Before the September 11, 2001 attacks, most hijackings involved the plane landing at a certain destination, followed by the hijackers making negotiable demands.

Before the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act was passed in the wake of the September 11 attacks, the FBI director would directly brief the President of the United States on any issues that arise from within the FBI.

Names of those Masurs supporting Polish side were published in German newspapers, and their photos presented in German shops ; afterwards a regular hunts were organised after them by German militias which terrorized Polish population At least 3, 000 Warmian and Masurian activists who were engaged for Polish side had to flee the region out of fear of their lives At the same time German police engaged in active surveillance of Polish minority and attacks against Polish activists Before the plebiscite Poles started to flee the region to escape the German harassment and terror

Before the September 11 attacks, use of the privilege had been rare, but increasing in frequency.

Before the fourth edition, skill and ability checks worked as follows: all actions in the game, from the use of skills to making attacks in combat, are first given a target number that reflects the difficulty of the action which is then raised or lowered by various modifying factors, such as environmental conditions, the condition of the character, the use of mechanical aids, and so forth.

Before the attacks, FBI agent Robert Wright, Jr. had written vigorous criticisms of FBI's alleged incompetence in investigating terrorists residing within the United States.

Before the September 11, 2001 attacks ,( 9 / 11 ) airport screening was provided by private companies which were contracted with the airline or airport.

* Before 3: 50 a. m .: The Jerusalem Post reports that Osama bin Laden has given a speech denying any connection to the attacks, which he called admirable.

Before being elected President, Jefferson had opposed funds for a Navy to be used for anything more than a coastal defense, however the continued pirate attacks on American shipping interests in the Atlantic and Mediterranean and the systematic kidnapping of American crew members could no longer be ignored.

Before the attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Osama bin Laden, and Mohammed Atef developed a list of potential targets.

Before that, contact with African slave markets was made to ransom Portuguese that had been captured by the intense North African Barbary pirate attacks on Portuguese ships and coastal villages, frequently leaving them depopulated.

Before the September 11, 2001 attacks, most TFRs were in the interest of safety to flying aircraft with occasional small restrictions for Presidential movements.

Before the sons of Sigfús reach home, Kári attacks them, and most of the rest of the saga describes his vengeance for the burning.

Before the end of the fifteenth century, Ayutthaya launched attacks on Angkor, the classical great power of the region.

Before Joe is able to call authorities for help, Cujo attacks and kills him as well.

In 1065, Before his invasion of Anglo-Saxon England, William of Normandy warned his rivals in Brittany and Anjou to abstain from any attacks on his duchy, on the grounds that his mission bore the papal banner.

Before the September 11, 2001 attacks, the channel became noted for its distinct " screen " starting in August 2001, in which the news anchor ( or news footage ) appears in a sort of visual " window " surrounded by constantly changing text, such as breaking news, sports scores, stock market reports, and weather updates.

Before Mitchell can kill Kirk, the doctor attacks and weakens him.

Before the war's inception, efforts to control fur trade access resulted in a series of escalating incidents and attacks that increased tensions on both sides.

Before other British outposts had learned about Pontiac's siege at Detroit, Native Americans captured five small forts in a series of attacks between May 16 and June 2.

Before the September 11 attacks, the Twin Towers were iconic of Lower Manhattan's global financial significance.

Before Kronos could destroy the last tree, Gaia rises from the earth, and attacks Kronos.

Before and after the vote several member states and NGOs objected that by targeting the resolution solely at Israel and failing to address Hezbollah attacks on Israeli civilians, the Council risked damaging its credibility.

Before submitting briefs in the habeas case, the U. S. government dropped all allegations that Slahi had participated in the Millennium Plot and that he knew about the September 11th attacks before they happened.

Before Cantor, there were only finite sets ( which are easy to understand ) and " the infinite " ( which was considered a topic for philosophical, rather than mathematical, discussion ).

Before Wenceslaus became of age, the government was handled by Otto IV, Margrave of Brandenburg, who is said to have held Wenceslaus captive in several locations.

Before 1968, the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs only handled relations with foreign ( non-Commonwealth ) countries, while relations with Commonwealth countries and colonies were handled by the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Affairs.

Before the Federal Reserve established regulations in 1967 requiring that cheques be MICR encoded in order to be handled by their clearing houses, it was fairly common for banks, especially in small towns, to issue cheque to customers which were not personalized other than the name of the bank.

Before containerization, freight was often handled with a longshoreman ’ s hook, a tool which became emblematic of the profession ( mostly on the west coast of the United States and Canada ).

Before the Court of Appeals was created the number of cases handled by the Minnesota Supreme Court amounted to about 1800.

Before percussion caps, slow matches were most suitable for use around black powder weapons because it could be roughly handled without going out, and only presented a small glowing tip instead of a large flame that risked igniting powder supplies nearby.

Before it was built, Kellam handled a political fight over the location, and addressed concerns of the U. S. Navy about prospective hazards to navigation to and from the Norfolk Navy Base at Sewell's Point.

Before Crisler switched to the platoon system, players handled both offensive and defensive duties with only occasional substitutions.

Before then, the diplomatic tasks were usually handled by brief individual missions, but the increasing complexity of diplomatic affairs necessitated the creation of a larger organization.

Before being daughter, wife, or mother, before being cultured ( a word now bereft both socially and politically of the sheen you children of frontiersmen bestowed on it ), before being sorry for the poor, progressive about public health, and prettily if somewhat imprecisely humanitarian, indeed first and foremost, you were a lady.

Before the airplanes came, he said, travel in Laos was just about impossible.

Before her chore was finished she was rescuing wind-blown sheets of music, trundling microphones about the stage, helping to move the piano and otherwise joining in the informal atmosphere.

In a glowing review for his " Consumer Guide " column published by The Village Voice, Robert Christgau wrote: " Before minstrelsy scholar Eric Lott gets too excited about having his title stolen.

Before this discovery, it is widely believed that bricks appeared about 3000 years ago in the Western Zhou dynasty since the earliest bricks were found in Western Zhou ruins.

Before the 1911 reform, the multiplication of saints ' festivals, with practically the same festal psalms, tended to repeat the about one-third of the Psalter, with a correspondingly rare recital of the remaining two-thirds.

Before that, it was about 7 censuses, most part of these previous censuses was undertaken during Soviet ( USSR ) control.

Before she leaves she sternly notes that her daughter will not disclose any information whatsoever about her family, past, or herself and that Carmilla is of sound mind.

Before accepting a role as a villain in Leone's Once Upon a Time in the West, Henry Fonda called Wallach and asked " What the hell does he know about the West?

Before production of the film began, Coppola went to his mentor Roger Corman for advice about shooting in the Philippines, since Corman had filmed several pictures there.

Before Montag can finish, Mildred gets a call from her friends about coming over to watch The White Clown on the parlor walls.

" What To Do about Greenhouse Warming: Look Before You Leap ", Cosmos, Volume 5, No. 2, Summer 1992.

Before the discoveries, the only source of information about Hittites had been the Old Testament ( see Biblical Hittites ).

Later on 1 May, Vice-Admiral Hans-Erich Voss saw Goebbels for the last time: " Before the breakout the bunker began, about ten generals and officers, including myself, went down individually to Goebbels's shelter to say goodbye.

Before the Congress opened on 13 June, negotiations between Andrássy and the British Foreign Secretary Marquess of Salisbury had already " ended on 6 June by Britain agreeing to all the Austrian proposals relative to Bosnia-Herzegovina about to come before the congress while Austria would support British demands.

Before this time many people did not speak about their concerns because of the lack of bodies.

Its landscape was shaped by the glaciers of the last Ice Age, which retreated about 25, 000 – 22, 000 years BP ( Before Present ).

Before the Mariner 4 spacecraft arrived at Mars in July 1965 and dispelled some of the more exotic theories about the planet, the conventional image of Mars was shaped by the observations of the astronomers Giovanni Schiaparelli and Percival Lowell.

Fossilized leaves of Olea were found in the palaeosols of the volcanic Greek island of Santorini ( Thera ) and were dated about 37, 000 Before Present ( BP ).

Before 1152 the seaward extension of today's delta, about, did not exist.

* Read Before Burning: Arm's length government for a new administration-report by the Institute for Government about the quango landscape

Before the 1997 war, about 15, 000 Europeans and other non-Africans lived in Congo, most of whom were French.

Before this, he had set about fashioning the expedition according to his own preferences, without the restraints of a joint committee.

For men to sing about very emotional things ... Before that no one would do it.