Terrorism has become a huge problem in the world today, you can see it everyday in the news and when it happens it seems to change our everyday life dramatically. On September 11, 2001 a terrorist organization know as Al-Qaeda put in motion the largest terrorist attack against the United States of America ever. Al-Qaeda which is lead by Osama Bin Laden, planned to hijack several civilian airplanes and crash them into multiple buildings on American soil. On 8:46 am on the morning of September 11, 2001 Flight 11, which was one of the hijacked planes slammed into the north World Trade Centre Tower and several minutes later flight 175 another civilian aircraft crashed into the south world trade centre tower. 2,752 people were killed on September 11, 2001 making it the largest terrorist attack against the United Sates of America ever. Many things were affected because of the 9/11 attacks and the changes were dramatic. As a result to the attacks of 9/11 the price of crude oil had risen, American security policies became very strict, and President George W. Bush declared war on terrorism.
             A major effect as a result of the 9/11 attacks was that the price of crude oil had risen. Iraq a major supplier to North America for crude oil had now been invaded by American troops after Osama Bin Laden and Saddam Hussien. This resulted in a dramatic rise in the price of crude oil. Before the September 11 attacks the price of crude oil was less then $20 a barrel and had been dropping from the increase in past years caused by OPEC which cut production totaling 5 million barrels. After the attacks the price of crude oil started to rise and is still on the rise because of the War on terrorism. At the beginning of 2003 the price of crude oil had risen by more then $10 a barrel which has a huge effect on North America which relies on automotive transportation to live everyday life. Prices at the pump have jumped dramatically over the p
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