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Saudi Arabia
Osama Bin Laden was from ____________
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Osama Bin Laden
\-Islamic fundamentalist
\-had a college degree
\-father was a billionaire in construction
\-had a college degree
\-father was a billionaire in construction
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Islamic fundamentalist
Hates freedom of speech and religion, gender equality, the US, Jews, modernism, and people who aren’t Muslim.
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Islamic moderate
\-seek the 5 pillars of Islam
\-can peacefully coexist with non-muslims
\-does not follow the violent verses of the Keran
\-can peacefully coexist with non-muslims
\-does not follow the violent verses of the Keran
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Islamic Serularists
People who say they Muslim but don’t really follow the 5 pillars.
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Soviet Union, afghanistan
In 1979 the _________ __invades__ __________
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Afghanistan
The US side with __________ and provided war supplies
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Afghanistan, Soviet Union
Osama went to ___________ __to fight against__ ______________
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1989
In _________ the soviet union left Afghanistan
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Saddam Hussein
\-dictator of iraq
invaded Kuwait (1990)
invaded Kuwait (1990)
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USA
Osama was rejected by Saudi Arabia in favor of the ________
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Al Qaeda
\-a terrorist group that Bin Laden formed in the 90s
\-means “the base” or “the foundation”
\-commit mass murder terrorist attacks all over the world and kills Americans overseas
\-means “the base” or “the foundation”
\-commit mass murder terrorist attacks all over the world and kills Americans overseas
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Terrorist
A person or group who uses violence or threats of violence to get people to do what they want
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Khalid Sheikh
\-chosen by Bin Laden to plan attacks
\-planned 9/11
\-planned 9/11
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Hijackers
teams of __________ are moved to the US (undercover) to prepare for attacks (on student visas)
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team
\-4 “muscle” hijackers
\-1 trained pilot
\-1 trained pilot
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Flight 11
\-1st plane to hit the world trade center
\-hits at over 500 mph
\-hits at over 500 mph
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flight 175
\-Hits the 2nd tower
\-(2nd)
\-(2nd)
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flight 77
\-hit the Pentagon
\-(3rd)
\-(3rd)
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flight 93
\-(4th)
\-passengers fought back and the plane ended up being crashed into a field in pennsylvania
\-we don’t know for sure where the plane was headed but we think it was headed for the US capital building
\-passengers fought back and the plane ended up being crashed into a field in pennsylvania
\-we don’t know for sure where the plane was headed but we think it was headed for the US capital building
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pentagon
\-US military headquarters
\-virginia (Washington DC)
\-virginia (Washington DC)
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WTC
\-twin towers
\-located in Manhattan (southern manhattan)
\-located in Manhattan (southern manhattan)
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Boroughs
The 5 sections of New York City
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Staten Island, Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens, and Manhattan
the 5 sections of NYC
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Freedom tower
\-replaces the twin towers
\-is 1776 ft tall
\-is 1776 ft tall
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water fountains
\-the wtc memorial
\-in the exact location and shape of the twin towers
\-in the exact location and shape of the twin towers
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Pentagon memorial
Has a bench for each person who died with a lit up rectangle of water underneath it
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flight 93 memorial
A tall marble panel and a windchimes for each person that died near Shanksville Pennsylvania
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Abbottabod, Pakistan
Where Bin Laden was in hiding
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Rob O’weil
The first person to shoot Bin Laden
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