1. World Event:9/11 By:Luis

2. Past Effects on Life/Literature Sets a kind of precedent for similar things Lets us learn from them Gives literature some new thing to draw from

3. Events that Led to 9/11 1979 - American Embassy in Iran is stormed by Iranians and embassy staff taken hostage. 1982 - US Embassy in Beirut is bombed by Muslim extremists. 1982 - US Marine base in Beirut is bombed by Muslim extremists. 1985 - The ship the Achille lauro is seized by Muslim extremists and one US citizen is killed by them. 1986 - A West German nightclub is bombed, killing an American, by Muslim extremists based in the Libyan Embassy. 1986 - The US bombs Libya in retaliation for the Germany bombing. 1988 - Passenger jet Pam Am Flight 103 is blown up by Muslim Extremists over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing 270 people.

4. Events that Led to 9/11 1991 - First Iraq War. 1993 - 5 killed and hundreds injured by a bomb placed by Muslim extremists in the World Trade Centre. 1993 - 18 US troops killed in Mogadishu, Somalia. 1995 - A car bomb planted by Muslim Extremists kills 5 Americans and injures 30 more in Saudi Arabia. 1998 - US Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania bombed by Muslim Extremists. 2000 - US warship USS Cole attacked by Muslim extremists.

5. What Happened? “On September 11, 2001, terrorists attacked the Unites States ” (Smith, Natalie). “The terrorists flew two of the planes into two skyscrapers at the World Trade Center in New York City” (Smith, Natalie). Another plane crashed into the pentagon Nearly 3,000 people died during 9/11

6. Global Effects Many Muslims sympathized with U.S. “Yet by launching armed aggression, first against Afghanistan and then against Iraq, America wholly squandered this gain.” (Simon, Jenkins). “The aggression led to a tide of anti- Americanism and surge of support for fanatical Islamism across the Muslim world.” (Simon, Jenkins). Billions dollars spent destabilized world economy

7. End Results? The end result is only more death America being in even more debt Hate for America increase

8. Work cited Jenkins Simon. “The response to 9/11 was as Bin Laden must have dreamed.” gaurdan.co.uk. n.d. web. 11 May, 2012. “What were the events that led to 9/11?” gcsehistory.co.uk. n.p,n.d. web. 11 May, 2012. Smith Natalie. “What Happened on 9/11?” scholastic.com. n.d. web. 11 May, 2012.