1993 World Trade Center Attack Essay

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On 26 February 1993 the north tower of the World Trade Center in New York, New York was bombed. This attack marked the opening salvo of a conflict that the United States is still facing to this very day. The conflict is now commonly known as the war on terror. More specifically, U.S. citizens are under the constant threat of being attacked by Middle Eastern Islamic fundamentalist terrorists. The common reason given by these terrorists as justification for their attacks is U.S. support of Israel. Four days after the 1993 bombing the New York Times received a letter from a group called the Liberation Army claiming responsibility for the attack (Dwyer, 1995, p.234). Part of this letter read, “OUR DEMANDS ARE: 1 – Stop all military, economical, and political aids to Israel.” (Dwyer, 1995, p.235). This type of rhetoric has since become commonplace and widespread among the enemies of America. This paper will detail the 1993 attack as well as exploring the idea that the attack was the beginning of a struggle that the U.S. is still deeply immersed in. Ramzi Ahmed Yousef was the chief planner and man in charge of the W.T.C. attack. He spent several years at Al Qaeda training camps in Afghanistan and a bomb-making camp in Pakistan before arriving on U.S. soil (Dwyer, …show more content…

authorities. He was found at the Salameh’s apartment and question by authorities (Dwyer 1995). He cooperated with authorities giving them a great deal of information about the attack, but was subsequently released. Shortly thereafter, Yasin boarded a flight to Jordan and then returned to Iraq. In the months after the attack there was widespread speculation, but no confirmation that the bombing was actually the work of Iraqi intelligence agents (Mylroie, 1993). This conjecture is understandable considering that Operation Desert Storm had occurred just two years ago and Sadaam Hussein was thought to be one of America’s greatest

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