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September 11th: The story behind In 1979 Jimmy Carter was the president in America and he was very furios when Soviet army invaded Afghanistan. The Soviet army killed
would rouse Americans to the task of global conquest. With the opening salvo of September 11th behind them, American's are being, "softened up" right now for their
were doing and where they were when they first heard the news of the attacks on the Twin Towers on September 11th 2001. Many sat in disbelief that day staring at
the people of York to take part in something that represented stability, after the horror of the September 11th attacks. My wife and I decided that we didn't want
to be led, and merely react when a situation arises. An example of this would be the tragedy of September 11th, 2001 and how people responded due to its negative
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In 1979 Jimmy Carter was the president in America and he was very furios when Soviet army invaded Afghanistan. The Soviet army killed the Afghan President and chose a President who was Communist and was a friend of Soviet. By invading Afghanistan Soviet Union managed to have control over an area which was closed to the oil sources in the Middle-East and the Persian Gulf. Americans waited to know more about invading Afghanistan in order to react, and they called it a threat to the peace and asked Bresjnev to withdraw the army from Afghanistan. The invasion of Afghanistan and Carter's decisions against the invasion are important to understand the attack on September 11th. The decisions which the USA took in 1979 were going to cause a lot of events which encouraged people in America, Asia and in the Middle-East and gave them important roles and resulted in the attack on September 11th.
1979 was a very difficult year for America because there was a revolution in Iran and 63 americans were taken as hostages. In Iran Ayatollah Khomeini, who was the leader of sjiamuslims, came to Iran and he established a islamic regime in Iran after he and his supporters threw out the king. This revolution was a very important event in the world's history because it woke up Muslims around the world and the oilprice increased dramaticly and changed the world's economy.
Iran was a modern and pro-western country in many years and with Saudi-Arabia it was alies with America in war against communisms in the Middle-east.
The revolution in Iran occurred
because the iranian king tried to create a weastern country of Iran and poeple did not like that. and they became Anti-America.
When President Carter was able to get CampDavid-agreement between Israel and Egypt later it caused to the radicalizing av Muslims in Egypt, Saudi-Arabia and other Muslim...
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bleh, April 14, 2008
Grader: georgeson, Grade: C
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