3. 1979
Fifty-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.”
4. US Embassy in Lebanon attacked
US Marine Barracks attacked
241 Americans Dead
5. Pan Am 103(London to NYC) destroyed by
explosive device
270 dead
189 US citizens
US says Libyan intelligence officers responsible
6. World Trade Center basement bomb
6 dead
1,040 injured
Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman convicted
Charges:
Original Crime
Conspiracy to target other NY landmarks
Zak Ebrahim: I am the son of a terrorist.
14. 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
16. 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.”
17. Death toll – 3000
266 passengers
Casualties include numerous police officers
and firefighters
These casualties are greater than those suffered at
Pearl Harbor, 1941
18. Stock market stopped trading
Public landmarks closed
Air traffic stopped
Federal legislation passed
PATRIOT ACT
“War on Terror” Iraq & Afghanistan
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19. Osama bin Laden the leader and founder of Al Qaeda
was killed on May 2, 2011 in Pakistan.
20. 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
21. 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 -
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