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September 11th

Make a list of what you want to know. September 11th. Make a list of what you know. What is it?. Militant Islamist organization founded by Osama bin Laden in Pakistan in 1988/89. What do they want?. Want a complete break from all foreign influences in Muslim countries

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September 11th

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  1. Make a list of what you want to know September 11th Make a list of what you know

  2. What is it? Militant Islamist organization founded by Osama bin Laden in Pakistan in 1988/89 What do they want? • Want a complete break from all foreign influences in Muslim countries • creation of a new Islamic world wide unity of Muslim political world. Osama bin Laden -End American involvement in Muslim countries. How they do it? • suicide attacks and simultaneous bombings of different targets • pledge of loyalty to Osama bin Laden • undergone training in one of its camps in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq or Sudan, but not taken any pledge • killing of civilians is religiously sanctioned Al Quada Why? • Believe that a Christian–Jewish alliance is conspiring to destroy Islam • Ignore man made laws – for laws rooted in religion

  3. US is attacked September 11, 2001 • Hijacking & crashing of four commercial airplanes • Major shift in American foreign policy • First attack since Pearl Harbor (50 yrs earlier) • Confidence & Safety in nation’s power shaken Gets news of attack while reading to an elementary class. http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=11584488 http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=video+bush+getting+news+of+9%2f11+attack&mid=C2AA54E4F50D0664182CC2AA54E4F50D0664182C&view=detail&FORM=VIRE1

  4. September 11, 2001: Timeline of Terrorism (by David Johnson) All times are Eastern Daylight Time 8:45 a.m. - American Airlines Flight 11, Boston to Los Angeles with 92 people onboard, crashes into the north tower of the World Trade Center in New York City. 9:03 a.m. - United Airlines Flight 175, Boston to Los Angeles with 65 people onboard, flies into the south tower of the World Trade Center. 9:31 a.m. - Speaking from Florida, President George Bush pledges the United States will hunt down the guilty parties. 9:40 a.m. - American Flight 77, en route from Dulles Airport, Washington DC, to Los Angeles with 64 people onboard, crashes into the Pentagon. 9:48 a.m. - The U.S. Capitol and the West Wing of the White House are evacuated. 9:49 a.m. - The Federal Aviation Administration bans all aircraft takeoffs in the United States. 9:50 a.m. - South tower of the World Trade Center collapses. 9:58 a.m. - Emergency operator in Pennsylvania receives a call from a passenger on United Flight 93, Newark to San Francisco with 45 people onboard, stating the plane was being hijacked. 10:00 a.m. - United Flight 93 crashes about 80 miles southeast of Pittsburgh. 10:29 a.m. - North tower of the World Trade Center collapses. 11:00 a.m. - New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani orders lower Manhattan evacuated. 11:40 a.m. - With U.S. military on nuclear alert, Bush taken to Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana. 1:20 p.m. - Bush boards Air Force One for Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska, headquarters of the U.S. Strategic Air Command. 2:51 p.m. - U.S. military deploys missile destroyers and other equipment in New York and Washington. 5:20 p.m. - Another World Trade Center building collapses. 7:00 p.m. - Bush arrives in Washington. 8:31 p.m. - Bush addresses the nation, vowing to punish "evil acts."

  5. http://www.history.com/interactives/witness-to-911

  6. Chaos

  7. Grief

  8. Patriotism

  9. Speeches following 9/11 http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=president+bush+speech+on+9+11&mid=F6C6F805DB8299FEDA71F6C6F805DB8299FEDA71&view=detail&FORM=VIRE1 http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=president+bush+speech+on+9+11&mid=F6C6F805DB8299FEDA71F6C6F805DB8299FEDA71&view=detail&FORM=VIRE1

  10. War on Terrorism TOP PRIORITY: FINDING & PROSECUTING THOSE RESPONSIBLE Me again! • Osama bin Laden’s al Qaeda behind attack • Against US troops in Saudi Arabia • Against US boycott of Iraq • Against US support of Israel • Against Middle East governments that are pro-Western • Hiding in Afghanistan where Islamic fundamentalist Taliban government allowed them to have training camps

  11. Any government that sponsored terrorism, even if it did not itself commit terrorists acts, should be held accountable! Demands Taliban turn over bin Laden to U.S. custody! US troops joined by Great Britain and other allies into Afghanistan. Taliban overthrown in four months! Several leaders captured but not bin Laden.

  12. Improving National Security Patriot Act – gave law enforcement broader powers to monitor suspected terrorists. Violates civil liberties? Department of Homeland Security New Cabinet-level to coordinate domestic security matters between fedeal, state, and local agencies Give up some freedoms for improved protection?

  13. Are you for or against the Patriot Act?Safety or liberty - discuss How does this affect you?

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