9/11/01 Eleven years later

What do you know?  9/11/01 Terrorist attacked the United Sates using our own commercial passenger jets  Targets were the Twin Towers, the Pentagon, and possibly the White House or Capital building  Organized by Osama Bin Laden and the Al- Qaeda terrorist network  Almost 3,000 lives lost in New York, Washington D.C., and Pennsylvania  346 firefighters, police officers, and port authority officers gave their lives attempting to rescue trapped people

9/11/01 Global Impact  A U.S. coalition with British, Canadian, Danish, Australian, French, German, Italian, Norwegian forces, and support from the Netherlands and New Zealand, attacked terrorist locations in Afghanistan on October 7, 2001 in retaliation  Looking to destroy all Al-Qaeda terrorist training camps and ultimately Osama Bin Laden

9/11/01 Global Impact Cont..  What were the results of the attacks in Afghanistan?  Terrorist camps were destroyed  439 American Casualties  Bin Laden still alive  U.S. invades Iraq March 19, 2003 because Saddam Hussein (Iraqi Dictator) believed to fund terrorists and have weapons of mass destruction (WMD’s)

9/11/01 Global Impact Cont..  Saddam Hussein captured on December 13, He was put on trial, found guilty and executed on December 30, 2006 for the murder of more than 1000 Iraqi civilians.  President Bush declared “Mission Accomplished” in Iraq on May 1,  An Iraqi democratic election took place on January 31, 2005—first time in their history  American troops still deployed in Iraq, and continue fighting to advance freedom  Over 6,000 American military casualties to date in the War in Iraq--No WMD’s found: this was used as excuse  May 2, 2011, Osama Bin Laden tracked down and killed by Americans

9/11/01 Images

August, 2001

Reflection  Share your thoughts and feelings about the images you just saw and your feelings about 9/11and the impact it has had on history  Write at least a one page reflection paper due tomorrow. You may type this assignment, but it is not required. Due Friday  Focus on the global and historical impact 9/11 continues to have today.  Answer this question: Is America safer 11 years later? Explain your answer. Include this at the end of your reflection paper. Make sure you use TAG, and the answer must be at least 2 paragraphs long.