Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Wall Street: Beyond The Wall







On September 16, 1920 , a bomb went off near 23 Wall St., the offices of J.P. Morgan and Company. Brokers. the bomb went off at noon when people were headin out for lunch. the bomb was roughly made of 100 pounds of TNT.the bomb was placed in an old single top wagon drawn by a horse.Five hundred pounds of fragmented weights piled around the bomb tore into the surroundings. the attack wasn't a difinite one. No people behind the attack were arrested or found.It was believe that terrorist were behind the attack trying to destroy American capitalism on the J.P. Morgan & Co, which is biggest symbols of capitalism in the US. the post office found printed circulars that had been pickeOn February 26, 1993, a car bomb exploded in the underground garage of the World Trade Center. The explosion killed six people and injured at least 1,040 othersd up from the post box at Cedar St. and Broadway during the 11:58 AM mail collections. These circulars strengthened the suspicion of anarchist terrorists. The circular read "Remember we will not tolerate any longer. Free the political prisoners or it will be sure death for all of you. American Anarchists Fighters." the attack was a powerful hit that glass window of far away buildings shattered. Thirty people died instantly and two hundred lay wounded, of which 10 would later die. The terrorist group Al Qaeda was responsible for the 1993 World Trade Center bombings. It has been an enemy of the U.S. because the U.S. is a strong ally of Israel.

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