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AdamHartzer

9/25/15
GlobalStudiesPeriod6
TheStoryof9/11:
AfterWorldWarIIhadended,millionsofJewswereleftwithoutahomeand
withoutfriendsandfamilymembersbecauseoftheHolocaust.TheUnitedStatesfelt
badaboutthisandhelpedformedtheUnitedNations,whichdecidedtogivetheJews
theirowncountryofIsrael.IsraelwaspreviouslyPalestine,hometotheirownpeople.
Sincetheircountrywashandedovertoacompletelydifferentgroupofpeoplethe
Palestinianswerelefthomeless,withoutacountry.ManyPalestiniansgrewangryand
blamedthattheUSinfluencedtheUNsdecisiontogivetheJewsthecountryofIsrael.
Oneday,therewasaman,amongtheangeredPalestinians,namedOsamaBIn
Laden.HeformedAlQaeda,agroupofArabswhowerefuriouswithWestern
Civilization.In2001,theyplannedtoattacktheUnitedStatesbyhijackingcommercial
airplanesandflythemintoUSlandmarksandbuildings.Theyflewtwoplanesintothe
twoWorldTradeCenters,oneintothePentagon,andonethatwasheadedtoeitherthe
WhiteHouseortheCapital,butcrashedinafieldinPennsylvania.Thisdatewasa
statementofrevengeagainstwhattheUShaddonebytakingtheircountryofPalestine
awayfromthem.
AndbecauseofSeptember11th2001,manyAmericansgrewafraidtoflyon
airplanesorbeinanylargebuildingssuchasanairportorlargeofficebuilding.

Americancitizensfearedthatitwouldhappenagain.AlQaedahadinstilledterrorinto
allofAmerica.
Andbecauseofthat,theUSgovernmenthadtofindawaytopreventanother
attackfromoccurring,protectingtheirpeople.Andsothegovernmentestablishedrules
inairportsandonplanes,suchastheTransportationSecurityAct,HomelandSecurity,
andthePatriotAct,whichwerepassedamonthaftertheattacksinOctoberof2001.
TheUnitedStateswasforeverchanged,astheyhadincreasedsecurityatallplaces
withlargeamountsofpeople.Andeventually,TheUSgovernmentdeclaredwaron
AlQaedaintheMiddleEastandbecameknowntodayastheWaronTerror.
AndbecauseofthewartheUnitedStateseconomydrasticallychanged.Right
away,aftertheWorldTradeCentersweredestroyed,stocksdropped,astheywerea
primarysourceofstocksandtradingthroughouttheworld.However,amorelasting
effect9/11hadontheUnitedStateseconomywastheneedtoinvestandspendtrillions
ofdollarsonthewarintheMiddleEast.AlQaedahadbecometheirnumberonetarget
andenemy.
However,eversincethentherehasbeenprejudiceandtensionbetween
AmericansandArabs,asstereotypeshavearisenovertime.AlQaedaisnotaraceof
peoplethattheUScaneasilyfindandtarget.TheyaremixedwithintheIslamicculture
andalloftheMiddleEast.Becauseofthis,itmakesitveryhardtofindwhoisin
AlQaedaandwheretheyarelocated.SomeAmericanshaveprejudiceagainstsome
Arabiansandlabelthemasaterrorist.Thisisstillaproblemtoday,asitisanongoing
issue.

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