On September 11 2001 terrorist attacked the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and another plane was believed to be earmarked to attack the White House. Al Qaeda desired to change the social institutions (economy, military, political) and the cultural goals that Americans subscribe to in order to behave as Americans do. When Robert Merton discussed changing cultural goals and the institutional means with which to change these goals he referred to these people as

After the 9/11 attacks, Al Qaeda aimed to change American society's institutions and cultural values. By targeting symbols like the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, they sought to instill fear and reshape America's economic, military, political, and social norms through violence and disruption.They attacked on the world trade center as a symbol of disrupt America economical market.Attack on pentagon is symbol of disrupting America defense and command structure.They wanted to attack on white to break down the political influence of America.