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SIx Day War (ME)
-They fought over land
-Terrorist invaded the West Bank and Gaza Strip
-Israel attacked US Navy Ship
-Killed and injured over 200 American Serviceman -
Munich Olympics (ME)
- 11 Israeli athletes were held hostage by Black September
- 11 all of the athletes were killed
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Russian Afgahanistan War (ME)
-Russia invaded Afghanistan
-America support Afrganistan and gave them $$$ and weapons
-We gave Osama Bin Laden money -
1st Twin Towers bombing (FT)
-killed 6 and injured 1000
-it was in a parking lot
-1st Twin Tower attack -
Oklahoma City Bombing (DT)
- Killed 168 people and 19 were children
- Worst terror attack on the United States (before 9/11) -Started to wake up America about the threat of terrorism
- Timothy McVeigh
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Embassy bombings (FT)
-Kenya and Tanzaia
-Two nearly simultaneous massive bombs leveled the U.S. embassies
-killing 224 and wounding thousands
-Mastermined by Osama Bin Laden -
USS Cole Bombing (FT)
-Killed 17 sailors
-It was a sucide attack that foreshadowed 9-11 events -
9/11 Twin Towers (FT)
-2819 civilians and 343 firefighters and paramedics were killed
-Osama Bin Laden was responsible (Al- Qaeda)
-Turned the world upside down and forever changed America -
Fort Hood Shootings (DT)
-Killed 12 people and wounded 31 others
-It brought back other painful memories
-Largest mass shooting at an army base (of that time)
- Gunman U.S. Army major and psychiatrist
