Dan Masse

What i know of the Middle East is not alot all i know is that it is mostly a muslim Nation. The taliban took it over and took peoples rights and made life miserable causing people to revolt, Also the President of Iran is a denier of the Holocaust and is very evil. I also think that the media makes things worse they say what the governtment wants you to know and says nothing about the truth beccasue our television viewing and stuff is controlled by the government and not saying that what the media says isnt true but its only true to an extent the government likes to hide it. Terrorism as i would define it use of force to scare a nation and make peoples points get across its a hash topic to talk about because everyone has there opinion on things. People also tend to hype things up by saying 9/11 was an inside job but honestly its not really because why would the government create catastophies it doesnt make sense. Im hoping to learn in this class is the methods of terrorists and to get the real facts on the Middle East.

What I've learned about the middle east is that's where we get our oil from. Also its where are troops are at and been fighting for about 6 years. I have heard that they have a different way of practicing religion they have to go to Mecca at least once a year. From what I've heard is people that think of the middle east they automatically think of terriorists and they say all of them are bad. Its like were being too hypocrite because we are saying that people in the middle east are bad but the truth is there are bad people in the United States we just dont think of as much as we'd like to. I think terriorism is starting a mutiny then it leads to an anarchy which leads to rebillion against a country and commiting crimes that are illegal. What I think they have to do is since the people of the middle east think that we have commited bad crimes against them which we probably did, but mainly we just think of the muslims to be terrorists because it's shown on tv stating that those people are bad.

AMANDA SWEENEY

I don't remember very much about the Middle East. I know that the middle east is mostly built of 3 religions such as: Islam, Judaism, and Christianity. The temples in the middle east are built off of each other. In the beginning their religions were closely related and then they started to change. Since all 3 religions claim the area, they are constantly fighting. The US is currently supporting Israel, which could be making the Muslims or certain Islamic groups mad. Which could be a major reason for terrorist attacks on the US.

Most of the things i have heard people talk about the middle east was concerning oil. Some people have said peace is right around the corner in the Middle East. They don't have very strong central government in the Middle East, they're not a very well organized government. Its a very tribal area, they have been at war for a long time. The people themselves don't have very much say in what happens there. People lose there homes, they are looking for someone who can help them.

Terrorism is when someone tries to gain control of something, to make you feel threatened and that they have power over you. During 9/11 they made everyone feel threatened by bombing our buildings, to scare or intimidate other people. They are bullying other people into doing as they want.

The middle east is has to do with terrorism because that's where a lot of the terrorists are coming from. Certain groups of people such as Islamic are trying to gain control of other countries such as the US. As an example as i previously mentioned the 9/11 attack on the twin towers. They were showing there power.

Tyler Barney

1. I haven't learned much about the middle east, only about how the Muslims are trying to recreate the Holocaust over there and how they are launching Terrorist Attacks on us and other countries.
2. I have never once heard anyone say anything good about the middle east, most people say that they are terrorists and such and how much they wish we would nuke them and get it over with.
3. Terrorism in my opinion is the act or planning of killing of a specific ethnic group, race, religion, or country inhabitants without probable cause to give them the right to do so. I also would categorize it as the installment of terror within a group of people to put them under your will.
4. Personally i beleive they do not have much to do with eachother besides the fact that most of the attacks are from people who lived, live, or have been in the middle east. Besides that there would be nothing to link the two, our government i believe has put a little too much effort into getting us to believe what they want.

JAMES LASHUA

If you're not completely brainwashed by the media or just completely ignorant this comic strip will make a lot of sense.

1.What I've learned about the Middle East is that it's a hot, dry desert with a bunch of "terrorists " hiding in spider holes which NOBODY can seem to find. The war is all about OIL, there is lots of it in the Middle East and that is why we are fighting over there, NOT because the "terrorists" "bombed" the world trade center but in the reality of that event it was planned by THE U.S. GOVERNMENT yes, that's right OUR "faithful","uncorrupt","caring" government was behind the whole damn thing but most people don't believe that because they've all been systematicaly brainwashed by the media or there are just too many ignorant people in this damn country.

2.what I have heard from others about the "WAR ON TERRORISM" is that it's about stopping terrorism, capturing osama bin laden, and because they bombed the world trade center which is a load because the media LIES. 3. What is terrorism? I'll tell you what it is it's a label that THE U.S. GOVERNMENT made up to justify what we're doing in the Middle East. well i've seen right through their LIES AND DECEPTION I know what this war is really about it's about OIL !!!!!! which is the worst reason to start a war!!!!!!!4. what the middle east and terrorism have to do with one another?.......absolutely nothing the U.S. GOVERNMENT decided to say that they were linked.

MARTINA KASUBOVA

1.The term Middle East is used for defining a region that encompasses southwestern Asia and Africa, Afghanistan, Pakistan, The Caucasus, Central Asia and Northen Africa. This area is also a historical origin of religions of Islam, Judaism and Christianity. The major population of Middle East is Islamic - Muslims. This area has in recent years also became a synonym of terrorism in America, since the September 11 and an islamic extremist and founder of an organization Al-Qaeda was accused of commiting this terroristic attack.

2. In Slovakia I don' t usually hear people talking about Middle East, only in content of joking about american paranoia of islamic terroristic attacks. There were no terroristic attacks from muslims in our country and I can' t understand why their only target is America. Maybe because American government wants to steal all their supplies of oil.

3. Terrorism is planned or constant use of terror.

4.As I already mentioned before Americans often connect terrorism and Middle East together, because of September 11. But not all the muslims are terrorist and not all the terrorists are muslims. I was never afraid of muslims before I came to America, but when I was leaving America two years ago and one muslim with a case was travelling with us, I was scared that he would blow our aeroplane up.

LAUREN MCCARTHY

1. I haven't learned very much about the Middle East. I know that the terrorists live there. I learned that people crashed planes into buildings on Stepember 11.




2. I haven't heard much about the middle east. I have heard that terrorism is bad because they are trying to kill us.



3. Terrorism is when someone trys to corrrupt the government and kill us. This could happen when people try to send bombs over through airplanes or packages. Thats is all I really think terrorism is.



4.Middle East and terrorism have to do one another because most terrorist attacks have came from the Middle East.

KYLE GARDNER

Terrorist attack on Mumbai.

1. I have not really learned to much about the middle east. I know that Osama Bin laden was trained by our military. And that he tried 2 times to destroy the World trade center.

2.I have heard that it is getting worse there. That we are starting to pull out of Iraq. That we are training a militia in Iraq.

3. What i think terrorism is is that its a group of people that wants to get rid of a country or government. That they will do anything to get rid of them. They would attack anything of the country's trade or supplies going to the country.

4. That terrorists are mostly occupying the area of the middle east. That there is a abundance of oil there that other country's want. Thats there home land and they feel its threatend.

MONICA SOMERO

I remember learning about the Middle East, but I just dont remember much about it. I know terroism probably is going on there. But I don't remember anything, because it was last year when I last learned about it, and I mostly just forgot about it up until now.

I haven't heard really anybody talk about the middle east, other than my ss-9 teacher. She did talk alot about just describing a little about it, but that was a year ago, and I know things have changed. I've seen on the syllabus that it said all eyes have been on the Middle East. I think thats interesting, so something big must be going on over there.

Terroism is mostly a threat made to a country. It can cause people getting hurt, and being in danger. It is a very serious thing that people should be cautious about, because agian, people can get hurt. One example of what I know of terroism is the Twin Towers. That was a very huge deal. I remember I was at school when it happened. So many people were inside those two buildings, and I can't imagine what they felt when they heard or saw a plane coming towards them. Alot of people died from that terroist attack.

The Middle East and Terroism have to do with each other because there is probably terroism going on in the Middle East. I know there have been stories about things happening over there on the news and such. But again, I'm not completely positive with my answers. I did forget alot about what I learned with all this.

NICK REYNOLDS

1.) I have only learned little bits and peices about the Middle East in certain classes that I have taken like Geography, Social Studies and a little bit in holocaust. I learned that one of the reasons why we went to war in the middle east is because of the oil they have in Iraq. I also learned that after 9/11 Osama Bin Laden became number one of the FBI's most wanted. But most of the other stuff that I know is only things I have been told by my mom, brother or seen on the news.

2.) I have heard a lot of dispute over weather we should still be in Iraq fighting or why we should not. I never really payed much attention but I see everyday on the news the people who have died or their vehicles been blown up by road side bombs. I've heard people saying that we're never going to get out of the middle east because we are after Osama Bin Laden. My mom told me that Osama Bin Laden is hiding in the mountains in Afghanistan and why we can't just go in there looking for him. I beleive she told me it's because were not aloud in Afghanistan, and even if we were, the mountains are huge, and the Afghanistan people would probally protect Osama Bin Laden anyways. She also said that there are lots and lots of tunnels that go through the mountains and so you would probally never find him if you tried. I also learned that when we went to Iraq, we caught the dictator Saddam Hussein and the people of Iraq made a public hanging of Hussein. I also remember something on the news of this man who got a video of the hanging with his cell phone. They were interrogating him weather he took the video for the news media or not. But all I knew was that we were not aloud to film the hanging.

3.) I beleive terrorism is an act of violence towards ones own goverment and country. Things like trying to form a group to overthrow their country's goverment or who are against their own country and cause havoc towards their country. I also beleive terrorism doesn't always have to be an act of violence like shootings and bombs against one's country. I think it can also be in polotics if they're is a political group attempting to overthrow the goverment through polotics. Other than that I cant really explain my view on terrorism better than that.

4.) The Middle East I think has had a lot of terrorism acts because of all the different religious groups there, there are the Jews, Muslims, Israelies, Palestinians, and many other different other religious groups. I think each religious group is trying to bring the middle east under one religion, therefore there has been a lot of conflict between them. I am also aware of the problem between the Israelies and the Palestinians, and their long history of who should control Israel, and that also the christians think that they should control Israel, so I think Israel is one of the most dangerous places to be, and is the sole center for where one might see and call it terrorism.

LISA BLAIS

1: What i have learned about the Middle East: I don't know a whole lot about the Middle East. But i do know that it is a poor country, and that the Government got too much power. They tell the people how to dress, how to live, what to worship what to believe in.

I didn't really think much about it till 9/11 happened even though i was little it still upset me. Someone i knew died when the Twin Towers were bombed.

2: What I've heard about the Middle East: About of people i talked to about the Middle East said that 9/11 wouldn't have happened i it weren't for Bush. Other people said it was Clinton.

the middle east is a 3 world country with women that cant show their face and the children are suicide bombers.

3: What are Terrorists: Terrorists are people that like to Bomb and kill Americans and other people they hate. What they do is they they attack us and bomb Houses or City's or Towers or what ever. Just to make their Point that their better then us.

4:What do Middle East and Terrorism have to do with one another: Most Terrorists Live in the Middle East and we went to war with them so we worried mostly about the Middle East. And in poor country's with a Government with a lot of power they like to be in power and want to attack other country's so they can be top dog.

ELLEN WILBORG

1. I haven't learned much about the Middle East. I've learned that they have a lot of conflict with their surrounding countries and also the United States. I have also learned that they are very religious. They have a very strong hatred for different religions and political views. I have learned that they think suicide and killing other people is basically ok to do, where as in the US most people think it's wrong, but still we continue to do it. I learned that on my 6th birthday, September 11th, 2001 terrorists took over different planes in the United States and crashed into the Twin Towers, the Pentagon, and somewhere in Pennsylvania.

1. 2. I have heard people say so many different things about the Middle East. I have heard them say that the Middle East is horrible and they have a corrupt government and that we should just take them over. I have heard on the news that bombs have been found in different places in the world. I have heard that Osama bin Laden is alive hiding somewhere, and I have also heard that he's dead.

3. My definition of terrorism is when a group or even one person, goes somewhere and tries to kill people and may try to take over the government because of many different reasons.

4. The Middle East and terrorism have to do with one another because most of the terrrorism that has happened to the US has come from the Middle East. There is terrorism almost everywhere in the Middle East and that is also a link to why they are connected. We see pictures of people from the Middle East and they have "towel heads" and the people that have their arms or legs blown off from the suicide bombs. The news is focused on the terrorists from the Middle East so we think most of them are from there.

CHRISTINA DICOSTANZO

1. I don't know much about the Middle East and Terrorism, however, I have learned that the soldiers are over there fighting because of the oil. Other than that I haven't really learned much else so hopefully i get to learn more during this class. The reason why I don't know that much about it is because people that I know don't really talk about the war and what's going on in the Middle East.

2. Some things I've heard people say about the Middle East have to do with my first question. All I really know is, is why the war is going on. I'm pretty sure it's because we're fighting because of the oil. I'm sure there is other reasons to why the war is going on but I think that's the main reason. The other things that I hear come from the news. When I get the chance to watch it I do and most of the time there is something on that has to do with the war. Other than that I don't really ever hear much about what's going on The Middle East.

3. When I think of Terrorism I think of 9/11 and how we were attacked. I was only 6 or 7 when it happened so ever since then I've seen Terrorism as us being invaded by other countries that we are fighting in the war. I guess I see Terrorism as kind of a frightening thing, but thankfully we have people that have been protecting us a lot better since 9/11.

4. The Middle East and Terrorism go with each other. You can't think of one and not think of the other because we are fighting the war over there and that's where the terrorists are coming from, for the most part.

JON MAHONEY

1. I have learned that the main terrorism threat to the US is from Iraq and Afghanistan. I have seen that we have blamed 9/11 on the Muslims and also the attack on the Pentagon. The Muslims and terrorists have majorly tried sending bombs to us through the mail and in car bombs. Some have been accomplished and others stopped. I've heard through the news that we have been arresting people that have had ties to Alcida and other terrorist plots.

2. There have been many things I've heard about the Middle East, some worse than others. Most people say the Muslims are dirty people and have no right to come to this country. Many things have been done to us that are because of the Terrorists and not many people like them. My opinion on the Middle East is that not all the people there are bad, just the ones who try and blow us up.

3. When I think of terrorism, I mainly think of 9/11 and people with turbans. I never really payed much attention to terrorism because of where we live and I never think they would plan to hit New Hampshire directly. The one thing that mainly comes to mind is people with big guns and are mainly, Muslim. The world around us mainly focuses terrorism on the Muslims and people from Iraq and Afghanistan, just because of our past with them. They have tried to come over here and blow up our buildings or kill our people, and I've never known why they hate us so much. People have said all we are doing is try to help and they pay us back by blowing up our buildings!

4. The Middle East and Terrorism have been said to go hand in hand. We have grown up to see the whole Middle East as terrorists to us and we should really be aware that they can nuke us at any time. Ever since 9/11, the Muslims have been on the United State's watch because when they took the Twin Towers down, that was a major tragedy. Many people were killed and that put a message in our heads saying "We aren't safe in this world.". The Middle East has mainly just grown in our minds to be dirty, horrible people and we should just be ready for what can happen. We have been in Iraq for quite a while and the population has been told we are trying to help them set up a new government. All we have been getting back is mail bombs and our troops killed. This mainly sends a message to the population that the Iraqi people are just horrible and they wont even let us help them. The overall view that I have for the Middle East and Terrorism is that all we get from the Middle East is war and people getting killed. Terrorism is just coming from the Middle East and we should get out of there now because all that we are doing is losing money and losing soldiers.

MANDY MARSCHAT

I have learned a few things about the middle east through a course I took last year called SS9. I don't remember much at all but when I do remember is that the Palestinians and Israelis were always at constant conflict. I know the Middle East consists of several different countries such as Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, Yemen, and Jordan those are the only ones I remember at this point.

I've heard people say multiple things on many occasions ex specially about September 11 2001. "It's another terrorist act" "This will pass and get better over time" Most people I know shrug at the very thought of the Middle east because people automatically think of the Middle Eastern countries and think about terrorism and terrorist acts that have impacted the United States in previous years.

Terrorism to me is just one country that's angry or jealous of another country. I believe that one country thinks they are superior to the other country and they want to prove their point so they make threats against the other country to make them afraid and if that country is not afraid then they act on that threat .

Middle East and Terrorism are combined together as a unit because The Middle Eastern countries attack one another or even go attack other countries outside of the Middle East. Terrorism always has a face and a name and so do the Middle Eastern countries when I say that I mean there is a perpetrator with a purpose and a cause somewhere over in the Middle east but that's just my personal opinion.

BRITTANY HUGHES

I don't know a lot about the Middle East, or their people, but what i have seen of them, doesn't impress me in the least. Let's go back to September 11, 2001, 2,996 Americans were murdered and nearly the same were injured. That right there just proves that their way of life is violent and barbaric, those of terrorists. I don't know, but I think that it would be stressful having to worry about which one of your people is going to get blown up next, if it's going to be you or your friend. Also I know that in the Middle East they put woman under men. I don't know if this is true or not but i heard they make the woman cover pretty much every part of their body including their face, they can be arrested and sometimes even murdered if they don't. Also I've heard that they use babies and yuong children to blow up things in their attacks. Well to me these people describe my defination of terrorism, so that's what I think of them as.

KRIS WESCOTT

1) I dont really no alot about the middle east and terorism. I dont know much because people really never talk about middle east and terrorism and if they do i probably dont pay attention.
2) I havnt heard much about the middle east because the people i hang around with dont talk about the middle east. Some things ive heard about the middle east is there having wars. The muslims dont like the americans they dont want them in there country.Thats probably about it. Im hoping i learn more about it while im in this class.

3)I dont really know alot about terrorism. when i thinabout terrorism i think about 9/11

4) I think it has to do with one another because the terrorist tht attacked the US
are from the middle east

JOSHUA SHARPE

1. I have learned that the Middle East can be very violent due to the unstable structure of some of the countries governments such as Iraq and Iran. I learned that a lot of the reason for terrorist attacks against the US/Israel is because Israel is believes that their land is their homeland where as the terrorists also believe that Israel's land is their land and since we support Israel they also hate us. I have also learned what happened during 9/11 when two planes hit and destroyed the World Trade Center in New York, One plane crashed in a cornfield in PA because the passengers stopped the terrorists, and one crashed into the Pentagon and killed about 5 people.

2. When I think of what other people have to say about the Middle East I always hear things like how 9/11 was a major tragedy or people think the US government set it up so more people will want join the military. I have also heard of allot of people complaining about the terrorist constant bombing attacks in the US. I also hear just people complaining the we are only over there to steal their oil. Even though a lot lot of people complain about it hardly anyone ever even lifts a finger to do anything about it.

3. When I think what terrorism is I think of one country using small or large bombings and shootings to try to intimidate or anger another country. Examples for this I think would be things like Iraqi suicide bombings against us or even the atom bomb we dropped on Hiroshima in the 1945.

4. The Middle East and Terrorism have a lot in common in today's society because a lot of terrorist acts come from Middle Eastern Countries such as Iraq and Iran. Even though they do alot of terrorism today they are not nesiciarily the only area that does terrorism because I consider bombing attacks the US, Brittin, and ect. as acts of terrorism because even though they may have been for a good cause but it still is aggresive bombing and violence.

TIAHNA SOMERO

I dont really remember to much about the middle east. I remember that we talked about the middle east topic in SS9 freshman year, but I just dont remember too much.
I hear a little bit of the middle east here and there. It defenetly is not a every day subject for me, I'll hear a little bit on the news or someone talking about it. That is just about all I hear about the middle east.
I think that terrism is when one country dosent really thret another country but when that basicly attack another county. I know that any type of terrism can do damage to anything because in New York city with the twin towers you can see that, that did effect alot of people. So terrism is a dangerous thing in my oppinon.
Middle East and terrism have to do with each other because most of the terrist live there and there is alot of fighting and some of our soders are over there tyring to fight for our freedom so terrism does not happen again.

KRIS PEASE

Oil..... It is the only reason we are in the middle east fighting a so called "war for freedom". I have learned this and I'm well aware that we are only there for oil. The common notion is that we are there to liberate the middle east from terrorists. It was very believable after the tragic events of 9/11, however after 5 years people began questioning why we were still there. Then most Americans figured out the reason was oil. I haven't learned much about the war, but that is some information on why we are there.

What I've heard about the middle east is that everyone in the middle east is a bad person or a radical. I have also heard through our own United States government that we are in the middle east fighting for freedom. There are many little conspiracies about how 9/11 was a government plot to go to war against the middle east. Which sounds reasonable until you stop and think..... Why would we blow up one of our own buildings??

In my eyes terrorism is the act of instilling fear into someone or something. When most people think terrorism they think towel heads. I think of any person who tries to scare me out of doing something. Yes i do sometimes also think that it seems like only the middle east makes terrorists. I do know this is not true though.

The middle east and terrorism are almost synonymous with each other. When people think middle east they think terrorists or 9/11. When I think of the middle east I think of oil. which is why we are fighting over there in the first place. The middle east will always be synonymous with terrorism because of ignorant beings who choose not get informed. The middle east is not all bad. Most people are reasonable there. only the radical bunch are the ones the media spotlight so it gives the middle east a bad reputation. That is all I have to say about that.

Sam Schoff

I dont really know much about the middle east and i dont hear much people talking about the middle east but terrorism to me is when another counrty attcks or terrorizes innocent people or cities from another country. Terrorism has to do with the middle east because its the middle east who is doing most of the terrorism, but i can't remember the reason for it though. I've heard the government isnt that great over there and i heard that there is quite a bit of terrorism over in the middle east having to do with the taliban.

JEFF GARRITY

1) I have learned over the years that there is more and more terrorist attacks ever since 9/11. and that there is been progress in the middle east that there is less attacks but they still got to take some ground.

2) What i have heard about the middle east is that the terrorist are bombing everyday and they kill tons of people and they kill lots of soldiers. My dad always calls them towelheads or just muslim and that the people there act friendly but the soldiers still have to search there house or person because they all are considered terrorist until they get searched.

3) What i think terrorism is that it is a person that terrorises people by making them scared and sad because there are many kinds of terrorist there are ones that blow up buildings or rig a car to blow in a crowded area to send a message to people that they dont like. There is also terrorism going on in the united states because there are people that get recruited over the internet and they think that it is for a good cause because they are gonna go to heaven if they die and get riches beyond imagining.

4) They are good with each other because that is where terrorism was born ever since they were babies they where taught a religion that told them if they die for there country that they will be rewarded.

DEREK RUST

1. I have learned alot about the Middle East. In September last year my dad went the the United Arab Emirates for his work. When he came back he told me that there, everything was bigger, In the city north of him, Dubai, has the world records for the tallest building. When he was driving out there there was people digging ditches with just hand tools, there were no backhoes or dump trucks. Also the people there are either very wealthy or they are dirt poor. Also the major religion is Islam so he woke up at 4 every morning to the Muslims calling to prayer from the local mosques minarets.

2.The things I have heard about the middle east is that it would be a very cool place to visit if there wasn't a war or radicalists there trying to kill you. It is a different climate and culture you could learn about. Another thing i have heard is that the Muslims there hate Americans and don't want them in there country.

3. Terrorism in my eyes is when a radical group that includes Muslims or not that cause chaos to other people in the same or different country. The ways they could cause chaos is bombs, hijackings, kidnappings and many other ways

4. The Middle East and Terrorism go together mainly because that's the most prominent activity of terrorist groups such as Al Qaeda and others.

AMANDA ROSS

I don't know that much about the middle east, what I know is very little, and I learned it in SS9. They have a different culture then we do, the who live their speak a different language then we do. Their government is different from ours, their form of punishment is different, everything they do is different, to us it might seem bad but to them it seems right.

I heard people say that all people from the middle east are bad, and they should have people like them in our country. I also heard that people from there should be taken off this planet. Then I also hear that people from there aren't all bad, they just were taught differently then we were and they should be helped out.

I think terrorism is when other people from a different country attacks another country because they don't like they way it is or they don't like they people from there or they think they are better then that country. Also they are trying to get the world to see they way they do, and they only way they think they can do that is by taking over that country. they think that way because they were brought up thinking that.

Middle East and terrorism seem to go together because most countries who have gotten attacked or something along those lines by a country in the middle east. So people just asume that everyone from there are bad, and are going to attack us, which may be true, but unlikely, there are good and bad people from every country, that doesn't mean the whole country is bad.

CONOR DEMMONS

1. What I have learned about the middle east is that they produce lots of oil and also they have a on going war. The middle east is the number 1 oil producer in the world. Almost all of America's oil products come from the middle east. The middle east also is invovled in a war over religion that has been going on for centuries. Terrorism is also a big problem in the middle east. Terrorism affects everyone in the middle east, women and children, no body is save in the taliban run parts of the middle east.
2.What I heard about the middle east is that it is a dangerous place full of muslum extremists and Taliban members. I have also heard of the taliban members hiding in schools full of children so they wouldn't get caught by the US army. I have also heard that there are atleast 10 suicide bombers a month. Another thing that I have heard about is that some taliban members have strapped bombs to innocent people and children and detonated them when they walked into a group of people.
3. Terrorism ,to what I understand, is when someone or a group of people attacks someone or kills someone just to instill fear in other people. For example, 9/11 was a terrorist attack because the men behind the attack were trying to instill fear into the government of America and into its people. Since that attack people have become more sensitive to going on planes. The security on planes is higher then secruity then the security at the White House ,practically. The secruity on planes is so high, that if you are even to say the word "bomb" they will cancel the flight and you will be questioned by the FBI and CIA. Its so sensesitive that a baby once said "Bye, bye airplane!" and the flight was canceled and the mother of the baby was questioned. So that just proves the point about how much fear is instilled into Americans.
4. What the middle east and terrorism have to do with each other is that the middle east is the terrorist capital of the world. Also, they both have a big part of America, a big amount of America's money goes to the middle east for oil expenses and weapons for the American troops stationed in Afganastan. The middle east also has to do with terrorism because of the on going war in the middle east over religion. In the middle east I have seen on the news if you even make fun of "mohammed" you can be sentenced to death. So as you probly can tell they don't take lightly to people who believen other things. That is why there are so many wars over there, its all over who believens with right and niether of them think they are wrong.

ASSIGNMENT ONE: THE MIDDLE EAST AND TERRORISM

Please answer the following questions as comprehensively as possible. 

1. What have you learned about the Middle East?
2. What have you heard other people say about the Middle East?
3. What is terrorism?
4. What do the Middle East and terrorism have to do with one another?

After you have finished your response please visit another student's response and post a comment that discusses what they wrote in their post.  You only have to respond to one other student post.  THIS IS YOUR SECOND GRADE FOR QUARTER 2.  THIS ASSIGNMENT WILL BE COMPLETED IN CLASS.