... wreak havoc by infecting the system with viruses or closing it down. There can be political terrorism when an economically and militarily powerful nation exerts pressure and influence to support a foreign nation's government, a government that in turn oppresses its people. The support of the United States of Batitista in Cuba and the support of the participation of the United States in ... bin Laden's terrorist network might highjack American airplanes, prompting the administration to issue a private warning to federal agencies, the White House acknowledged last night. Given the past hi...

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... wreak havoc by infecting the system with viruses or closing it down. There can be political terrorism when an economically and militarily powerful nation exerts pressure and influence to support a foreign nation's government, a government that in turn oppresses its people. The support of the United States of Batitista in Cuba and the support of the participation of the United States in ... bin Laden's terrorist network might highjack American airplanes, prompting the administration to issue a private warning to federal agencies, the White House acknowledged last night. Given the past hi...

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... terrorism, in the minds of most Americans, was a distant threat; the U. S. economy, while weakened, was in no imminent danger of a severe slide; President George W. Bush was criticized for pursuing a unilateral foreign policy; air travel was and commonplace; a divided Congress was preoccupied with the Social Security "lockbox-; and New York City was still enjoying a cultural renaissance. All of that changed on the ... 60 days before an overseas deployment can be sustained. Congress has had a full plate of other terrorism-related legislation to consider; including an airlines bailout pack...

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• Grade Level: High School

... . People say the United States government didn't do all that it could or should have. Many American people felt for the first time that their government had let them down. "Intelligence lapses may have allowed the hijackers to enter and live in the United States for months. Information gathered earlier indicated that various known operatives around the world anticipated the big ... would have to refer all the way back to the civil war. Never has America suffered such an attack. Not since Pearl Harbor had America been directly attacked substantially by a foreign power, and even then Pearl...

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... in northern Iraq against the regime's main opposition groups. In January of 1997, Iranian agents tried to attack the Baghdad headquarters of Mujahedin-e Khalq using a supermortar. However, despite sanctions and foreign political pressure, Iran continues to provide support in the form of training, money, and weapons to a variety of terrorist groups, such as Hizballah, HAMAS, and the PIJ.Sudan is another ... to the appropriate authorities. Bin Laden is currently a suspect in financing terrorist activities in nation-states such as Algeria, Jordan, Egypt, Israel, Kenya, and the United State...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate