how was terrorism dealt with before 9.11?

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How did they try and stop them?
What was their punishment?
Was it widely known as it is today?

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Answer 1

oh brother!....

Answer 2

Depends where it happened. Different agencies have spheres of responsibility. Foreign terrorists are meant to be detected by the CIA and Defense Intelligence. Local US is more NSA and FBI, but of course they all overlap. Terrorism has existed for centuries and is usually treated equivalant to the threat. 9/11 was a major attack and representative of a future major threat, especially given the prevailanec of WMD in the MidEast with Iran and Pakistan's nuclear, Iraq/Syria's mysterious disappearing capability, the amount of money and brainwashed footsoldiers available to the Islamic terrorists.

Most countries learnt the lesson of WW2 about the power of looony dictators, but poor nations still havent got the ability many times to detect and stop these crackpots from causing havoc.

Answer 3

During the days of the Ottoman Empire (the expansion of Islam all the way into the southern reaches of Europe (read: Spain)), the muslims following Mohammad's word Per Chapter nine of the Qu'ran, killed any and all Jews and Christians -- called it Conversion by sword. The response was the Crusades. A time when the Pope called upon all God fearing Christians to reclaim what had been taken. Sadly, those answering that call to arms were just as ruthless and just as brutal as were the muslims who'd answered Mohammad's call.
When Thomas Jefferson was President, he went directly against the advice of Washington and sent in the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps (to deal with the pirates of the Barbary Coast -- who were muslim) Hence the Marine Corps Hymn: "From the halls of Montezuma to the shores of Tripoli...."

Answer 4

it used to be considered a crime that police would handle. a little more sensible, huh. did you know that the fbi director, robert mueller stated that we didn't have enough evidence to charge bin laden with the 9/11 attacks. i guess the burden of proof is different for sending a country to endless war causing 5,000 american deaths so far!!

why does the fbi most wanted page of bin laden not say he is wanted for the 9/11 attacks?
http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/terrorists/terbinladen.htm

here is what it says for the lazy bush supporters that refuse to look at the evidence surrounding 9/11

Usama Bin Laden is wanted in connection with the August 7, 1998, bombings of the United States Embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya. These attacks killed over 200 people. In addition, Bin Laden is a suspect in other terrorist attacks throughout the world.

nowhere does it mention the worst terror attack in history that killed 3,000 lives

by the way, just so you know. american soil has only been hit twice in US history by islamic terrorists we are at endless war with. how are the car manufacturers still even operating? imagine the deaths cars cause? it is insane what the american people will fall for.

Answer 5

Terrorism was not a serious threat before 9/11 and the government was busy with something else like improving the the economy.

Answer 6

The UK has had the IRA a terrorist orginization for many years now - The British did not negotiate they did not take freedoms away from their people

They did use the law as it existed to battle orginized crime they did not build camps they did not allow the terrorists to win by panicing they did not go crazy creating special groups like Homeland security -

That is how they handled terror -

Answer 7

The president would get on tv and cry some phoney tears, vow to get even, sometimes he'd lob a missle or two into a remote area of the desert where a camp used to be two years prior, sometimes he wouldn't. Then he'd retire to the Oval Office and lock the door so he could enjoy his fat teenage girlfriend. That pretty much sums it up.

Answer 8

First off terrorism was dealt with swiftly and violently.
Their punishment was usually death.
It was huge and still is huge in and around Israel, they practically wrote the books on counter terrorism.

Answer 9

a very strong showing of force by our army navy airforce and marines in the gulf and around the Arab nations.we held many terrorist in camps even before 911 and stopped alot of car bombings and attempts around the world with the help for a number of other countrys ..

Answer 10

We dealth with each terrorist act as a lone act and one crime at a time.

Now we consider the whole network of those who are out to kill us all instead of one person.

We now share our information better so that what the military finds can be shared with the CIA or FBI. Instead of the wall that was created.

Answer 11

Good question. Pre 9.11 there were 'terrorist' incidents around the world from time to time, but no one tried to paint them as part of a conspiracy then. These days any indident of that sort is immediatelly held up as proof of the threat terrorism poses to 'our way of life'. It keeps the money flowing into the coffers of the Corporations.