08528050 December 17, 2016Sheafer TrenaryPerspective of Homeland Security1000000 December 17, 2016Sheafer TrenaryPerspective of Homeland Security Terrorist attacks on American soil prior to 9/11 from another country was the first World Trade Center attack on February 26, 1993. This attack wasnot seen as a wakeup call to that time.
The attack in 1993 was significant in terms of loss it had little impacton the United States of America. Previously, Middle Eastern terrorists had staged attacks against American interests in other parts of the world. In October 2000, al-Qaeda terrorists attacked the USS Cole In Aden Harbor, and Yemen. The terrorists approached the ship in a small boat and exploded a bomb oncetheywere close to the ship.
The explosion resulted in 17 sailors being killed and 39 others injured. On August 7,1998, al-Qaeda used car bombs to attack the U. S. embassies inDares Salaam, Tanzania, and Kenya. Osama bin Laden took credit for the bombings, stating that they were a response to the American invasion of Somali (Wright 2006).
TheDeadliestterrorist attack on Americans prior to the attacks on 9/11 occurred in 1998 when terrorists planted explosives on Pan Am Flight 103 leaving London’s airport destined for New York. The Boeing 747 crashed in Lockerbie,Scotland. All passengers on and crew on the flights were killed. The Attacks on 9/11 were prosecuted by an outside terrorist group that had international standing, support, funding, and history of attacking Americans. The 9/11 attacks resulted in new thinking at all levels of the government.
President George W. Bush Immediately went to war and declared a “war on terrorism. ” The Bush administration pushed forward the idea that Sadaam Hussein, the leader of Iraq, was amassing weapons of mass destruction and would provide them terrorists to attack the United States. When the attacks on 9/11 occurred, America was not only vulnerable to attack, but wasvery unprepared to prevent it. In the Commission Report by referring to page147 of the report which says,”ByhisownAccount, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed’s animus toward the united states stemmed not from his experiences there as a student, but rather from his violent disagreement with U.
S. foreign policy favoring Israel. ” In an interview with Bin Laden in 1997 Bin Laden said,”wedeclared jihad against the U. S. government, because the U.
S government is unjust, Criminal and tyrannical. It has committed acts that are extremely unjust, hideous and criminal whether directly responsible for those who were killedin Palestine, Lebanon and Iraq. ” The outline of the 9/11 plot, Staff statement no. 16, from the 9/11 commission: “Atta was chosen as the emir, or leader, of the mission. He met with Bin Ladin to discuss the targets: The World Trade Center, which represented the U. S.
economy; the pentagon, a symbol of the U. S. military; and the U. S. Capitol, the perceived source of U.
S. policy in support of Israel. HomelandSecurtiy, Larry K Gaines and Victor E.Kappelerpublished 2012 http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/9/9/244452/-
