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TERRORISM NOTES

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Define: terrorism threatened use of violence against civilians, property, or governments to intimidate/instill fear in order to achieve political, religious, ideological, or social objectives
Purpose of terrorism calculated violence, or the threat of violence, to create intense fear and intimidate civilian populations or governments
What are the pre 9/11 attacks weather underground bombing, oklahoma city bombings, beirut Barracks Bombing, 1998 embassy Bombings
locations of terrorist attacks on 0/11/01 1. New York City, New York (World Trade Center) 2. Arlington County, Virginia (The Pentagon) 3. Shanksville, Pennsylvania (Rural Somerset County)
# of people killed during the attacks of 9/11 3047
weapon choice of terrorist on 9/11/01 The planes that they hijacked
mastermind of the 9/11 attacks The mastermind behind 9/11/01 is Khalid Shaikh Mohammed ( KSM )
leader of al qaeda Leader of Al Qaeda is Osama Bin Laden He joined with Ayman Al Zawahri to make Al Qaeda to turn Mujahideen. Was kicked out of Sudan and and went back to Afghanistan where he formed an Alliance with the Taliban and took on their religious extremism
location of bin laden's birth Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
events that radicalized bin laden Soviet-Afghan War
terrorist attacks bin laden oversaw pre 9/11 The 1998 Embassy Bombings that are mentioned above The Beirut barracks bombing mentioned above The U.S.S Cole Somalia 1993, Black Hawk Down
what did bin laden not anticipate after the 9/11 attacks He deeply believed would incite mass, widespread panic, prompting everyday Americans pressure their government to withdraw from Muslim-majority countries.
who helped us lead us to bin ladens location One of his main couriers and prisoners from Guantanamo that have ties to him
three options president obama was presented with to take out bin Laden strike with drone, large numbers of bombs, and raid
How did bin laden help us in the future against al-qaeda He was the leader of Al - Qaeda so without him the organization began to crumble
who did the us kill on july 31st and why was it important al awahiri who was the new leader of the organization
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