In October 2001, just one month after the tragic September 11 attacks on the twin towers, Prime Minister Jean Chrétien pledged to support the United States. It was announced that Canada would join a UN-approved NATO coalition attack in Afghanistan (in order to support the United States). The purpose of this was to find and neutralize al-Qaeda which was a global militant Islamist organization. In addition, the main goal was to track and hunt down Osama Bin Laden, the leader of al-Qaeda, since the Taliban government refused to reveal Bin Laden’s hiding place. The province that Canada was responsible for was Kandahar, which was presumably the most dangerous province in Afghanistan.…
It is no secret that terrorist continue to recruit, train, regroup, and improvise in strategy and methods to cause damage, harm, and fear, which is why it is imperative that the U. S. be vigilant with such a threat and use every means necessary to address this ongoing issue. Weakness on behalf of the U. S. as a whole has been noted as a key component in terrorists being able to achieve their attacks on important infrastructures and civilians and has since the 9/11 attacks, been recognized and addressed via enhancements to strategic methods, training, and communication amongst foreign partners, state, local, and federal agencies, tribal, and private sector to increase efficiency and effectiveness in prevention, detection, and…
The Personal Toll”) Not only did the attack change Americans emotions, but many Americans feelings of patriotism as well. As George Bush said the day of the attack, “We are at war against terror. From this day forward, this is the new priority of our administration.” (134) Jake Thurman made an article on The U Post about the effects of patriotism after 9/11.…
Rallying A Nation Families all across America huddled together in fear of the next attack that could shatter their whole world in an instant. This is how the American people felt directly after the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and the crash landing in Pennsylvania. Americans needed to hear from their leader; they needed reassurance that the country would be able to pick up the pieces, and they needed to know how the nation and the rest of the world would react to such an attack in the coming months. When President George W. Bush addressed the nation and the world, his words needed to carry weight, and he needed to show that The United States was unbowed in the face of terrorism. During his Address to a…
After the attack on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, citizens didn’t feel safe in the nation, a nation under attack by terrorists (Attacks). America cried out for the…
Terrorism is defined as “an intentional act or acts of violence of sabotage targeting individuals or groups, especially civilians”. Terrorism nearly always has “political motives” and the primary targets almost always being civilians. Certain kinds of violence horrify the “modern sensibility, while others do not. “The modern sensibility sees most political violence as necessary to historical progress”. Looking back, the French Revolution brought terror, along with bringing a citizens’ army.…
On September 11, 2001 a group named al-Qaeda sent four airliners to the United States carrying suicide attacks. We didn’t expect any attacks at the time or knew there would be any soon that day, it was all a surprise. Two of the planes flew all the way to New York City and crashed into the towers known as the twin towers, the third plane hit the Pentagon just outside of Washington, D.C., and the fourth plane crashed in a field in Pennsylvania. These crashes resulted to be an extensive death and destruction. Buildings were destroyed even with people inside.…
Thank you for your post. I found it very interesting. I too feel as if humanity is growing more and more sinful as the years go by. I believe as if there are more laws being placed to help enforce the peace on earth. Only, people ignore them as they do God's lessons and messages.…
The American people have a very clear idea of what terrorism looks like. What we also have a clear idea of is what reactions to terrorism typically look like. Terrorism is not a new phenomenon, and it has repeatedly led to the same end: politicians and policy makers using the public’s fear for its safety to push their own agendas. The recent terror attacks in Paris provide the American people with a chance to spark a new conversation about terrorism, and hopeful presidential candidates with an opportunity to twist this conversation to their benefit. It is becoming clear that reactions to terrorism are becoming a partisan issue, and one that politicians are using to their advantage.…
There are many factors that come in to play when trying to establish the psychological and behavioral factors to terrorism. To summarize a few of these factors within al Qaeda's leadership and affiliate groups are the feelings of victimization or alienation. They believe that acts of moral violations by any of their adversaries will constitute the violence they shed in search of a higher ethical order. " Another foundational component is the idea that the terrorist’s ethnic, religious, or nationalist group is special and is threatened, and that the group lacks the political power to effect change without violence" (Kershaw 2010). Tactics used by terrorists can be slowed or put to a stop if a coalition of allies from other leadership can come…
Statistics show how on the day of the attack more than 3,000 people were killed, and more than 400 were police officers and firefighters. But it wasn’t just lives lost that day that scared the country, it was the attack against the nation that now over fourteen years, the country is still left facing and has continued to cause the lives of many. On that same day of the attack former President Bush gave notice that the groups known as the Al-Qaeda were the ones associated with the attacks.…
Terrorist attacks are used to create fear, panic, death and chaos in a community, city, state or country. Terrorists may do this for any number of reasons such as political, religious or environmental causes. First responders must be prepared to counter and respond to any number of different attacks including; bombings, shootings, explosive devices and cyber-attacks. First responders need to have situational awareness, gather intelligence, plan, train, and have the necessary equipment to be able to counter, and respond to these attacks. Local agencies must understand general planning concepts and have them in place to counter and prevent terrorist attacks, to handle these dynamic constantly changing situations, in order to protect US National…
Suicide attacks have become a modality of terrorism of increasing application among extremist groups. During the last three decades this phenomenon has emerged in many countries around the world, including Lebanon, Israel, Sri Lanka, Iraq, United States, Spain, United Kingdom, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Algeria, Morocco, Turkey, Chechnya, Uzbekistan, etc. Some of the many questions asked about these terrorist attacks are; “Why do they do it? What motivates them?…
Currently, I work as a researcher and policy planner for Presidential candidate, Bernie Sanders. My job is informing him on the brief historical chronology leading to present day extremism, providing him with clear advice for how to differentiate between groups and their perspectives, supply him with points that he can use in a debate to refute some of the fear and hate-mongering statements made by others, as well as give him effective suggestions for how to confront Global Jihadism in ways including and beyond military. As his secondhand, I would allow Bernie to introduce the topic as such: “My fellow Americans -- tonight, I want to speak to you about what the United States will do with our friends and allies to degrade and combat the current…
I travel the St. Louis-Boston air route on an almost weekly basis. At times Boston Transportation Security Administration (TSA) stops me. Every time I am being stopped, I end up exhausted, confused and even a bit shaky. As I get prepared to cross the TSA security checkpoint the rush starts.…