Dagestan where it is believe he talked to local militants. This trip didn’t set off any warning signals to the FBI. However, when he landed in JFK Airport in NYC, the Department of Homeland Security contacted Boston’s Joint Terrorism Task Force. Regretfully, the agency reviewed the automatic alert but took no further action. (Homeland Insecurity) Tsarnaev continued to be disruptive in mosques and eventually broke ties with them. He started posting YouTube videos, one titled “Terrorist” that showed militants with assault rifles and another video showing the celebration of jihad fighters after they defeated the infidels. An investigation into why Tsarnaev was able to conduct such attacks was deemed as communication failures between US intelligence and law enforcement. Susan

In conclusion, the Japanese are a resilient and honor bond people who know when they are beaten. This along with all the other statements mentioned in this paper goes to show that Japan would have surrendered if the bombs were not dropped. Although funding the War would have been much harder to do. Many more Americans and Japanese soldiers would have died as well. But, in the end the bombs didn’t need to be

The Oklahoma City Bombing of 1995 is known to be the “worst act of homegrown [domestic] terrorism in the nation’s history” (FBI, 2010). On April 19, 1995, Timothy McVeigh, parked a rented box truck outside of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City. No one knew that, “inside the vehicle was a powerful bomb made out of a deadly cocktail of agricultural fertilizer, diesel fuel, and other chemicals” (FBI, 2010). Before he exited the vehicle and headed towards his getaway car, he ignited two timed fuses – at exactly 9:02AM, the bomb exploded. The explosion killed 168 people, 19 of those being children, and injured nearly 650 (Scott, 2013).

Two of the important aspects that’s caused the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 to take place was the lack of communication between the FBI, CIA and other various government bodies and pointless bureaucratic standoffs that handicapped counterterrorism efforts. In addition, the United States underestimated the power of al-Qaeda. Prior to 9/11 the United States were aware of multiple threats and events that had taken place, but the lack of communication between departments made it imposable to know that al-Qaeda was planning an attack on US soil. In July 1998, after kidnapping Ahmed Salama Mabruk and another member or jihad the CIA cloned a laptop computer, which contained al-Qaeda organization charts and a roster of Jihad members, but

With the events that happened on September 11, 2001, the American people and all government leadership realized that the U.S. was fight a whole new other type of war. The U.S. has dealt with foreign terrorist networks abroad and the 1993 World Trade Center bombings. With the tragic event of 9/11, it became something of a nightmare because no American in history had the knowledge to deal with this kind of attack. Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTO) wants nothing more than to destroy America and the threat of another attack is imminent but, when? Every year these FTO’s will evolve and want to use chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear weapons (CBRN).

The IC was not prepared for this evolving threat known as terrorism. An attack of this large had never been attempted on American Soil. At this point, prior to the attacks, there was not much safeguard in place. The no-fly list, for example, prior to 9/11 were only sixteen names on this list, the current

To conclude, acts of terrorism both international or domestic in the United States show the issue of security and the problems it can cause. The event of the Boston Marathon Bombing only supports my claim, offenders were already in the country and committed such a monstrous crime. This paper explored the events surrounding the Boston Marathon bombing incident, strategies taken during investigation and prosecution. The Coordinated efforts of various local, state, and federal during the investigation and apprehension of the suspects while also ensuring the safety of the public at the same time played a significant role. Whether or not the actions of law enforcement were conducted properly and were ethical was examined. Following the investigation,

A governmental concern is that a bioterrorist attack will trigger panic amongst the population. Panic refers to a group response where intense fear causes people to be concerned with only their survival. While actual panic is rare, there are certain factors that could cause panic in the event of a bioterrorist attack, including limited medical resources where “first come, first serve” applies, a perception that there is poor

Under President Bush’s command, the U.S government did a number of things in response to the attacks. They tightened up domestic security in airports and in public places. And they also created a “War on Terror”, accusing Afghanistan and Iraq of supporting the Al-Qaeda operation, invading their countries, and also bringing down and replacing their governments.

The fear of a Chemical or Biological attack has been a concern to many governments. These attacks, either by state agencies or individuals, have caused loss of life and the United States has not been spared in this forms of attacks.

This attacked also caused bagging screening at airport and metal detectors to be placed at all airports and now there are air marshal that fit in with regular citizen. This also helps us with airport policy and make it much harder to take a weapon of any kind on to an airplane. The airport spent over Billion dollars around the world to protect their passengers and making flights safer for their customers.

In the mid 1990’s, acts of terrorism were becoming a constant theme within the United States. Attacks like the bombing of the World Trade Center in New York City on February 1993, which caused six causalities

In an alternative version of present society, Tokyo has been decimated by a shocking terrorist attack, with the only hint to the identities of the culprits a bizarre video uploaded to the internet. The police, baffled by this cryptic clue, are powerless to stop the paranoia spreading across the population.

October 12, 2002 would become a decisive turning point for foreign and domestic politics in Indonesia. On that day, the lives of over two hundred and two people were claimed after three bombs were denoted simultaneously in Bali and one in Sulawesi. This act of violence was to become the most devastating act of terrorism on Indonesian soil. The Bali bombing can be viewed as the most devastating act of terrorism not only because the bombing was the first attack against the country, but also because the attack itself can be viewed within the typical framework of the ~{!.~}revolt against the West~{!/~} as Bellamy (2005) has argued.