Terrorism & the United StatesTerrorism & the United States

19791979

Islamist terrorist attacked the US embassy in Iran and took 52 hostages

President Jimmy Carter ordered a complete embargo of Iranian oil; stronger economic embargoes followed. On April 8, 1980, Carter severed diplomatic relations with Iran after negotiations for the hostages' release failed

LaterLaterCarter authorized a top-secret mission, named

Operation Eagle Claw, to free the hostages. Helicopters were to carry Delta Force commandos from a carrier in the Persian Gulf to a point outside Tehran, where they were to spend the night and begin the rescue the next morning. The complicated mission, which involved refueling the helicopters at a spot in the Iranian desert labeled "Desert One," was aborted April 25 after three of the eight helicopters suffered mechanical failure. Eight U.S. servicemen were killed when one of the helicopters collided with a refueling plane

AlsoAlso

President Carter became involved in a peace process between Egypt & Israel

They signed a treaty agreeing that Israel would return the Sinai Peninsula to Egypt in exchange for recognition of Israel as a country..

Angered by Rescue AttemptAngered by Rescue Attempt

The terrorist did not want to deal with President Carter – they waited for another president before making demands

Reagan arranged for their release (Iran-Contra Affair)

Between 1982-1991Between 1982-1991

10 American were kidnapped in Lebanon The fate of the American hostages held in

Lebanon has been bound up with the controversy in the US over clandestine American arms sales to Iran

held Shiite fundamentalist groups linked to the Islamic Government in Teheran

Hezbollah “Party of God”Hezbollah “Party of God”

founded in Lebanon in 1982, many say by the Iranian leader Ayatollah Khomeini, as a response to Israel's invasion of Lebanon

The group's aim is to destroy Israel and to create a fundamentalist Islamic state in Lebanon

19831983

Hezbollah suicide bomber attacked the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, killing 63 people & again 1984

suicide bomber attacked the U.S. marine barracks in Beirut, killing 241 U.S. marines and injuring over 100 more

19851985

* Hezbollah hijacked TWA flight 847, first to Lebanon & then to Algiers, where they held the passengers hostage for 17 days

* demanded the release of the terrorists who had bombed the U.S. Embassy in Kuwait the previous year & shot a U.S. Navy diver when their demands were not met.

19851985

PLO hijacked the Achille Lauro, an Italian cruise ship, and killed an American tourist when their demands for the release of PLO terrorists were not met

19931993

a Muslim sniper opened fire on the CIA complex in Langley, VA, killing two CIA employees and injuring three others

Islamic GroupsIslamic Groups

In 1993, the FBI learned the World Trade Center was 1 of 7 targets of an Islamic extremist group

Bomb exploded in parking garage killing 6 people – smoke filled the tower & it had to be evacuated

ResultsResults

The suspect turned out to be JordanianHe declared that his group wanted the

destruction of IsraelThe US funds the Israeli government &

aid it economyThe World Trade Center is the

financial center of the US

1995 & 19961995 & 1996

1995, car bomb in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia killed five Americans

1996, Hezbollah bombed the U.S. military complex in Riyadh, killing 19 Americans and injuring hundreds more

1998 & 20001998 & 2000

Al Qaeda bombed the U.S. Embassies in both Nairobi, Kenya and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, killing a total of 223 people and injuring over 4,000

Al Qaeda bombed the USS Cole harbored in Aden, Yemen, killing 17 U.S. sailors and injuring 39.

September 11, 2001September 11, 2001

Where were you on:

September 11th, 2001?

New York City was just waking up...

The next images are disturbingThe next images are disturbing

8:45 am Eastern Standard Time8:45 am Eastern Standard Time

A plane, hijacked at the Boston airport, smashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center.

9:03 am Eastern Standard Time9:03 am Eastern Standard Time

A second plane, hijacked from Boston, crashes into the south tower of the World Trade Center.

9:43 am Eastern Standard Time9:43 am Eastern Standard Time

A third hijacked plane slams into the Pentagon (Washington, DC).

10:10 am Eastern Standard Time10:10 am Eastern Standard Time

A fourth hijacked plane, United 93, crashes into a field in Pennsylvania. It is believed that this plane was headed to the White House, but was thwarted by its courageous passengers.

Who did we lose?Who did we lose? 2948 people confirmed dead 24 people reported dead 24 people reported missing

(This only includes those that died in direct relation to the attack. This does not include the people that have lost their lives due to complications from debris and dust that came from the collapse of the twin towers.)

What did we gain?What did we gain?

A sense of community.A sense of unity.A sense of pride for our country. After time, faith that we could

overcome this tragedy and move on.

We will We will ALWAYSALWAYS remember! remember!

We could We could NEVERNEVER forget! forget!

A new war begins in A new war begins in

Afghanistan & Iraq

The war continues to this dayThe war continues to this day

With no end in sight – the election could determine the date