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Q This assignment was locked Oct 10 at 11:59pm. Research, study, and write an essay on one of the following domestic or international terrorist events: Mumbai Attack (2008), World Trade Center Bombing (1993), Oklahoma City Federal Building Bombing (1995), The Century 16 Theater active shooter incident in Aurora, Colorado (2012). In your paper you are to include or address the following: Identify and define the type of event (domestic or international). Your opinion about indicators that might have been missed that may have helped in preventing the event. Your opinion on suggested solutions to prevent a repeat of such an event in the future. The paper must be a minimum of 3 pages of single-spaced content (not including Title or Reference pages). Use proper APA formatting including a Title Page, in-text citations, and a Reference Page with proper full source citations. Reference your assigned reading(s) and at least 2 outside credible resources. No more than 20% of the paper should be made up of quoted source material (that means 80% must be in your words/paraphrasing).

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The domestic terrorist attack and the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City were some of the most terrifying attacks in American history. It took place on the morning of April 19, 1995, when former Army soldier and the security guard Timothy McVeigh parked a Ryder truck laden with a homemade bomb in front of the building. He was accompanied by the former soldier Terry Nichols. The Ryder rental truck exploded and destroyed the nine-story Alfred p. Murrah Federal Building. It blew off the entire north wall of the building. The emergency response team rushed to Oklahoma City from all over the country (history.com, 2009). 168 people died which included 19 young children who were inside the building’s daycare center when the bomb exploded. Around 650 people got injured and the explosives also damaged 300 other buildings in that area. After taking information from the eyewitnesses the concerned authorities started a hunt for the suspects and Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols were found to be guilty in the