... the world, it too could be a target of a terrorist group, or the rouge nation backing it. So, post 9/11 How Likely is a Nuclear Terrorist Attack on America? Very likely. Al Qaeda, currently the largest, and most known about terrorist orginization has spent many years trying to find ways to assemble a nuclear ... terrorists weay of doing things is using voilence to draw attention to a cause and gain sympathy for "the movement". While the threat of nuclear attack is certainly an attention-getter, nuclear use would so horrify people that few would sympathize with the cause or seek to redress...

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"Following the September 11th attack, where the Al-Queda acquired bombmaking and terrorist knowledge over the internet, many lawmakers have proposed that an international body regulate the internet so that sites which provide information to ... ...

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... and usage of destruction. There are many similarities between the two events, but there are also several differences. Hiroshima and Nagasaki attack was committed by the United States. This attack was a statement made by Colonel Tibbets as the U.S. believed this would make the Japanese easily surrender and to end WWII. ... With the World Trade Center, the extremist committed this attack and the statement was to start war with the United States. Both attacks were committed to make a statement for war, but it's a ... Trade Center did not have as much casualties as Hiroshima, the sole purp...

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... weapon. There will be many small explosions! The communists were pikers' compared to these pissed off Muslims. It was once said that the communists would never have to attack us from the shoreline, that they would infiltrate and take over from within. Thanks to "Ronald Ray-Guns" Zap-the cold war thawed out. The "commies" ... the U.S.A. or anywhere else in the world for that matter are going to just go away. This will be a test of our very fiber. The next global attack will force us to reach out again as the "world's police force." Will it mean the end of America? I seriously doubt it. Am...

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... physicists speak out against President Truman's decision to build the H-bomb. However, the Joint Intelligence Committee foretold the build up of the Soviet atomic arsenal and the chance of an attack against the United States "at earliest possible moment". The U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff asked for an "all out effort to build H-bomb". Later in April the National Security Council (document ... NSC-68) warned of a surprise attack by the Soviet Union once "it has sufficient atomic capability", though in late September the NSC-68 document was adopted as a statement of policy, but as a result t...

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... strong military forces and prevailed. The United States was "singled out" when it was attacked on September 11, and it is expected that Saddam will attack the United States, before anyone else. Being the world's most powerful country, the United States is the most likely target and they should begin attacking ... United States has been individually attacked and will be threatened if Saddam gets a nuclear weapon, and therefore if the United Nations does not conclude to attack Iraq, then it is solely up to the United States to get the job done. Saddam Hussein is the future owner of a nuclea...

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... to settle all disputes among themselves or others through peaceful means. They all would come to the aid of the one threatened from an outside attack. Thus, the US as head of NATO and the Soviet Union as head of the Warsaw Pact naturally became the two dominant world powers, ... fighting ceased throughout Europe, several pacts came into play. Perhaps the most well known of these was NATO. NATO's Article 6 states an armed attack occurs when "the forces, vessels, or aircraft of any of the parties, when in or over these territories or any area of Europe, ... recognized. 3) Guantanamo would...

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... Cuba to get the missiles out and if they don't abide, to bomb Cuba with an air attack destroying all the missiies7then following up with an invasion. The second choice was a sneek^attack to come in with an air attack and destroy all the mfssnes, then follow up with an invasion, and the third choice was to ... in that if all the missiles were not destroyed there may be a nuclear exchange between the two countries. JFK felt as if we were to pull a sneek air attack on Cube that it would look to the rest of the world that America was just a "big bully" picking on the little countries, and fi...

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... Soviets and Cubans and they could retaliate. This would lessen the strength of the US because of the loss of the element of surprise and tactical effectiveness in their first attack. This is not a likely happening though. C. Alternative 3 The final option for the US would be military action, in the form of air strikes, targeting Cuba (in specific the missiles). This ... would be quick and disengage any immediate threat to US soil. The aftermath of this plan could be unimaginable though. In retaliation to the strikes the Soviets could begin an attack against the US. Eventual escalation w...

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... (Keagan, The First 113). The Russian's strategy was to gather as many troops as they could, transporting them by train, to one area, then attack the Germans (Kirchberger 54). The Germans strategy was to invade both France and Russia. When they were invading France, they had a separate strategy from their ... split up into seven armies. The first and second armies would stay on defense. The third army was to attack the upper Seine. The forth and fifth army was to attack the southeast. The sixth and seventh army was to cross the river Moselle to complete the circle around Paris (Kirchberg...

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... completely justified. Those who support the Atomic bomb decision argue that this event was responsible for the quick ending of the war since a land attack on Japan would have cost hundreds of thousands of Allied and Japanese lives, since the war would be dragged on. Furthermore, many feel that ... unethical because it killed many innocent women and children; but what about Japan's bombing of Pearl Harbor? Innocent civilians lost their lives in that merciless attack as well. Moreover, "Hiroshima was home of the Japanese second army and numerous war materials," so it is not as if this bomb...

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... weapons"" (Admiral William D. Leahy, I Was There, 441). Another reason Truman and the American government felt that Japan should be destroyed with an atomic bomb, was to seek revenge for the attack against Pearl Harbor that had occurred earlier in the war on December 7th, 1941. Since Pearl Harbor was struck by a secret military ... attack the Americans felt that Japan should be repaid with a similar act of violence. "The Japanese began the war from the air at Pearl Harbor. They have been repaid many fold"" ( ... Public Papers of the President: Truman, 1945). Despite their denial that th...

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... mass destruction. The major threats come in three forms: chemical, biological and nuclear. The threat of chemical weapons was seen during the Tokyo subway attack using Sarin gas or when Saddam Hussein gassed thousands of his own people. There was a lot of experimentation with biological and chemical warfare during World ... to 95%. If that reality doesn't scare you perhaps this will. There are ZERO cures for any viral contractions. Nothing would prevent such an attack and with no cure, the virus and the people affected would only be able to be contained, not cured. The good news is that ...

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... have resulted in a different way, such as the worldly known drop of the atomic bomb at the end of World War II, the tragic terrorist attack on September 11th, and the more recent case of SARS. These three are some of the more recent cases that could have been avoided. To begin ... act up, it's already too late; the damage has been done. If the FBI and CIA's #1 priority was to "Protect the United States from terrorist attack" (FBI), they certainly haven't done their job. This was a big threat not only to the people of the United States but also the world, because ... was avoidable, why...

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... question remains unanswered. At the time General Dwight Eisenhower, General Douglas MacArthur, and chief of staff Admiral William Leahy all agreed that an atomic attack on Japan was unnecessary (Takaki 1). The Strategic bombing survey of 1946, the internal War Department repot concluded the atomic bomb had not been needed ... Russia was our enemy, and the Project was conducted on that basis (Takaki 7). If that was the case why did the United States attack Japan and not Russia? One reason may be the Japanese race. Was Race Involved? Intersecting this already volatile political situation ...

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... that when it did go off they just ignored it and continued on with daily activities. Civilian who lived in Hiroshima knew the risk of a bomb attack, so some evacuated. Others destroyed their homes hoping to prevent fires from spreading if a bomb were to be dropped. Mr. Tanimoto was a pastor of ... the Hiroshima Methodist Church who helped prepare the community to be ready for an attack. Mrs. Hatsuyo Nakamura, the tailor's window, and a mother of three. Dr. Terufumi Sasaki was a surgeon who worked at the Red Cross Hospital. On this ... , he just tried to save victims who were not so bad...

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Iraq Attack: Pseudo-threat The United States has committed itself to gallantly rid the world of terrorism. This supposed "war on terror" has lead us back to Iraq. Flashback to a decade ago, ... Kuwait, we declare war with Iraq, Iraq leaves Kuwait. But this is not the Desert Storm we used to know. The threat is not present. The United States should not attack Iraq. The President and the White House would lead us to believe that Iraq is a threat; that they are capable of building and possess weapons of mass destruction. But this ... of this, even if they could obtain materials, they would not...

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... this possible. Most of all, however, Khrushchev feared a first-strike by the U.S. If the Soviet Union lost the arms race so badly, he worried, it would invite a first-strike nuclear attack from the U.S. Consequently, Khrushchev began looking for a way to counter the United State's lead; and it wasn't long until he found his answer. Meanwhile, adding to the complications of the ... Crisis, Fidel Castro was looking for a way to defend his island nation from an attack by the U.S. Ever since the failed Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961, Castro felt a second attack was inevitable. Consequently, h...

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... to make it work. There was not this fear with Japan. Also a revenge factor was set in the heart of Americans ever since the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Many feel that the production of the atomic bomb brought about an arms race that cost millions of money. Others feel that the ... mainland would be extremely costly, and therefore embraced the bomb as a military weapon. He decided to use the atomic bomb until the Japanese surrendered. The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor brought us into a war, which we tried hard to stay out of. We as a nation were compelled to do take revenge and not...

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... . Nations were justified in the development of a very limited number nuclear weapons but are rarely justified in using them. The threat of a nuclear attack and retaliation will prevent war, the use of weapons of mass destruction away from human contact to show its force will stop nations from attacking, ... of Cuba by the threat of force. Because Russia and the US feared what may happen if there was ever a nuclear war, there was no direct attack on each other, hence the name a "Cold" war. The rising tensions could, at any time, have started a war, but the fear of nuclear ... surrounding...

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... , Jack Ripper (Sterling Hayden), obsessed by his fears of "the communist conspiracy" orders the long range bombers under his command to launch a nuclear attack on the Soviet Union. Only he has the code that will recall the attack. Once the bombers are on their way he seals off his base and refuses all communication, including telephone calls from the Air Force and ... of attacks, and these weapons become the basis of Dr. Strangelove. In the film, it's the Americans versus the Russians, and both races have to work together to stop a nuclear attack on the Soviet Union which could lead to c...

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... there for them? America had several other options to choose from including the following: • Negotiating with Japan to find a resolution or agreement • Negotiating with allies to form an attack What would have been the outcomes for their other choices? This is a difficult question to answer as things always become clearer in hindsight. As for what would have been the ... outcomes of their other options. I believe that negotiating with Japan would have been useless. Japan's attack on Pearl Harbour was executed without warning and many civilians died. This was blatant attack on America...

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... the United Sates, there also existed a need to make the people of the United States feel as if they were protected from a nuclear attack. This was done by showing people how to protect themselves from an actual nuclear attack, how to protect themselves from the radiation of a nuclear explosion, extensive nuclear testing, and by advancing the United States nuclear arsenal. As soon ... as the Soviet Union exploded their first nuclear device, the United States began releasing videos on what to do during a nuclear attack and how to protect you from the radiation. To protect yourself from th...

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... had a function of "natural deterrence" at the early beginning of Cold War when Soviets did not have nuclear weapons. The Soviets would not attack West Europe because they would risk war with USA and USA had atomic bomb that was seen by Soviets as the essence of deterrence. USA ... conventional forces at home and in West Europe should be dramatically increased. The loss of nuclear deterrence meant that conventional forces hat to deter a Soviet attack on Western Europe. However, in 1952 John Foster Duller argued in an article "A policy of Boldness" that the deterrence could work without usi...

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... says, "The world will note that the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, a military base. That was because we wished in this first attack to avoid, insofar as possible, the killing of civilians. But that attack is only a warning of things to come. If Japan does not surrender, bombs will have to be dropped on her war industries and, unfortunately, thousands ... only did we want to show this off but also we wanted to be feared and we wanted the Russians to be so afraid of us that they would not attack the United States. As for what they accomplished, I personally don't think that i...

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