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9/11

September 11, 2001, is when America started to be conquered by fear. On this day, 2 planes struck the World Trade Center, 1 plane hit the Pentagon, and the last plane crashed down away from its initial target(White House). 2,977 innocent people died because of a large group of radical Islamic terrorists called Al-Queda. Only 19 hijackers took part in this attack, and yet they murdered such a large amount of people. Thankfully, the U.S. started to take charge for once, and George Bush initiated the war on terror.

9/11 sparked the invasion of Afghanistan. This was the first step of the war on terror. This was because the Taliban was harboring Al-Queda and the United States took it upon themselves to end it. We were mainly looking for one guy. Osama bin Laden was suspected to be the main culprit in carrying out the September 11 attacks. George Bush demanded that the Taliban should hand him over to them, but the Taliban denied any involvement of Osama bin Laden in the terrorist attacks. This all happened in only a 3 month period in 2001. About 10 years later on May 2, 2011, Osama bin Laden was killed in a raid that was performed on his compound.

Resources I used:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_invasion_of_Afghanistan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osama_bin_Laden%27s_compound_in_Abbottabad
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_11_attacks

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  1. Hooke21September 5, 2017 at 1:12 PM

    I actually didn't know some of this information. I like how you got the precise dates and numbers.

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