TERRORISM

1979Fifty-two Americans were held hostage for 444 days (November 4, 1979 to January 20, 1981), after a group of Iranian students supporting the Iranian Revolution took over the American Embassy in Tehran. President Carter called the hostages "victims of terrorism and anarchy.”

1983 US Embassy in Lebanon attacked US Marine Barracks attacked 241 Americans Dead

1988 Pan Am 103(London to NYC) destroyed by

explosive device 270 dead

189 US citizens US blames Libya

1993 World Trade Center basement bomb 6 dead 1,040 injured Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman convicted

Zak Ebrahim: I am the son of a terrorist. Here's how I chose peace. | Talk Video | TED.com

1998 US embassies bombed

Kenya Tanzania

2000 Navy destroyer Cole is bombed 17 killed Planned by Bin Laden

9/11 Firefighters

Timeline of September 11 Attacks

8:00-9:00 am Four airlines heading to the west coast are high jacked by

teams of 5 terrorists with knives and box cutters

8:48 am American Airline Flight 11 from Boston strikes

One World Trade Center

9:03 am United Airlines Flight 175 from Boston strikes Two World Trade Center , South Tower

9:45 am American Airlines Flight 77 from Washington

DC strikes the Pentagon

9:59 am World Trade Center Two collapses

10:10 am United Airlines Flight 93 from Newark crashes

in a file near Pittsburgh (Schanksville) Passengers overwhelmed terrorists taking

down plane saving 100’s of potential lives

10:28 am World Trade Center One collapses

Thursday, September 20th

9:00 pm – President Bush addresses Congress and announces a framework for a “war on terror that will not end until every terrorist group has been found, stopped , defeated.”

September 11th Tragedy Death toll – 3000 266 passengers Casualties include numerous police

officers and firefighters These casualties are greater than those

suffered at Pearl Harbor, 1941

9/11 Stock market stopped trading Public landmarks closed Air traffic stopped Federal legislation passed PATRIOT ACT “War on Terror” Iraq & Afghanistan

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Osama bin LadenOsama bin Laden the leader and founder of Al Qaeda was killed on May 2, 2011 in Pakistan.

Phillies Fans React to Osama Bin Laden Death - YouTube

The American diplomatic mission at Benghazi, in Libya, was attacked on September 11, 2012 by a heavily armed group. Four people were killed, including U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens. Ten others were injured. The attack was strongly condemned by the governments of Libya, the United States, and many other countries throughout the world. At various times between September 11 and 17, eight other diplomatic missions in the Middle East, Asia, and Europe were subject to protests and violent attacks in response to an inflammatory video, Innocence of Muslims.

September 11, 2012

CNN- Foley hostage

-ISIS captures and executes American citizens.-Warns the US of further executions if the US does not stop air strikes in Iraq

ISIS

ISIS trail of Terror | Is ISIS a Threat to the U.S.? - ABC News

Iraq Explained -- ISIS, Syria and War - YouTube

Recent ISIS Attacks

PARIS 2015 : Terrorists attack at the Stade de France and the Bataclan- 130 killed

United States 2016: Terror attack at Pulse night club in Orlando, FL- 49 killed

- San Bernadino, CA- married couple kills 14 co-workers at Christmas Party

Belgium 2016: Suicide bombings at Brussels airport and Metro station- 32 killed