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    9/11 Research Paper

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    Everyday millions of people, more specifically U.S. citizens trust and rely on their government to make the right decisions in order to keep them safe. On September 11th, 2001, the U.S. government betrayed their citizens by letting and also taking part in the worst attack to ever happen on our soil. Our government betrayed us that day and our former President George Bush and many other government officials had prior knowledge and even were a part of the 9/11 “terrorist” attacks. On September 11th

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    to show that the US knew about the 9/11 attacks before they happened?? On September 11th, 2001, four American Airlines flights were hijacked. All of the planes were full of passengers. One aircraft crashed in a field in Pennsylvania, one hit the Pentagon, and the other two hit the World Trade Center in New York City. It was not until later that people started to ask questions about who was behind these events once they found out the commission report would not be release. People began to question

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    forever remembered in America’s History. This is the day the world seemed as it stood still. On 9/11, America experienced a major terrorist attack, which hijacked planes were crashed into the World Trade Centers in New York City, crashed into the Pentagon in the District of Columbia, and had a plane crash into the fields of Pennsylvania. There are many theories on what actually happened and who was involved in the 9/11 attack. The most common word is that Islamic terrorists were the main group involved

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    v. United States was solely based on the concept of prior restraint. Within the Pentagon Papers, the documents enclosed information that the government was expanding the boundaries of the Vietnam War, and it’s bombings, out to Cambodia and Laos. Particular members of the government allotted the agreement to keep these files confidential

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    Alan Beavan Narrative

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    towards the Pentagon. Him and some other people were able to change the direction so it wasn’t going to hit the Pentagon. Unfortunately, the weren’t able to land the plane and it crashed into the field. That day, Alan Beavan had a case to finish up in California. He had a case against pollution in the South Fork of the American River. going to california involved going on a plane because he lived in new york. The plane was hijacked and the hijackers tried to crash the plane into the pentagon. When they

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    On September 11, 2001, 19 people hijacked four airliners and carried out suicide attacks against their targets.. Two of the planes crashed into the towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, the third plane hit the Pentagon just outside Washington, D.C., and the fourth crashed in a field in Pennsylvania. Over 3,000 people were killed during the attacks in New York City and Washington, D.C., including more than 400 police officers and firefighters. (“9/11 attacks”2010). The conspiracy theories

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    deaths and destruction. According to the online history channel “On September 11th, 2001 the Islamic extremist group al-Qaeda hijacked four airliners and carried out suicide attacks against 4 U.S. targets. Both towers of the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and in a field in Pennsylvania. II. Body: A. The World Trade Center was the 1st target of the 9/11 tragedy. 1. Normal day 2.

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    four aircrafts full with passengers but only one didn’t make it’s destination which was to Washington D.C. instead it crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. One attack was the World Trade Center known as the Twin Towers that burned down, then the pentagon was also attacked. Therefore September 11, 2001 was a big tragic day to the United States because of the attacks they had to deal with all in one day. To start with is the attack on the Twin Towers that was burned down by American Airlines Flight

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    The Causes Of 9 / 11

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    chosen because the planes were loaded with fuel for the long transcontinental journey. As millions watched the events unfolding in New York, American Airlines Flight 77 circled over downtown Washington, D.C., before crashing into the west side of the Pentagon military headquarters at 9:45 a.m. Jet fuel from the Boeing 757 caused a devastating inferno that led to the structural collapse of a portion of the giant concrete building, which is the headquarters of the U.S. Department of Defense. One of the

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    It was September eleventh when four U.S. planes were hijacked. They were hijacked by the terrorist called al-Qaeda. There were four planes in the attacks, two hit the World Trading Center, Pentagon, and the other one hit the ground of Western Pennsylvania. They were all tragic events occurring at the same time. Everybody will remember what happened during 9/11. Early in the morning at 8:45 a.m. a airplane called Boeing 767 with 20,000 gallons of gas hit the World Trading Center. Almost going

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