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On September 11, 2001, the World Trade Center in New York City was destroyed by Muslim fundamentalists, beginning America’s War on Terrorism.
What are Muslim fundamentalists?
Muslims, or Islamists, are followers of the faith of Islam. Islam was founded by Muhammad (ca. 570-632), who wrote the Qu’ran, claiming that he had been given revelation of its contents directly from Allah, the Islamic god.
Some Muslims adhere to a strictly orthodox interpretation of the Qu’ran and seek to impose this practice on the rest of the world. They are Islamic extremists, or Muslim fundamentalists.
Extremist Islam groups hate the U.S., both for its Judeo-Christian heritage and for America’s advocacy of the nation of Israel. Furthermore, they advocate terrorism as a means to impose Islamic political law upon the rest of the world.
What is al-Qaeda? Who are the Taliban?
Al-Qaeda means “the base” in the Arabic language. Al-Qaeda is an international terrorist group founded by Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan in 1988. Al-Qaeda gave financial support to the Taliban, a group which took over the government of Afghanistan, and forced their citizens to follow very strict and harsh rules. Both of these groups are considered Muslim fundamentalists.
What was the impact of the terrorists’ attacks on the American people?
The attacks on September 11, 2001 were the most devastating terrorist acts in American history, killing nearly 3,000 people, destroying four commercial airliners, leveling the World Trade Center towers, and damaging the Pentagon, the headquarters of the U.S. Department of Defense. In September 2004, the U.S. government commission established to investigate the attacks officially concluded that the attacks were conceived and implemented by al-Qaeda operatives. In October 2004, Osama bin Laden appeared to claim responsibility for the attacks in a videotape release through Al Jazeera, saying he was inspired by Israeli attacks on high-rises in the 1982 invasion of Lebanon. Bin Laden legitimized the attacks by identifying grievances felt by both mainstream and extremist Muslims, such as the general perception that the U.S. was actively oppressing Muslims.
In the immediate aftermath of the attacks, the U.S. government decided to respond militarily, and began to prepare its armed forces to overthrow the Taliban regime it believed was harboring al-Qaeda. Before the U.S. attacked, it offered Taliban leader Mullah Omar a chance to surrender bin Laden and his top associates. The Taliban offered to turn over bin Laden to a neutral country for trial if the U.S. would provide evidence of his complicity in the attacks. U.S. President George W. Bush responded by saying: “We know he’s guilty. Turn him over,” and British Prime Minister Tony Blair warned the Taliban regime: “Surrender bin Laden, or surrender power.” Soon thereafter, the U.S. and its allies invaded Afghanistan, and together with the Northern Alliance (various Afghan tribes united to fight the Taliban), removed the Taliban government in the war in Afghanistan. As a result of the U.S. special forces, which provided air support for the Northern Alliance ground forces, both Taliban and al-Qaeda training camps were destroyed, and much of the operating structure of al-Qaeda is believed to have been disrupted. By the end of 2004, the U.S. government claimed that two-thirds of the top leaders of al-Qaeda accused of responsibility for the 9/11 attacks were in custody. Despite the capture or death of many senior al-Qaeda operatives, the U.S. government continues to warn that the organization is not yet defeated, and battles between U.S. forces and al-Qaeda-related groups continue. Additionally, independent regional branches of al-Qaeda continue to emerge around the world.
Mo-Co-So Paint the Lake
From left to right, Mohave, Colorado (just above the water) Sonoran, southern CA/AZ, Painted-NorthEast AZ and NW New Mexico, Great Salt Lake
Science
Catastrophism is the belief that the earth’s past geological changes
were caused by sudden, violent changes in the earth’s surface.
Catastrophism proposes that the earth’s geological changes were a result
of catastrophes in the past of a much greater scale than those we see today.
As evidence, supporters of catastrophism point to fossils that exist in
multiple geological layers (polystrate fossils), fossils that show signs of
rapid formation, and experiments demonstrating that sedimentary material
forms similar layers regardless of the speed at which it settles.
Catastrophism was the accepted geological doctrine until the mid-
1800s. Scientific support for the theory re-emerged in the late twentieth
century through studies of modern catastrophes like the 1980 eruption of
Mount St. Helens in Washington State.
English
Subordinate/Dependent Clause
HUH? Wha? Cannot stand alone, doesn't make sense or express a complete thought.
HUH? Wha? Cannot stand alone, doesn't make sense or express a complete thought.
Math
We do this with either stuffed animals or kids. Have them face each other and say HI, have them put backs to one another and say HI,or have them switch places and say HI
However you do it, they still SAY THE SAME THING
a+b = b+a axb = bxa
Also so a cute thing with m&ms: layout 3 m&ms as "A" and 5 m&ms as "B"Do the addition, works either way.
Have fun!
MORE FUN WAYS TO LEARN
All History Timeline and Sentence pages will refer to the Usborne World History Encyclopedia.
All Science will be pages for the Usborne Science Encyclopedia.
Story Of The World pages come partly from volume 3 and partly from volume 4 this cycle
All Science will be pages for the Usborne Science Encyclopedia.
Story Of The World pages come partly from volume 3 and partly from volume 4 this cycle
-Science pg 179 Shapes of the Earth- Geological changes
-Story of The World Vol. 4; Pg. 477
-Netflix- America The Story Of Us- Episode 12
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