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9-11--What Happened-
-19 Al Qaeda members hijacked 4 US aircrafts. 2 planes crashed into the Twin Towers, 1 was sent to the Pentagon, and the last was believed to be headed to the capitol until the passengers retook their plane. The passengers were told that other planes were hijacked and flown into buildings.
-The Twin Towers, the first tower was caught on fire, the second one started collapsing. Until the second plane crashed, everyone believed it was an accident.
-President Bush was listening to a second grade class read in Florida. One of his SS agents tried to get him to leave. 3,000 people died overall.
Why-
-some believe it was because of religion, and that we were teaching non-Islamic material
-some believe that it was like a "bullying" act, they Muslims were fighting back
-some believe it was political because the Twin Towers were a sign of financial power, the Pentagon was military, and the Capitol would've been political
-we invaded Saudi Arabia when the Iraqis invaded Kuwait, when we freed Kuwait, we never left Saudi Arabia
Positive/Negative-
-brought us together, we forgot our differences, patriotism, Democrats and Republicans on the same side
-led us into Afghanistan War, 12 years, which then led us into Iraq
-death, 3,000 people, in the war-6,000 people
-increased budgets for Homeland Security, CIA, etc, Homeland Security was set up to defend the "homeland"/airport security
-deportation, doubled people we deported/immigration
-our economy dropped, Stock Market dropped 600 points.
Rise/Fall of Al Qaeda-
-Started in the 1980 with Osama bin Laden
-US supported Afghanistan and Al Qaeda
-Osama declared jihad "holy war" on US
-big strikes-1998 twin bombings of American embassies in Africa in Kenya and Tansenia, Yemen Us coal bombing, 9-11
-based in Afghanistan because of the Taliban.
-US special forces killed Osama bin Laden
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