9/11

What is 9/11?
At 8:46 am, terrorist from Al-Qaeda hijacked 4 commercial airplanes, and crash it
into the twin towers/World Trade Center. The 4 planes crash into different side of
the building, so that affects the collapse of the building. The attacks killed nearly
3,000 people from 93 nations. 2,753 people were killed in New York, 184 people
were killed at the Pentagon and 40 people were killed on Flight 93.
When was the tragedy?
September, 11, 2001
What country that involved?
U.S. and Afghanistan
What country did the terrorist came from?
Fifteen of the 19 terrorists were from Saudi Arabia. Two were from the United
Arab Emirates, one was from Lebanon, and one was from Egypt.
What is Al-Qaeda?
Al-Qaeda is an international Islamist extremist terrorist organization that founded
in the 1980 by Osama Bin Laden, who was killed in U.S. military operation on
May 1, 2011. They have claimed responsibility for numerous terrorist attacks since
the early 1990s, including the 1998 U.S. Embassy bombings in Kenya and
Tanzania, the 2000 attack on the USS Cole, and the 9/11 attacks.
They also has inspired other terrorist groups who have carried out attacks including
the 2002 Bali bombir, the 2004 Madrid train bombing, the 2007 London bombing,
and the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks.


Why and who created Al-Qaeda?
America created and funded Al-Qaeda as a terrorist organization in the heyday of
the Soviet-Afghan war. What does not mention is that at no time in the course of
the last 30 years has the US ceased to support and finance Al Qaeda as a means to
destabilizing sovereign countries.
Why did the terrorist attack the World Trade Center and the Pentagon?
The terrorists did not have the capacity to destroy the United States militarily, so
they set their sights on symbolic targets instead. The Twin Towers, as the
centerpieces of the World Trade Center, symbolized globalization and Americas
economic power and prosperity. Al-Qaeda hoped that, by destroying the World
Trade Center, they would promote widespread fear throughout the country and
severely weaken the United States standing in the world community, ultimately
supporting their political and religious goals in the Middle East and Muslim World.
Positive impact of 9/11
Increase cultural awareness
Rise of security state
Renewed commitment to American values justice
Negative impact of 9/11
Many innocent people died
Financial impacts
America thought all Islamic people as terrorist
Definition of terrorism
The use of violence and intimidation in the pursuit of political aims.
History of terrorism
One of the very first organized groups was the Zealots who operated in first
century Palestine. The Zealots were an organized guerilla-style terrorist group who
relied upon the terrorist strategies of provocation, intimidation and propaganda of
deed in order to accomplish their political and religious objectives.
Causes of terrorism
1. Social and Political
People choose terrorism when they are trying to right what they think to be a
social, political or historical wrong.
2. Violence means justify the ends
The belief that violence or threats will be effective, and usher in change,
another way to saying this is: the belief that violent means justify the ends.
Impact of terrorism to the world
Terrorism risks all kinds of business, innocent people suffer, economic and
psychological impacts of different intensity.