Rise of Al-Qaedatakes the series back in time to cover the period following the World Trade Center bombing, mere weeks into Bill Clinton’s first term, and invites players to compare the dynamics of this earlier period. Despite some obvious differences in how the US fought against Islamist te...
Ten hours before the first plane hit the World Trade Center in New York City on September 11, 2001, Bill Clinton allegedly told a group of businessmen in Australia that he had a chance to kill Osama bin Laden, but passed because it would have meant killing hundreds of innocent civilians...
, they ask, wanting onlyinsanityas the answer. They never ask why the terrorists chose the World Trade Center, not the Statue of Liberty. They still see America as a beacon of hope and liberty to the world. And America could be a beacon of hope and liberty.But it would require hard w...
Osama bin Laden the "terrorist organization" and top leaders in the world, more than 60 countries have established their own network. In 1993, he masterminded the World Trade Center bombing, the United States, causing six deaths and hundreds injured; in 1998, he planned to implement in the ...
had departed Boston for Los Angeles. Both jets were diverted by the hijackers to New York City where they were piloted by the terrorists themselves into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center. The impact and subsequent fire caused both 110-story towers to collapse, killing 2,752 persons,...
Security civics lessons: the Oklahoma City bombing, April 19, 1995 and the collapse of the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, dramatically changed the way Americans locate, plan, design, and construct public and civic buildings.Nadel, Barbara A...
the Al-Kifah center figures prominently in the 1993 WTC bombing. The FBI seemed to have prior knowledge of the 1993 WTC bombing [New York Times, 10/28/1993]. Even after the bombing, Al-Kifah continued to operate several chapters throughout the United States [US News and World Report, ...
And I will carry this. It is the police shield of a man named George Howard, who died at the World Trade Center trying to save others. It was given to me by his mom, Arlene, as a proud memorial to her son. This is my reminder of lives that ended, and a task that does not en...
Timothy McVeigh is executed for the Oklahoma city bombing which killed 168 people. Napster shuts down. College campuses hold the moment of silence. September 11th. The world changes. Terrorists killed nearly 3,000 people by clashing planes into the World Trade Center in New York city, the Pent...
America Responds to 9/11 • Sept. 11, 2001: Terrorists hijack four U.S. planes, crashing two into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in lower Manhattan, while a third hits the U.S. Pentagon minutes later. The fourth plane, targeted to hit the White House, crashes in a field...