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Osama Bin Laden's Effect On American War

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In the fall of 2010,Osama Bin Laden was captured and killed by American soldiers.It was quickly assumed that the Pakistani goverment helped with this mission but the Americans made it clear that they completed this task alone and with their intelliengence and stratgic ways were able to follow one of his couriers,who wife was from Swat.The killing of Osama Bin Laden was a major event for American history. Finally the man who murdered thousands of Americans in 9/11 was punished. After Bin Laden’s death, Pakistan intelligence was questioned. How was Osama able to hide in Pakistan for so long without being caught? The Pakistan spend billions of dollars on it’s military and yet couldn't protect its borders from American helicopters. The effect that
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For thirteen years, Osama Bin Laden has orchestrated many attacks on multiple nations killing many innocent lives. Over that thirteen year span, his team, Al-Qaeda, killed thousands of people. Osama Bin Laden changed our society by orchestrating several attacks, killing many innocent lives. Osama Bin Laden was an extremely dangerous terrorist. Osama wanted to do whatever it took to reach his goal.

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They can drop troops off in a specific area, scout areas in a larger range, and can now drop bombs. The War on Terror is not really a direct fight. It is more of a strategy fight. There are not that many ground troops anymore, and consists more of bombing with

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However, bin Laden’s most evil act have shaped the modern world: the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. On this day, terrorists, with the support of bin Laden, hijacked passenger planes in the US, crashing them into the World Trade Center towers, the Pentagon, and a Pennsylvania field. The horrifying event claimed the lives of 2,996 people. This changed the way travel and security worked. Many Americans feared people of the Muslims, thinking they are terrorists.

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