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  September 11, 2001 attacks   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The September 11 2001 attacks were a series of coordinated terrorist suicide attacks against the Pentagon and the World Trade Center in the United States on September 11 2001.
The combined attack of September 11 on World Trade Center was the deadliest act terrorism against the United States and one the deadliest attacks of asymmetric warfare in history.
The attacks of September 11th 2001 had and overwhelming effects upon the United States and prompted numerous memorials and services all over the world as well support and/or tolerance for the US retaliation those accused of supporting the attacks.
www.freeglossary.com /11-S   (4560 words)

  
 Category:September 11, 2001 attacks - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The main article for this category is September 11, 2001 attacks.
September 11, 2001 attacks timeline for the day of the attacks
Timeline of U.S. attack on Afghanistan in December 2001
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 September 11, 2001 attacks - Gurupedia
The attacks of September 11th, 2001 had immediate and overwhelming effects upon the United States population and prompted numerous memorials and services all over the world, as well as support and/or tolerance for the US retaliation upon those accused of supporting the attacks.
These statements suggest a motive for attacking the WTC in 2001 that is consistent with the motive expressed by terrorists in a letter sent to the New York Times after the 1993 bombing attack of the WTC, "We declare our responsibility for the explosion on the mentioned building.
President Bush said: "America was targeted for attack because we're the brightest beacon for freedom and opportunity in the world." The purported statements of bin Laden in the disputed 2002 letter include depravity of Western civilization as a motive for attacks.
www.gurupedia.com /s/se/september_11,_2001_terrorist_attack.htm   (4497 words)

  
 AlterNet: Report Raises More Questions About 9/11
As a result, the community missed opportunities to disrupt the September 11 plot by denying entry to or detaining would-be hijackers; to at least try to unravel the plot through surveillance and other investigative work within the United States; and, finally, to generate a heightened state of alert and thus harden the homeland against attack.
In April 2001 an intelligence report said that Al Qaeda was in the throes of advanced preparation for a major attack, probably against an American or Israeli target.
In August 2001 the Counterterrorism Center concluded that for every bin Laden operative stopped by US intelligence, an estimated fifty operatives slip through, and that bin Laden was building up a worldwide infrastructure that would allow him to launch multiple and simultaneous attacks with little or no warning.
www.alternet.org /story.html?StoryID=16494   (2170 words)

  
 September 11, 2001 attacks - Art History Online Reference and Guide
The September 11th attacks were consistent with their campaign against the United States, undertaken because of perceived American support for Israel's oppression of fellow Arab Muslims in Palestine, and American support for dictatorial regimes in the Middle East which al-Qaeda opposes (e.g.
The attacks were denounced world-wide and approximately one month after the attacks the USA led a wide coalition of international forces into Afghanistan in pursuit of al-Qaeda forces.
The controversy was highlighted in September 2004 when Yusuf Islam, a leading British Muslim noted for his peaceful charitable work and previously known as the singer Cat Stevens, was barred from entering the U.S. and was subsequently returned to the UK after his flight was briefly diverted to Maine.
www.arthistoryclub.com /art_history/September_11,_2001_attacks   (3049 words)

  
 You'll never think the same way again. . . The Revelation
The eighth '11' is formed by one of the doomed flights, where the crew totaled '11'.
The eleventh '11' is formed by the historic fact that New York State was the 11th state to join the Union in preparation to create the 13-state confederation that would declare independence from England.
The trangression of the law is represented by 11 because of it exceeding the number ten by 1.
www.theforbiddenknowledge.com /wtc/index02.htm   (2938 words)

  
 September 11, 2001
September 11th was a horrible day for our nation.
As a firefighter in Arlington County I was on the initial response to the Pentagon on Sept. 11.
In addition, the remains that were cremated by the intense fires of the attack cannot be separated and identified.
www.jmu.edu /alumni/tragedy_response/read_messages.html   (5048 words)

  
 September 11, 2001 and the bombing of Afghanistan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
September 11, 2001 and the bombing of Afghanistan
Following the terrible, momentous events of September 11, 2001, the most pressing mission facing the United States, in addition to punishing the perpetrators who were still alive, was -- or should have been -- to not allow what happened to pass without deriving important lessons from it to prevent its recurrence.
The magnitude of the September 11 attack was such that the American media -- the serious or passably serious segment of it -- were obliged to delve into areas they normally do not visit.
members.aol.com /bblum6/sep11.htm   (3709 words)

  
 Urban Legends Reference Pages: September 11 (Madrid)
The 9/11 terrorist attacks on the U.S. in 2001 and the train bombings in Madrid, Spain, in 2004 were separated by a total of 911 days.
attacks on the U.S. and the attacks in Madrid occurred
In any case, there is no evidence that whoever was responsible for the Madrid bombings deliberately planned them to take place on a numerically significant date.
www.snopes.com /rumors/madrid.asp   (586 words)

  
 9/11 war games before and during the attacks
Just before September 11, the UK had put together what was billed as the "largest armada since the Falklands War" and had it steaming towards Oman, where now 23,000 UK troops are on maneuvers.
On September 11, 2001, Richard B. Meyers, the acting Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has thus far claimed he was in a meeting with Senator Max Cleland, and was “unaware” of the ongoing 9/11 attacks until after the Pentagon was struck.
The exercises differed from the Sept. 11 attacks in one important respect: The planes in the simulation were coming from a foreign country.
www.oilempire.us /wargames.html   (14192 words)

  
 Untitled Document
As I thought about it, aside from the incomprehensible feeling of the attack itself, the most shocking thing to me was that I could see the plane was a regular sized, American Airlines flight.
I have to say that Americans’ reaction to this attack has been as positive and strong as the attack was terrifying.
May the soul of the people who died in the attack rest in peace and may the Lord comfort their families.
depts.washington.edu /uweek/archives/2001.10.OCT_04/_article9.html   (1581 words)

  
 911Truth.org ::::: The 9/11 Truth Movement   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
In 1999, two years before the September 11 attacks, presidential candidate George W. Bush was already talking about the political benefits of attacking Iraq, according to his former ghost writer, Mickey Herskowitz.
Bush's former Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill recounted that at their first Cabinet meeting in January, 2001, Iraq oil concession maps were circulated and discussed and that Bush baldly told them to "find me a way" to take Iraq.
But then we must remember that the Commission Report did conclude that, "Ultimately the question [of who funded 9/11] is of little practical significance" and thus assure us that the classic investigatory follow-the-money technique is now obsolete and we shouldn't trouble our little heads with such details today.
www.911truth.org /article.php?story=20041221155307646   (2228 words)

  
 Suppressed Details of Criminal Insider Trading Lead Directly Into The CIA's Highest Ranks   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
In the case of at least one of these trades -- which has left a $2.5 million prize unclaimed -- the firm used to place the "put options" on United Airlines stock was, until 1998, managed by the man who is now in the number three Executive Director position at the Central Intelligence Agency.
Assuming that 4,000 of the options were bought by people with advance knowledge of the imminent attacks, these "insiders" would have profited by almost $5 million.
Assuming that 2,000 of these options contracts were bought based upon knowledge of the approaching attacks, their purchasers could have profited by at least $1.2 million.
www.fromthewilderness.com /free/ww3/10_09_01_krongard.html   (1700 words)

  
 Democracy Now! | Final 9/11 Commission Hearing: Chaos, Miscommunication Left U.S. Woefully Unprepared For Sept. 11 ...
Plagued by miscommunication and confusion, U.S. aviation and military officials were entirely unprepared for the Sept. 11 attacks in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania, the 9/11 Commission reported Thursday.
Relatives of Sept. 11 victims attending the hearing listened through tears to recordings of hijackers' voices, which were captured in radio transmissions and picked up by air traffic controllers.
NORAD and the FAA were unprepared for the type of attacks launched against the United States on September 11, 2001.
www.democracynow.org /article.pl?sid=04/06/18/1412250   (2201 words)

  
 Comments on 10034 | MetaFilter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The accords were signed on 17 Sept 78, but the conference in which they were signed was held from the 5th to the 17th.
Also, these types of attacks were always possible: the empire state building in '45 and the bombings throughout the '90s.
The response to such an attack must be as definite and strong as any one would give in open battle.
www.metafilter.com /mefi/10034   (13444 words)

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