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The Attack On The World Trade Center

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The war in Afghanistan is well known for all the destruction it’s caused in the Middle East. Two things well known for the destruction is the attacks on the world trade center, and catching Osama Bin Laden. It all started September 11th, 2001 when Afghanistan attacked America. These attacks are by far the worst terrorist attack on American soil. These attacks will never be forgotten. The first attacks on the world trade center were not the 9/11 attacks. In fact, the first attack was on February 26th, 1993. When a few terrorists put large explosives under the world trade center. The terrorists were attempting to bring down the world trade center but it didn’t. There were six deaths and over 1,000 injured. They had traced the van to a few people who attended a mosque in Brooklyn. Later the leader of the attacks, Ramzi Yousef, sent a message to the New York Time saying that the attack was retaliation for Americans support of Israel, then fled to Pakistan. Ramzi Yousef appeared again in the Philippians and had an apartment that he was making explosives in. He made a bomb that he took onto an airplane. He placed it in the airplane and had a timer on it and it exploded. The explosive killed one person and injured ten. Afterward Ramzi decided he wanted to make more attacks on the U.S. He later was making more explosives in his apartment with a friend. An accident happened while mixing chemicals and a fire started. Ramzi managed to escape somewhere in the Philippians, but

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