HIST-405N Week 8 Discussion: America and Terrorism in the 21st Century [GRADED]

Week 8 Discussion: America and Terrorism in the 21st Century 16 16 unread replies. 17 17 replies. Required Resources Read/review the following resources for this activity: • Textbook: Chapter 32 • Lesson • Minimum of 1 scholarly source (in addition to the textbook) Initial Post Instructions Consider a few terrorist activities since the 1980s until today. Here is a starting point: • 1983: United States Embassy in Beirut and Kuwait is bombed • 1988: Osama bin Laden re-organizes Al Qaeda in Pakistan to carry out attacks • 1993: World Trade Center Bombing (first time) • 1995: Oklahoma City Bombing • 1998: United Stated Embassy bombings Nairobi and Sar Es Salaam • 2001: 9/11 Bombing of the World Trade Centers • 2001: Bio Terrorism begins (anthrax letters and Bill Gates's warnings on bio terrorism) • 2013: Boston Marathon Bombings • 2018: Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting Then, address three (3) of the following and craft a response, as a whole, for your selections: • Explain if you think that global terrorism can be stopped. • Analyze the responsibility of the United States today to be the world's "policeman." • Assess if peace and stability in the Middle East are vital to U.S. economy and national security. • If the United States withdrew its troops from the Middle East tomorrow, would the terrorist threat end. Why or why not? • Assess if the use of military force is the only way to prevent terrorism. Are there other possible alternatives? Which strategy is best and why? Follow-Up Posts Compare your selections and analysis of selections with those of your peers. If they chose different events, examine how yours are similar and/or different. If they chose the same events, build on their posts by providing additional information about the events that you have not already noted in your own post. Writing Requirements • Minimum of 3 posts (1 initial & 2 follow-up) • APA format for in-text citations and list of references Grading This activity will be graded using the Discussion Grading Rubric. Please review the following link: • Link (webpage): Discussion Guidelines Course Outcomes (CO): 3, 4, 6, 7 Due Date for Initial Post: By 11:59 p.m. MT on Wednesday Due Date for Follow-Up Posts: By 11:59 p.m. MT on Saturday 1995: Oklahoma City Bombing Magnuson explains that The Oklahoma City bombing was a domestic act of terror that included a bomb in a truck. This happened in this city of Oklahoma City on April 19th of 1995 the bomb was set off in the Alfred P Murrah federal building. The culprits that perpetrated this attack for Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols The deadliest attack of terrorism for its time killing 168 people and injuring almost 700 others destroying 1/3 of the building. With the bombs radio said destroyed other things in its vicinity including 325 other buildings shattered the glass of nearby buildings and destroyed 86 cars all this total damage was estimated at 652 million dollars. Everyone was engaged in rescue efforts in the wake of the bombing including the local state and federal agencies they also receive donations across the country to assist with reconstruction efforts. (2008) 2013: Boston Marathon Bombings According to Lonky during the annual Boston Marathon of April 15, 2013 2 homemade bombs detonated at the finish line. 2 homemade pressure cooker bombs were detonated 14 seconds and 210 yards apart at approximately 2:49 PM near the finish line of the Boston Marathon race. these 2 bombs took the lives of 3 innocent people injuring several hundreds including 16 who lost their limbs this Federal Bureau of investigation released images of the suspects who were later identified Chechen Kazakhstani-American brothers Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and Tamerlan Tsarnaev.When they were going to be captured they killed a policeman kidnapped a man in his car and had a shootout with police injuring to offer severely one of whom died later in that year. Tamerlan let died later that dayHis brother is scaped in the vehicle they stolen hiding in a nearby boat in a boatyard please later apprehended him. (2017). 2018: Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting Helling and Truesdell et al. explains that the shooting at the synagogue of Pittsburgh was a true act of hatred. Robert Georgie Bauer is a 46 year old male singled out a congregation because of there Religious believes. Tree of Life-Or L’Simcha Congregation in squirrel Hill neighborhood of pittsburgh attack on October 27th of 2018. Stated to be one of the deadliest attacks on Jewish community in the United States injuring 6 killing 11. this attack happened during The Shabbat morning service. (2018). Explain if you think that global terrorism can be stopped. At the point in time that we are in a revolutionary life I think if someone had the capability of stopping global terrorism it would have been stopped at this point.I'm sure many have tried and