9/11/01 TIMELINE 9:46am (CST), 1 minute into 3rd period o
American Airlines, flight 11 crashed into the North Tower of the
World Trade Center. 10:03am (CST), 18 minutes into 3rd period o
United Airlines, flight 175 crashed in the the South Tower of the
World Trade Center 10:37am (CST), 3 minutes before the end of 3rd
period. o American Airlines, flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon
10:59 am (CST), 14 minutes into 4th period o The South Tower
collapsed. 11:03am (CST), 18 minutes into 4th period o United
Airlines, flight 93 -- believed to be aiming for the White House,
crashed in a field in PA. 11:38am (CST), passing period between 4th
& 5th period o The North Tower collapsed
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WHAT WE KNEW THAT DAY? Not much. Chicago might be a target.
Parents work downtown. School stayed open.
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WHY DID IT HAPPEN? 1957: Osama bin Laden born in Saudi Arabia
1979: USSR invaded Afghanistan to support Afghan Communists in a
Civil War. o Start of Soviet-Afghan War, which lasted for 9 years.
o Bin Laden age 22 1984: Bin Laden went to Pakistan to support the
Afghan cause 1988: Bin Laden formed al Qaeda in Pakistan 1990: Iraq
invaded Kuwait; Saudi Arabia invited the US to in to defend Kuwait.
Bin Laden did not like bringing in non-Muslim military assistance;
holiest places of Islam are in Saudi Arabia. 1991: Saudi dissidents
petition their govt to give religion great precedence in law
making. 1994: Saudi authorities imprison leaders of religious
dissent.
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WHY DID IT HAPPEN? 1995: A truck bombing at a Saudi Arabian
National Guard building killed 5 Americans, 2 Indians. 1996: Bin
Laden moved to Afghanistan after the Taliban took control of it. 1
month later, a truck bombing in Saudi Arabia killed 19 US Soldiers.
2 months later, Bin Laden issued his Declaration of Jihad Against
Americans 1998: Al Qaeda attacked US embassies in Kenya &
Tanzania. 2000: Al Qaeda attacked the USS Cole, a ship off the
coast of Yemen. 2001.... 9/11
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Purpose: Propaganda to persuade Muslims that the US & its
allies were responsible for oppressing them around the world, and
that Muslims had a duty to fight America. Incidents referred to in
the document: o Israels 1996 invasion of Lebanon (border classes
with Hezbollah), Israeli artillery that hit a UN compound killing
100+ Arab civilians. Also, Israels occupation of Palestine. o Iraq
under UN sanctions, blamed for shortage of food & medicine o
list of 11 regions Muslims struggled against occupation by
non-Muslims o US occupation of Saudi Arabia o The poverty,
repression & injustices faced by Muslims in Saudi Arabia due to
their own governments policies. Link to full text:
http://salempress.com/store/pdfs/bin_laden.pdf
http://salempress.com/store/pdfs/bin_laden.pdf THE DECLARATION OF
JIHAD ON THE AMERICANS OCCUPYING THE COUNTRY OF THE TWO SACRED
PLACES.
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Speaking against Saudi Arabia o Claimed the leaders were no
longer legitimate but propped up by the US. Impact o Raised Bin
Ladens profile as an Islamic militant, but most militants remained
focused on local issues. o 2 years later the attack on American
embassies occurred US responded with a cruise missile attack on al
Qaeda bases in Afghanistan & Sudan o 2 years after that, USS
Cole o 1 year after that 9/11. 2,977 Americans were killed. Link to
full text: http://salempress.com/store/pdfs/bin_laden.pdf
http://salempress.com/store/pdfs/bin_laden.pdf
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THE IMPACT OF 9/11 US War in Afghanistan, 2001 - today o Bin
Laden was hiding there, supported by the the government (The
Taliban) US War with Iraq, 2003-2011 o Fear of hidden Nuclear
weapons getting into extremists hands Economic impact o $3.3
Trillion dollars in damages & costs related to response *NY
Times* Islamophobia, 2001 - today
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Interactive timeline of the days events:
http://timeline.national911memorial.org/
http://timeline.national911memorial.org/ Very short TV clips of the
days events as they happened:
https://archive.org/details/911#videosummary
https://archive.org/details/911#videosummary NY Times Interactive
Archives (on topics such as firemen, building structure, etc.):
http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/nyregion/20020707_wtc_U
NITS/index_UNITS.html
http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/nyregion/20020707_wtc_U
NITS/index_UNITS.html Mugshots of all of the terrorists:
http://www.nytimes.com/library/national/index_SUSPECTS.html
http://www.nytimes.com/library/national/index_SUSPECTS.html GREAT
RESOURCES
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BACKGROUND ON ISLAM
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Caliph = ruler of Islamic state Caliphate = Islamic state led
by the Caliph Fundamentalist = strictly adheres to beliefs, usually
word for word Extremist = takes fundamentalist view to support use
of violence Muslim = those who follow Islam Islam = submit your
will to Allah Arab = people living in primarily Arabic-speaking
states ESSENTIAL VOCAB TO KNOW FIRST
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ISLAM SPLITS INTO 2: SUNNI V SHIA (SHIITE)
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SUNNI VS. SHIA (SHIITES) Why did they split? Argument of who
should succeed as leader of Islam Should caliph be from Muhammads
family [Shiites] or from Ummayid clan of recent caliphs [Sunni] ?
Two Shia caliphs were assassinated and war broke out 11 Shia imams
or caliphs were assassinated in all Hereditary line of Muhammads
family ended with the disappearance of the twelfth imam Office of
caliph no longer exists but dispute continues Best outsides sources
for this split:
http://www.cfr.org/peace-conflict-and-human-rights/sunni-shia-
divide/p33176?cid=nlc-educators-education_bulletin-
resources_for_the_academic_community-link4-
20140807&sp_mid=46660561&sp_rid=bWFyY2hiYW5rc2l2eUBnbWFpbC5
jb20S1#!/#overview-video
http://www.cfr.org/peace-conflict-and-human-rights/sunni-shia-
divide/p33176?cid=nlc-educators-education_bulletin-
resources_for_the_academic_community-link4-
20140807&sp_mid=46660561&sp_rid=bWFyY2hiYW5rc2l2eUBnbWFpbC5
jb20S1#!/#overview-video
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-16047709
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-16047709 About 83% of
Muslims are Sunni today
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Formerly known as ISIS ISLAMIC STATE (IS)
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What is IS? Sunni extremists An offshoot of Al-Qaeda; US
considers it a terrorist org. Goal? To create a continuous state of
an Islamic Caliphate carved out a territory in Syria and Iraq What
has IS done? Started in Syria (160k deaths in its own civil war,
Syria is weak) in towns where the government was weak (basically
all of them) Spread through borders to Iraq in surprise attack on
Iraqi army How the IS is affecting the lives of people in Iraq
http://projects.aljazeera.com/2014/new-iraqi-identity/
http://projects.aljazeera.com/2014/new-iraqi-identity/ Great short
video on IS and the current situation over there:
http://live.wsj.com/video/iraq-isis-sparks-a-middle-east-crisis-
explained/74607CBE-0725-4C02-A289-
ABA34FEAB516.html#!74607CBE-0725-4C02-A289-ABA34FEAB516
http://live.wsj.com/video/iraq-isis-sparks-a-middle-east-crisis-
explained/74607CBE-0725-4C02-A289-
ABA34FEAB516.html#!74607CBE-0725-4C02-A289-ABA34FEAB516 ISLAMIC
STATE (IS - FORMERLY ISIS)
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YOUR ASSIGNMENT
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1.Muslims are to blame for the 9/11 terrorist attacks in NYC.
2.The Islamic State (IS) simply a repeating historical pattern of
Islamic sectarian violence. *Turn it in through Turnitin.com, it
will be open until midnight tonight. Class Number --- 7261691...
Password: harweger *Use complete sentences. *Length should be at
least five sentences each. *Use evidence in your arguments. 2
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