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    a plane crashed into one of the World Trade Center (WTC) buildings and many Americans can tell you how it all unfolded and the reason behind such a travesty. The “official story” provided by officials, and restated by Sofia Shafquat, producer of “9/11 Mysteries: Demolitions” say that “four passenger planes were hijacked and taken radically off course, within an hour, two of the planes had flown into the enormous steel towers of the World Trade Center, creating fires and eventually toppling them”

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    Parent-child agreement on reports of child exposure to the 9/11 World Trade Center attack Mass traumatic events including natural and manmade disasters affect a significant proportion of the world population each year (The International Disaster Database http://www.emdat.be/, Global Terrorism Database https://www.start.umd.edu/gtd/, Shulz 2014 Mass Shootings ). In the United States an estimated 14% of children and adolescents have experienced one or more natural or human caused disaster (Beckler-Blease

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    and faith in others. My feelings of trust have changed sense the events of 9/11 terrorist attack on the world trade centers, Bernie Madoff’s Ponzi scheme, and the Boston Marathon bombings. The 9/11 terrorist attack on the world trade centers have had a large impact on my opinion about the amount of trust people deserve. When I first heard about the reason the planes had ran into the towers was a terrorist attack, being very young at the time I did not understand how the country could let someone onto

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    Unfortunately, due to the fractured state of U.S intelligence community, that was never a possibility. This major intelligence failure was a wakeup call, and the goal of the U.S intelligence community was now to prevent another such attack from happening. Cold War Intelligence The Cold War with the Soviet Union and its allies started almost immediately after the end of WWII, and would be the next step for the U.S intelligence community. The signing of the National Security Act of

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    There is little doubt that the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York on September 11 drastically changed America’s sense of security in recent years. Yet the country is facing another kind of threat, one that is not entirely different than the dangers of terrorism at a global scale: domestic terrorism. At its core, domestic terrorism differs from any other type of terrorism in the sense that those who carry it out are citizens or permanent residents of a given country and who inflict

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    The terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and the downing of an airplane by passengers on September 11, 2001 left many Americans reeling with fear and feeling vulnerable. The American people no longer felt safe and protected on their homeland soil. It was a violation of security that united not only the American people, but countries around the world. Shortly after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, then President, George W. Bush, proposed the creation of the Department

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    John 1:14 (New International Version): “The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.” There are many versions of how people interpret the coming of Christ. First, there are the believers, Christians who would sacrifice all things for the world to be saved. Next, the non-believers, the people that bring science into explaining away the scripture. Lastly, the way I believe and the

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    Case Analysis on Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center Cyber Attack Every day, hospitals in the United States and around the world are working long hours in responding to emergencies, attending patients, delivering newborn babies, performing surgeries, and foremost – saving lives. Not too long ago, cyberspace has given institutions such as hospitals the tools to accumulate and file as much information and data as possible in this great space of technology, networks, and systems. Information such

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    Mohamed Omar 9/11 or the attack on the world trade center is often thought have relations with Islam. The mainstream media often portrays Muslims as all extremist and radicalizers. “Soon shall We cast terror into the hearts of the Unbelievers.” (Quran 3:15) This is an excerpt from the Quran which can be found in numerous subway stations that are sponsored by the American Defense Initiative. Sponsoring and selectively choosing quotes creates the illusion that Islam is an inherently violent religion

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    on the extended date of September 11 we always have the moment of silence, and I didn’t understand why we do the moment of silence, so I did some research about 9/11. Now I clearly understand that the United States encounter the largest terrorist attack in history, and the reason why the United States is involved in war with Afghanistan. United States involvements in Afghanistan is one of the longest wars in our history. Rajiv Chandrasekaran editor of the Washington post, describes the involvement

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