1. How many commercial airliners are missing from the main airport in Libya’s capitol of Tripoli?

2. a) Who has warned that the jets could be used in terrorist attacks?
b) Why do they think it was terrorists who have taken the planes?

3. a) Where/when might the attacks occur?
b) Why does aviation expert Jeffrey Price say it is unlikely the terrorists could enter the U.S. with the stolen planes?

4. How have the White House National Security Council and State Department responded to reporters’ questions about these concerns?

5. What would lead you to believe that USA Today and the Associated Press believe the warnings to be credible?

6. The news is full of stories of militant Muslim extremists threatening and murdering people: ISIS in Syria and Iraq, beheading American reporters, and killing Christians and other minority religious groups, as well as non-Sunni muslims and also threatening the U.S. and Americans.
Syria - Islamic terrorist group ISIS
Iraq - Islamic terrorist group ISIS
Libya - Islamic terrorist group Libyan Dawn (and others)
Nigeria - Islamic terrorist group Boko Haram
Somalia - Islamic terrorist group al Shabaab
India - Islamic terrorist group al Qaeda
Iran - trying to obtain nuclear weapons; has said they would wipe Israel off the map
This is a time when we must be serious about who we pick as our leaders.
a) What type of leaders do you think are/would be best at protecting our country? What qualities would they need?
b) Do you think the current administration is doing the best job confronting terrorists? How about Congress? Explain your answer.
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