Transcript Sept 11th - RidgemontHSP3M

September 11th 2001
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Facts:
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Four airplanes headed for different
destinations were hijacked. Two of the
planes targeted the World Trade Center
in New York City. One plane targeted the
Pentagon in Washington, D.C., and the
fourth was heading for another building
in Washington, D.C.
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The first plane crashed into Tower 1 of
the World Trade Center at 8:45 a.m.
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At 9:03 a.m., just 18 minutes later, United
Airlines Flight 175 crashed into Tower 2
of the World Trade Center.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XELam
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American Airlines Flight
77 crashed into the west
side of the Pentagon at
9:40 a.m.
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Flight 93 was hijacked on
its way toward
Washington, D.C.
Passengers on this flight
fought against the
hijackers. This plane
never reached its
intended destination but
instead crashed to the
ground at 10:07 a.m.
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At 9:59 a.m., Tower 2 of the
World Trade Center
collapsed. Eleven minutes
later, a walled section of the
Pentagon collapsed, and at
10:28 that morning, Tower 1
of the World Trade Center
collapsed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzWwvQfgjrw
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Altogether, the four planes
carried 265 people, none of
which survived.
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2,977 deaths
Impact of September 11th
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More than a decade of
war
Immigration and
deportation
More security at airports
Within one year hate
crimes against Muslims
increased 66% and 95%
of those crimes were
related to the 9/11
attacks.(Helly, 2004 p.3)
Fear
September 11th Conspiracy Theory
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A belief that some covert but influential organization is responsible for an
unexplained event
Two main theories:
1) It was an inside job
2) America knew about it
and let it happen.
Ummm…this sounds familiar
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Operation Northwoods: In the early 1960s, American military
leaders drafted plans to create public support for a war against Cuba,
to oust Fidel Castro from power. The plans included committing acts
of terrorism in U.S. cities, killing innocent people and U.S. soldiers,
blowing up a U.S. ship, assassinating Cuban refugees, sinking boats
of Cuban refugees, and hijacking planes.
Documents reveal that in 1962 the CIA was planning to stage phony
terrorist attacks on the US and blame it on Cuba to start a war.
A wave of violent terrorism to be launched in Washington, D.C.,
Miami, and elsewhere. People would be framed for bombings they
did not commit; planes would be hijacked. Using phony evidence, all
of it would be blamed on Castro, thus giving the government the
excuse, as well as the public and international backing, they needed
to launch their war.
The plans were all approved by the Joint Chiefs of Staff, but were
reportedly rejected by the civilian leadership, then kept secret for
nearly 40 years.
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Loose Change 2nd Edition
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http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/loosechange-final-cut/
Other conspiracy theories that were proven to
be true:
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Watergate scandal
1972 to 1974 conspiracy involving the President
of the United States.
Tuskegee syphilis experiment
 In the years 1932-1972, there were a series of
experiments on about 400 syphilis-infected
black citizens of the United States. During the
study the men were given false and sometimes
dangerous treatments, and adequate treatment
was intentionally withheld so the agency could
learn more about the disease. The sad truth
about the Tuskegee Experiment was confirmed
in 1997 by President Bill Clinton, who officially
and publicly apologized to the eight surviving
participants in these studies.
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NayirahTestimony
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In August 1990 there was conflict between Iraq and Kuwait, mostly over
oil fields as Saddam Hussein accused Kuwaitis of theft of these
resources. On October 10th the whole world turned its eyes toward a
fifteen-year old girl named Nayirah, who wept profusely as she talked
about inhumane crimes committed by Iraqi soldiers. The young Kuwaiti
was to witness the killing of more than 300 babies in a hospital. The
dramatic speech touched the hearts of viewers and managed to drum up
overwhelming support for the involvement of the United States in this
conflict and the outbreak of the Gulf War.
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It turned out that she had
taken acting lessons on
request of the CIA and was
actually the niece of a major
politician in Kuwait and a
member of the royal family.
What she had said was a lie.
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MK-Ultra
It turns out that playing with people’s minds
was actually done by the CIA a good half a
century ago! In the 60s, thanks to the NY
Times reporters, details of the MK-Ultra
project came to light, which was aimed to
investigate the human ability to be controlled
by the use of certain chemicals, subliminal
messages, electrical impulses and
psychoactive substances. The project itself
consisted of a number of sub-projects. For
example, MK-Search was designed to
create the perfect truth serum that could be
used on captured Russian spies.
Other interesting conspiracy theories:
• Roswell: UFO Crash
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8I7e
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JFK Assassination
FEMA Concentration Camp
Princess Diana’s Death
Obama wasn’t born in the U.S
Pan Am Flight 103
Crop Circles
In partners research and discuss on Edmodo a
conspiracy theory.
Posts should include:
a) The names of the two partners involved
b) Background on the conspiracy
c) Your opinion on the conspiracy
d)
A link to a website or video about the
conspiracy
e) Students must then check out another
partnership's post and provide a comment on
it in Edmodo.