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9/11 Justification
Q: “What are the perceived causes of 9/11 and was this justification for the War on Terror?”Q: “What are the perceived causes of 9/11 and was this justification for the War on Terror?”
The terrorist attacks of 11th September 2001 and the interventional events of the ‘War on Terror’ that followed are among the most controversial in U.S. political and moral history. An abyss of opinions involving the U.S. government, American public, responsible terrorists, historians, human rights activists and notable heads of intelligence agencies and the criminal justice system amalgamate to create a labyrinth of varied perspectives towards both the presumed causes of 9/11 and whether the U.S. government’s War on Terror intervention was justified. …show more content…
Did 9/11 Justify the War in Afghanistan?, published 25th June 2010, viewed 15th June 2013 http://www.globalresearch.ca/did-9-11-justify-the-war-in-afghanistan/19891 History (A&E Television Networks), 9/11 Attacks, unknown publication date, viewed 6th June 2013 http://www.history.com/topics/9-11-attacks Holloway. D, 2008, 9/11 and the War on Terror, Edinburgh University Press: California.
Solomon, N. The World 's View of the US 'War on Terror ', published 9th September 2006, viewed on 18th June 2013 http://www.antiwar.com/solomon/?articleid=9673 Steuter. E and Deborah Wills, 2009, At War With Metaphor: Media, Propaganda, and Racism in the War on Terror, Lexington Books: Plymouth.
Unknown author, Criticism of the War on Terror, last updated 26th June 2013, viewed 15th June 2013 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_the_War_on_Terror Unknown author, Pre-War Quotes from Democrats, unknown publication date, viewed 22nd June 2013
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