September 11th, like few other dates in the history of our country, will be permanently engraved in all American's memories. Even though the events of this tragic day are behind us, the economy is still feeling the burden of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. The...

Attack on the USS Cole The article "Ship saved, but probe will take time, U.S. officials say," by William Neikirk discussed the bombing of the billion U.S. Naval ship. Neikirk explains how most are now sure that the explosion that killed 17 sailors was a terrorist act. The atta...

Like many others, I grieve those killed in the Towers Tragedy. It was a horrendous and unwarranted act of violence that is irrefutably condemnable. However, I also sympathize with those innocent civilians who suffer in retaliation to these terrorist acts. Previously during the attacks on Oklahoma, I...

On September 11 2001, Americans awoke to find our country under attack. The country went into a state of shock. Many including myself kept on asking, who could of done such a thing to the United States and why? After the initial shock Americas next step was to find a way to respond to these acts of ...

The terrorist attacks in the United States have tragically touched us all. The horror of this situation will be with us forever. Who can ever forget the images of the planes smashing through the towers and the people falling from and hanging onto to the outside of the building while it's coll...

Terrorism is an international problem in today's global community. Many nations are affected, whether directly or indirectly. Most nations oppose terrorism, while others condone or even support active, brutal terrorism and terrorist groups. Terrorism is defined by the US State Department to contain...

There comes a time in every generation our nation is faced with a horrific tragedy. Yet, even in our darkest hours we are one, from Pearl Harbor to the assignation of JFK. On September 11, we were faced with the Attack on America. Planes were hijacked and many lives were lost, but with that we ga...

The way we do battle is considered an ever changing art. War is constantly evolving with technology and culture. In revolutionary times it was customary for an army to line up and simply march through its opposing force. In the First World War, soldiers would dig trenches and mow opposing forces do...

"One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter" (Egendorf 12-13). These people, be them terrorist or freedom fighters, have, for many years, killed innocent men, women, and children for no reason. In recent years, biological weapons have taken terrorism to a whole new leve...

The NEW Art of War Consider the following scenario set some time in the near future: A Middle East state decides the time is ripe for a power grab in the Persian Gulf and directs its threat to an oil-rich neighbor that the United States is pledged to protect. The aggressors elect not to challenge...

Terrorism can no longer be looked upon as "someone else's problem", as the rise of international terrorist organizations presents a threat to the national security of all nations and must be regarded with the utmost importance. To completely comprehend the severity of the current sit...

Although the total volume of terrorist incidents world-wide has declined in the 1990s, the proportion of persons killed in terrorist incidents has steadily risen. For example, according to the RAND-St Andrews University Chronology of International Terrorism,5 a record 484 international terro...

On September 11, 2001 Islamic terrorists hijacked American airplanes leaving from Washington DC and headed west towards California. After hijacking the planes the men flew two planes into the World Trade Center in New York and one plane into the Pentagon in Washington DC. A fourth plane hijacked cra...

How resources are allocated within a program signal a great deal about priorities. In the wake of the bombings of the World Trade Center and the Murrah Federal Building in the United States and that sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway, both the executive and legislative branches of government focu...

Terrorism is one of the more repulsive things in this world. No matter what country you decide to live in there will be terrorism to a certain extent. Some organizations are bigger than others and some are smarter than others, but there is one thing they all have in common, that is that they cause...

The United States has always faced threats from other countries. But now, as times are changing, we're facing an increasing need to protect ourselves from terrorism within our own borders. In the 21st century, threats to America's internal security, that were once of minimal concern, have moved to t...

The United States has always faced threats from abroad, but also increasingly from within. In the 21st century, new threats have been introduced due to technological, biological, and chemical advances. These new concerns compromise the security of our nation, while the threats of classic warfare tha...

The United States and its Western allies say Teheran's real goal is to build nuclear weapons and have threatened sanctions. Washington has hinted a military strike is not out of the question. Fears that Iran is trying to build nuclear warheads were aggravated when diplomats said UN Inspectors may...

The history of guerilla warfare transcends national boundaries. When one nation or people group is outnumbered or out-equipped, they often turn to guerrilla tactics in order to further the purpose of war, and eventually even the scales' in terms of military effectiveness. Walter Laqueur'...

When reflecting upon the horrendous attacks suffered by our nation on September 11, 2001 it would be extremely difficult to choose one aspect of American culture that has been exceedingly and notably affected to greater an extent than another. So many things have changed, diminished or been develo...

Youth Contribution Since the attack of Pearl Harbor, September 11 has become the second day that will live in infamy. Thousand of lives were lost due to a terrorist attack early that morning when three planes crashed into the World Trade Towers and the Pentagon. This tragedy has brought out patr...

An American Tragedy On Tuesday September 11, 2001 America faced the largest attack on our soil in our illustrious history. A group of Islamic extremists with the intent to strike down American pride set out on a mission. These terrorist thought that by striking down the World Trade center, w...

Trent Kenmai 5/15/00 DOMESTIC TERRORISM Over the past few years a new threat has been encountered by the United States. This threat does not come from away, but from within. It is know as domestic terrorism. This has been seen over the past decade in the f...

Robert Roten states that Hollywood and cinema should not be blamed as to having a major influence on the attacks that took place on September 11. He does, however, believe that Hollywood did have a minor, indirect role on the atrocities that unfortunately occurred that day. Roten says that even t...

After the tragedy on September eleventh something called the Patriots Act was passed. This Act allows the FBI s to infringe on our personal liberties as Americans. It mainly takes away our rights that the 1st and 4th amendment gives us. I personally think that it infringes on our fourth amendment mo...