The "apparent terrorist attack" against the United States involved three aircraft slamming into American icons, two into the World Trade Center towers in the heart of America, New York, and one into the United States Pentagon in the nations capitol, Washington, D.C. In the following, as a brief overview of what took place on this historic day, lays a outline of the dramatic events as they unfolded in front of the American eye. 8:51 a.m.: American Airlines jetliner crashes into 1 World Trade Center, the north tower. 9:06 a.m.: United Airlines jet crashes into 2 World Trade Center, ...

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The act was named after James Zadroga, a New York police officer who died of a respiratory disease caused by toxic chemicals after responding to the World Trade Center attacks (CNN). "Tomorrow we will remember those we lost to the 9/11 terrorist attacks and also those who bravely responded during and after the tragedy," said New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg. "As part of our ongoing commitment to our first responders, New York City led the way in ensuring that the Zadroga Act included reviews of the medical evidence so that all those ill from exposure to the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks rece...

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New York citizens, according to Dr. ... Back in 1995 when Timothy McVeigh bombed the Murrah building in Oklahoma City people did not refer it as terrorist but rather a "revolt." ... To bring it all the thoughts to a point, there has been terrorism for many years, and many years before 9-11, the Oklahoma City Bombing and even Desert Storm's terroristic view, but why has the media brought it to the average Americans" view so abruptly? ...

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The terrorist group al Qaeda took responsibility for the attacks which were traced to Afghanistan, prompting the president to vow "to wage war against terrorism, not simply those who were behind the assaults on New York City and Washington.... The United States began bombing raids on Afghanistan in October, disabling Taliban control over strategic cities and freeing the country from the Taliban regime in less than a month. ... Military action was taken in March of 2003 with the Operation Iraqi Freedom and American forces successfully took control of Iraqi cities and although Hussein'...

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Neyfakh says, "If Americans were going to feel safe in their cities againpublic spaces were going to have to be different. Barriers, fences, and bollards began to be installed all over Washington, New York, and Boston.... A lot of his information and statistics comes from other credible sources, such as Zachary Lockman, a historian at New York University, and Columbia University psychologist George Bonanno. ...

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With the technology and resources that Saddam owns he could murder millions of Americans by dropping a nuclear weapon on a large city such as New York, or Los Angeles. Unless America wants to bury millions and rebuild entire cities, attacking Hussein is the only answer. ...

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Terrorism and Anthrax in America The threat of a terrorist attack of any kind in America at this point and time seems very unrealistic. Should we let our guard down? Even though nothing has happened in the last several months regarding terrorism in America. The last few months in the Middle Ea...

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The rights of Afghan women before and after the Taliban Prior to the attacks on New York, and Washington D.C. on September 11, 2001, few Americans were aware or concerned about the unbelievable human rights violations taking place in Afghanistan. ... Women also made up half of the civil servants corps, and 40% of the cities physicians, and many even held public office. ...

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One example commonly cited was the failure of the Carter and Clinton administrations failure of assassinating Osama bin-Laden, the leading figure in the terrorist cell al-Qaeda, thus leading to the September 11th attacks on New York City, Washington D.C. and Pennsylvania. ...

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Two of the hijacked aircraft went on a suicide mission and crashed into the Twin World Trade Center towers in New York City, which killed thousands of innocent civilians and hundreds of police and firemen. ...

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