The War on Terror

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The War on Terror

• Natasha Davis
• June 14, 2002

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What caused the attacks

• The attacks were caused by Islam extremist. This
  is not the first attack on the world trade
  center.
• In 1993 a bomb exploded in the basement of the
  World Trade Center.
• The FBI and the CIA were aware of future attacks
  on the united states.
• Why was there no action taken before 9-11-01

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Who is Osoma bin Laden?

• Who is he protecting himself, Palestine or the
  extremist
• Has been on the FBIs most wanted list for a
  mighty long time
• Has a lot of money to invest into weapons for the
  Taliban and the rest of Afghanistan

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Who Is the Taliban

• When the 'Students of Islamic Knowledge Movement'
  (Taliban) emerged at the beginning of 1995 and
  swept over most of the southern and eastern
  states of Afghanistan in the course of one year,
  many questions arose about the identity of the
  Movement, its obje ctives, the sides that support
  it and the reasons for its swift victories. With
  the development of events along with the fall of
  most of the Afghani states to the will of the
  Mujahideen and the domination of 80 of the
  Muslim Afghani land, the profile of the evolving
  Movement began to appear, especially after it
  took over the capital city, Kabul, and expelled
  from it the Shiite-Communist confederation. So,
  what are the facts behind this Movement and its
  objectives? How did it deal with Arab Mujahideen
  there? What are the dangers of the conspiracies
  that plans to domesticate it and attempts to
  change its path to conform with the interests of
  the regional and international powers, especially
  that of the United States and it's allies? (Time
  Magazine,2-95)

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Is Osma bin Laden Dead or Alive?

• The last time the world heard from Osama bin
  Laden, there was reason to believe his end was
  near. In a videotape released in December, bin
  Laden looked sallow his speech was slow, and his
  left arm immobile. (The Arab newspaper al-Quds
  al-Arabi reported last month that bin Laden was
  nursing a shrapnel wound when he made the tape.)
  The U.S intercepted chatter in the Tora Bora
  mountains between bin Laden and his forces that
  seemed to give up his location. Pakistani forces
  bottled up the border while American warplanes
  pounded the caves of eastern Afghanistan and
  special-ops troops positioned themselves for the
  big grab. "He doesn't have a lot of good
  options," said Deputy Defense Secretary Paul
  Wolfowitz.

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Dead or Alive

• But he still had a few. Six months after hailing
  bin Laden's imminent capture or death, Pentagon
  officials now admit that the al-Qaeda leader "has
  gone missing" since the siege of Tora Bora.
  Missing, of course, could mean dead, and a small
  minority of officials in the Pentagon, CIA and
  FBI believe that bin Laden's public silence since
  the December tape suggests he has succumbed--if
  not to U.S. air strikes, then possibly to kidney
  failure. But the fact is, Washington just doesn't
  know. "The proof that he's alive is, we don't
  hear anything from Osama bin Laden," says Larry
  Johnson, a former State Department counter
  terrorism official. "The proof that he's dead is,
  we don't hear anything from Osama bin Laden."
  (Time Magazine, 6/30/2002)

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Where do we go from here?
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What can be done to prevent future attacks

• Government officials need not say to much of
  anything to the media because they make a
  situation bigger than what it is.
• Government officials need to read into the
  attack warnings or leads that are given to them,
  in order to prevent more attacks.
• Americans need to look out and report those who
  either look suspicious and others who might try
  to harm others in a deadly way.
• Airport officials will need to step up security
  measures , and train all personal on how to
  handle suspected terrorism.

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The Endwritten byMs. N. Davis