Weapons of Mass Destruction After the success of the September 11th attacks, al-Qaeda stepped up their rhetoric and began to specifically discuss the desire to acquire and use Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD's) against targets within the United States (Howard & Forest, 2013). In a letter addressed to the U.S. State Department, al-Qaeda leader Abu Musab al Suri, notes that WMD's are the great equalizer between the much smaller al-Qaeda and the U.S., which will allow them to eventually prevail in their struggle against the west (Howard & Forest, 2013). While the term WMD has been bandied about a lot since 9/11 and even lampooned by the creators of the South Park television show in their 2004 film Team America: World Police due to its over usage, the term originally came from the former Soviet Union and was used to specifically refer to Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological (NBC) weapons (Bowman, 2002). The September 2011 attacks, however led to the term WMD becoming synonymous with any weapon that is capable of inducing mass casualties; this includes NBC weapons as well as the more unorthodox ones like airliners used as weapons (Bowman, 2002). Technically, Timothy McVeigh's fertilizer bomb in Oklahoma City meets this requirement, as did the device used in Beirut in 1983, but most people understand WMD's to be the chemical, biological or nuclear type (to include radiological dispersion devices or RDD's) (Gustin, 2010). Chemical weapons of mass destruction include both those used in normal industry settings such as phosgene and chlorine, as well as the more difficult to manufacture nerve agents (Bowman, 2002). The compounds that are needed to produce chemical weapons, however, are regulated in their manuf... ... middle of paper ... ...ff, S. M., Hughes, J. M. (2002). Public health assessment of potential biological terrorism agents. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 8(2), 225 - 230. Runners World. (2014). Color Run broadens its palette. Retrieved from http://www.runnersworld.com/photos/top-running-news-stories-of-2013?cm_ mmc=Facebook-_-RunnersWorld-_-Content-News-_-TopRunningStories Spindlove, J.R. & Simonsen, C.E. (2010). Terrorism today: The past, the players, the future (4th ed). Upper saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall The Color Run. (2014). The Color Run: About us. Retrieved from http://www.thecolorrun.com/about/ Wetter, D. C., Daniell, W. E., Treser, C. D. (2001). Hospital preparedness for victims of chemical or biological terrorism. American Journal of Public Health, 91(5), 710-716. Wiktorowicz, Q. (2005). A genealogy of radical Islam. Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, 28, 75- 97
The U.S. does not only have to worry about physical threats; there is now the fear of psychological threats. The United States now has to take serious the threat of terrorist attacks for the first time in history; it’s no longer a fear but a definite possibility. The United States incorporated many different strategies since the attacks of September 11. The main and most talked about is the creation of the Department of Homeland Security which was mandated to perform four functions: “border and transportation
Modernizing The Crucible Imagine you are a director who has been asked to direct a modern version of The Crucible. Decide on how you would make the play modern and the kind of setting that you feel is the most appropriate for conveying the themes of the play. In your discussion, you should deal with what you feel are the main themes of the play that you want to focus on and how the setting will enhance and even add depth to what you have to say. Firstly, I feel that in order to make the
"Managing Change" Massive change is impacting on all facets of society, creating new dimensions and great uncertainty. Instant communication, super small high-tech equipments, the globalization movement, the deadly terrorist attacks in the U.S., the emerging of foreign investments in China nation are all the changing dimensions of the world. These are few of the changes which have occurred around last two decades. The issue facing people in business today is how to manage such changes. The origin
"Negro writers must accept the nationalist implications of their lives, not in order to encourage them, but in order to change and transcend them. They must accept the concept of nationalism because, in order to transcend it, they must posses and understand it." -- Richard Wright In 1996, famed rapper and entertainer Tupac Shakur[1] was gunned down in Las Vegas. Journalistic sentiment at the time suggested he deserved the brutal death. The New York Times headline, "Rap Performer Who Personified
respective countries and have treaties between countries to allow airlines to land there. The industry has been taking a relatively shaky course as costs are rising and profits have been decreasing. This was further intensified with the recent terrorist attacks on US soil, which lead to higher costs as the need for more security arose. Recent financial statements of major airlines showing major losses reflect the problems that the industry is having. Yet amidst the storm, some regional airlines such
after the terrorist attacks on the United States, increasing the urgency to clearly identify the causes of the problems faced and to find any solutions available to overcome them. One of the factors contributing to the poor performance has been the global economic slowdown whose effect has not been limited to the airline industry but has extended to many other industries. The effect of this economic slowdown on airlines has been to cause a slowdown in air travel. The terrorist attacks on America
US Economy Since the horrific attacks on the United States on Sept 11th, the nation’s economy has greatly dropped into a recession, although the economy was already in trouble before Sept. 11th. Due to this incident and all the effects it has caused, it is right to blame this recession on the terrorist attacks of Sept 11th. Almost half of the states faced budget shortfalls for 2001 or 2002, which caused most peoples lives to change after the attacks. Even the U.S. economy effectively took
The recent terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon have caused confusion on the topic of patriotism. The best way to start understanding patriotism is to simply define it. Patriotism is a person’s level of loyalty toward their country. Displays of true patriotism are prominent in times of despair, such as wars and terrorist attacks. However, many people have discrepancies on what displays of patriotism really are. Some people believe that showing patriotism can be accomplished
Advanced technology affords many benefits to human beings, but it also provides instruments of mass destruction. For example, advanced biological technology may provide cures for illnesses but it also provides instruments of biological terrorism. When war involves these microscopic, deadly, biological agents, it takes on a new and frightening dimension. Human beings harnessing the power of bacteria to kill large quantities of people sounds like science fiction. Unfortunately, we now hear about use
The continuing successful and attempted terrorist attacks in the USA and the endless wars and conflicts in which we are involved are a manifestation of political, economical and imperialistic failures in Arab lands. This was supported by Western society with the United States as the largest of powers. Instability, oppression, poverty and political alienation that the citizens of many Islamic-Arab nations experienced within the last hundred years have led to major hatred of the United States
persuade people's thoughts, opinions and beliefs in order to benefit their cause. The media was used for disseminating stereotypes the effect violent music has on teenager's behaviours such as in the shootings at Columbine. After the September 11 attacks, the U.S. government used the media as an outlet to emphasize Muslim stereotypes to influence people to support the invasion of Iraq. Stereotypes and other propaganda techniques such as "name-calling, manicheanism, and censorship" are powerful instruments
sent through the postal system and other crimes endanger the well being of the citizens of this famous city. Anything from a car accident to an intentional murder or shooting can cause an unnatural death. Additionally, freak occurrences like terrorist attacks can kill or infect populations of people like those in New York City. These factors increase the likelihood that residents of a city will contract a particular disease, suffer from an environmentally caused illness, die in an accident or be the
speech on the Internet is a very controversial subject and has been the key problem surrounding the Internet today. The attempt to regulate and govern the Internet is still pursued by government officials. This subject has been intensified due to terrorist attacks against the United States and around world within the past years. The government believes that by regulating the Internet, it will protect the general public from criminal actions and eliminate the exposure of children to pornography or vulgar
tragic terrorist attacks on western interests twice since 1998 – once in 1998 when the US embassy was attacked and a second time in 2002 when a Israeli-owned Paradise hotel was bombed. In 1980, Jewish-owned Norfolk hotel was attacked by the PLO. Every single attack shared a common thread of irony: the majority of the lives lost were Kenyan, even though the ideology behind the attacks suggests that Kenyan and Kenyans were not involved in the political dynamic that precipitated the attacks. The
The Clinton administration was at fault for the 9/11 attacks. During the course of his presidency, Bill Clinton had more than a single chance to catch those responsible for the 9/11 tragedy. During his term of 8 years, Clinton had seen a fair share of terrorist attacks, all of which were quickly forgotten. Clinton not only sparked the attack on the World Trade Center, but he may very well have sparked hatred towards the United States by many of the Middle Eastern countries. In 1993, the World Trade