Where Can we find the shadows of 9-11? Immediate Consequences 2001-05 What happened? Consequence Result 1 Arrests 1,200 Muslims living in the USA were arrested within the first two months after the 9/11 attacks. The vast majority were later released without...
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Where Can we find the shadows of 9-11? Immediate Consequences 2001-05 What happened? Consequence Result 1 Arrests 1,200 Muslims living in the USA were arrested within the first two months after the 9/11 attacks. The vast majority were later released without charge. Hate crimes against Muslims rose and some Sikhs were attacked (in their turbans they were mistaken for Muslims). 2 War on Terror US President Bush declared a "War on Terror" and warned that this war would start with Al-Qaeda but would not end there. 3 Afghanistan Despite warnings, the Taliban in Afghanistan refused to hand Osama bin Laden over to the USA. On 7 October, a combined US and UK force attacked Afghanistan, aided by anti-Taliban Afghans called the Northern Alliance. Bin Laden escaped. 4 Patriot Act On 26 October, US Congress passed the Patriot Act, which gave the US authorities much more freedom to investigate telephone, email, medical, financial, and other records. It also set up the National Security Agency (NSA)
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