Essay - British Television/journalism Introduction: the Topic Chosen is 'Is the War...

British television/journalism

Introduction:

***** topic chosen is 'Is the War on Terrorism an example of 'Post-Modern Warfare?' being one that is very relevant to today's world, it deals with the causative factor behind the 'war on terrorism' that was declared by the United States of America after the attacks ***** some of its main centers on September 11, 2001, executed by a group ***** Islamic militants identified as 'Al-Quaeda', and ***** post-modern warfare ***** h***** resulted out of the entire episode. The issues that will be explored during the course of this paper will ***** the following: ***** actual attack, and descripti*****s of the attack, the measures taken against the attack, and descriptions of the plans, the result of the attack, and descriptions of the people trying to escape the buildings ***** were struck, the responses for and against the war on terrorism ***** by the USA, ***** descriptions ***** several different writers on ***** war, and also of ***** people from different walks of life, and the future of the ***** when super powers like ***** carry out their threats against certain militant outfits ***** the Al-Quaeda, and the need for more *****lerance in this postmodern world of today, and all ***** relevant quotati*****s in this respect.

Discussion:

***** a BBC News article dated Thursday 13 September 2001, it was reported that ***** was on ***** 11, 2001 that a number of terrorist attacks were carried out on America. One attack was launched on the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center, located in the heart of ***** United States of *****, at 08.45 AM. Several eyewitnesses have reported to the BBC through e-mail and ***** direct contact ***** they were stunned beyond belief that such a thing could actu*****y occur in the *****'s ***** power, America. One eyewitness, Mac Delaney, states how he was engaged in some work at the South Tower ***** ***** World ***** Center, when he felt the aircraft strikes the North Tower of the Center. Initially there was widespread panic th*****king ***** there had been an accident of some sort, and people did not know what ***** actually happening. However, ***** the word came through that they were to evacuate the second tower, people who ***** in the building scrambled for safety, and as a result, ***** stairwells ***** well as the elevators were jammed ***** ***** capacity, and only a few people managed to get out and run, 'like there was no tomorrow'. (11 September, Key Reports ***** Video)

When they ***** out on the street and thanking God for saving them, they happened to witness the ***** aircraft that was flying right into the second tower, ***** which this witness had just escaped. No one ***** ***** believe that such a thing ***** happening. ***** second explosion was even bigger than ***** first one, and the impact shook the ground on which many people were still standing. This ***** because the ***** aircraft was fully loaded with fuel, and the impact caused