Andrew Azmy's List: 9/11 Tipping Point- Using Diigo

Introduction- draft

It was a normal day tuesday till a shocking event changed many. On Tuesday, September 11th, a terrorist attack took place in the United States. Highjacked planes crashed into the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon; which is the United States headquarters of military leadership. This event changed many relations between other nations. It caused the United States army to send in troops to various countries including Afghanistan and Iraq. United States President George W. Bush called this an act of war. Huge economic downfall happened in the United States. Many businesses were shut down including various airline companies and the New York Stock Exchange. Political instability also occurred due to the fact that there was no external terrorist attacks on the Unites States since 1812. George W. Bush acted violently. He called for a war on terrorism.

Common knowledge: Paragraph explaining the event fully- draft

On Tuesday morning, at 8:45 am, the north tower of the World Trade Centre was smashed by a highjacked passenger American Airlines plane. People were shocked; it was never expected that a plane could ever fly so low above a city. A second highjacked plane Flight 175 crashed into WTC complex. By that time it was learned that the two airplanes were highjacked by terrorists and so people were extremely frightened. Forty minutes later, a third plane hit the Pentagon which is the headquarters of the United States military leadership. At around ten A.M. the south tower collapsed along with the north tower. Two other planes were highjacked but did not crash into any other structures. Down in New York, thousands of people run for their lives. Emergency squads and firemen rush to put down the flames down caused by the great smashes. Hundreds of rescue personal, firemen and policemen were killed that day. Thousands of workers and civilians were also dead with many under the rubble yet to be searched for. American citizens were in great shock.

Research- Book source one

Citation-
Keithly, David M. The USA & the world 2011. Lanham, MD: Stryker-Post Publications, 2011. Print. P. 134, 135

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"Russia provided intelligence on Afghanistan to the U.S.-led-cooalition and offered an important link with the Northern Alliance anti-Taliban opposition group"- P. 134
--> Means that many other nations: coalition of the wiling help out the United States. It is amazing how many leads and complications are in it. Shows that the terrorism issue is a very big deal.

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"Iraq was the acid test of the new national security strategy. From early 2002, President Bush repeatedly stated his intention to remove or forcibly disarm the Saddam dictatorship. The administration alleged that Iraq's weapons of mass destruction remained a clear and present danger" P. 135.
--> Means that the weapons of mass destruction create a very dangerous situation.

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"the administration periodically pointed out certain links between Saddam's secular dictatorship and the fundamentalist al-Qaeda terror network" P. 135.
--> Means that since Osama Bin Laden is the prime suspect, also leader of al Qaeda, and having links with Saddam Hussein as well, makes it an issue of national security.

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"It was only a matter of time before Saddam provided al-Qaeda with weapons of mass destruction to use against America or its Allies" P. 135.
--> Means that it is really true that Saddam provided Al-Qaeda with weapons of mass destruction.

Research- Book source two

CITATION:
Richie, Jason. Iraq and the fall of Saddam Hussein. Minneapolis: Oliver Press, 2003. Print. P. 60


"Critics believed Bush;s new strategy was illegal. WHat someone might do years in the future was simply impossible to know" P.60
--> Many people were against the idea that Bush wants to do a preemptive strike against Iraq. They say that no one can predict what could happen in some years and predicting that that would harmful and so going for a pre-emtive strike.They thought that operation was illegal.

Common Knowledge- Significance paragraph

There are many reasons why this day was crucial to economic and political instability. After the attacks, the New York Stock Exchange had to shut down for four days. The ideas of war and instability made that time very insecure in terms of stock market investing. European and Asian stock markets also put up with heavy loss. As for the airline industry, it was heavily affected. It was also shut dow for many days and greater security was enforced once reopened. Moving on to the political aspect of how the attacks of September 11 made huge instability in political relations. George W. Bush, President of the United States of America at the time of the attacks recognized this as an act or war and so, had to be responded to with a war on terrorism. Afghanistan, the Taliban country which was seen as a big supporter to terrorism, was seen as a big threat that had to be dealt with. The U.S. along with Great Britain started mobilizing troops to mov into the Taliban regime of Afghanistan. Members of Al-Qaeda were captured during the operation as well as a new Afghani government being set up. Another great political act was the invasion of Iraq in 2003 by U.S. soldiers. The attacks of September 11 sparked the invasion two years after the attacks happened. A look back at history helps knowing why this was such a huge spark. In August of 1990, Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait claiming that it is Iraq's nineteenth province. After Saddam's invasion, the U.S. voted to go to war against Iraq unless if they do not withdraw their forces from Kuwait. The United States stopped at the border in Iraq when Kuwait is liberated in 1991. No fly zones and UN inspectors to insure there was no weapons of mass destruction were the points of cease-fire. Looking back at that history, in 2002, President Bush gave the Axis of Evil speech in which accused Iraq of being an enemy country long with Iran and North Korea. In 2003, Operation Iraqi freedom takes place in which U.S. troops were sent into Iraq being influenced by the events of 9/11 and therefore the Axis of Evil speech. The troops in Iraq finally go out in 31st December, 2011.

Conclusion- draft

The attacks on World Trade Center and the Pentagon are very crucial to how the world changed. The United States launched a whole war against terrorism that includes the invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan. There are many views and multiple reasons why the invasion of Iraq took place. Other than the political effect, there was economic effects too in which the stock market was greatly affected and shut down for a couple of days. Also airline companies shut down for some time and security has been tightened. This day, September eleventh really changed the world.

Works Cited

Keithly, David M. The USA & the world 2011. Lanham, MD: Stryker-Post Publications, 2011. Print. P. 134, 135

Mockaitis, Tom. "September 11 terrorist attacks." World Book Student. World Book, 2012. Web. 30 Apr. 2012.

Richie, Jason. Iraq and the fall of Saddam Hussein. Minneapolis: Oliver Press, 2003. Print. P. 60