1. Remembering 9/11

2. USSR vs. Afghanistan 1979 - 1989

3. Soviets in Afghanistan 1988

4. Thanks USA – Gave Afghanistan arms

6. Soviets leaving Afghanistan 1989

7. Taliban Takes Charge of Country Taliban were the strict Islamic government of Afghanistan

9. 1993 WTC Bombing 6 people killed when a bomb goes off beneath WTC.

10. Al-Qaeda Claims responsibility for attack on USA Taliban lets Al- Qaeda hide out in their county because they are allies.

11. Al-Qaeda Alliance with Taliban 1996 Osama bin Laden moves from Sudan to Afghanistan Leader of Al-Qaeda

12. According to Bin Laden, he is concerned with American foreign policy towards, and American actions in, the Muslim world US support for Israel in its ongoing theft of Arab land US support for corrupt and repressive regimes in the Muslim world (Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and the Gulf states). Post 9/11, the US has added to an already long list of Muslim grievances by occupying Afghanistan and Iraq. Why did these people want to attack America?

14. 2000 Men who Hijacked planes begin arriving in the U.S.

15. 9/11/01 19 Terrorists hijacked four planes. The intended targets were: –Twin Towers (North and South) –The Pentagon –Washington D.C. (White House?)

16. Airplanes American Airlines Flight 11 –Departure: Boston, MA –Destination: Los Angles, CA United Airlines Flight 175 –Departure: Boston, MA –Destination: Los Angles, CA American Airlines Flight 77 –Departure: Dulles, VA –Destination: Los Angles, CA United Airlines Flight 93 –Departure: Newark, NJ –Destination: San Francisco, CA

17. Timeline 8:20am: Flight 11 declared hijacked 8:42am: Flight 175 declared hijacked 8:46am: Flight 11 crashes into North Tower 8:50am: Flight 77 is hijacked 8:55: President George W. Bush is alerted. The President is at Emma E. Booker Elementary School in Sarasota, Florida

18. Timeline 9:02am: Flight 175 crashes into the South Tower. Broadcasted on live television. 9:08am: FAA grounds all planes. 9:28am: Flight 93 is hijacked. 9:37am: Flight 77 crashes into the Westside of The Pentagon. 9:43am: The White House is evacuated. 9:59am: The South Tower collapses.

19. Timeline 10:02am: The Sears Tower in Chicago is evacuated. 10:03am: Flight 93 crashes in Somerset County, PA. –Passengers overthrew the terrorists and crash the plane before it hits Washington D.C., its intended target. 10:28am: The North Tower collapses. 5:20pm: 7 World Trade Center collapses.

20. Camera That Captured the First Plane

29. The Aftermath Heightened security at airports and various mass transit locations. The Patriot Act Homeland Security War On Terrorism Surge in military enrollment

30. October 7, 2001 –The U.S. attacks Afghanistan and the Taliban, beginning a war that continues until 2013. 2326 Americans were killed, more than 20,000 wounded. –Up to 360,000 Afghans died from the war and its effects.

31. NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization “committed to preserving peace through international cooperation and collective (joint) security.” Have given forces to War in Afghanistan (49 countries – now 37)

32. Taliban “Thanks Iran!”

38. 2003: Iraq War President Bush 2 justified invasion of Iraq in that… Iraq had WMD (Weapons of Mass Destruction) Iraq had not complied with UN inspectors Iraq had supported Al Qaeda in the past Turns out none of the above was true

39. But US still got Hussein - and he was executed in 2006

40. More than 4,400 U.S. soldiers killed, more than 40,000 injured. Up to 500,000 Iraqi dead.

41. Are both wars another Vietnam? Long dragged out conflicts with no end in sight. Can’t tell whose an friend or foe. Not popular at home. Not popular with other governments or their people. Not winning the hearts and minds of the people. Fighting primitive people with nothing to lose

42. What are the problems? Friend or Foe? Suicide Bombers IED- Improvised Explosive Devices Taliban Aid from Iran Taliban Aid from Russia Drug Trade Flourishes (92% of World’s Heroin) Famine Never known democracy Extreme Islamic Groups Mountains and Terrain Border crossing Inadequate amount of US troops Untrained Afghani Troops Legitimate Government? Civilian Casualties +3,000 Deaths

43. Death of Osama Bin Laden Osama bin Laden, head of the Islamist militant group al-Qaeda, was killed in Pakistan on May 2, 2011, shortly after 1 a.m. Operation Neptune Spear, was ordered by United States President Obama. The mission was carried out by US Navy SEALs from the United States Naval Special Warfare Development Group of the Joint Special Operations Command. He was killed in his compound in Pakistan.

44. Bin Laden’s Compound

45. Viewing of Operation Neptune Spear

46. Conspiracy Theories of 9/11 9/11 was an inside job –US planned 9/11 to initiate war on Al-Qaeda The planes had no windows and carried bombs. The US Government knew about the attacks before they happened. 9/11 did not exist.

47. ISIS Islamic State of Iraq and Syria evolved from a group called Islamic State of Iraq Islamic State of Iraq evolved directly from Al Qaeda in Iraq, a cousin branch of Bin Laden’s group. Al Qaeda and ISI fought the U.S. for many years in Iraq

48. Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNNTc Hq5Tzk