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al-Qaeda attacks
1993: a bomb in the garage of the World Trade Center killed six people and wounded around a thousand
1995/1996: two terrorist attacks in Saudi Arabia killed 24 Americans
1998: there were two assaults on two American embassies in Africa, killing 224 people
On September 11, 2001, 4 airplanes were hijacked and used as flying bombs
Gorbachev
In 1990 ___________ elected as the Soviet Union’s first president
Berlin Wall
On November 9, 1989, the __________ was taken down
German unification
The Fall of the Berlin Wall allowed for ______________
Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty
The ____________________ (1972) was responsible for limiting defensive missile systems
Osama bin Laden
9/11 was connected to an international terrorist organization known as al-Qaeda, which was founded and led by __________________
Saddam Hussein’s
The Bush administration was focused on _____________ government in Iraq
mass destruction
Hussein was suspected of developing weapons of ____________ and supporting Osama bin Laden’s terrorist organization