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At around 9:30 pm on September 11, 2001, George Tenet, director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) told President George W. Bush and U.S. senior officials that the CIA's Counterterrorism Center had determined that Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda were responsible for the September 11 attacks.
September 11 attacks. The September 11 attacks, commonly known as 9/11, [e] were four coordinated Islamist suicide terrorist attacks carried out by al-Qaeda against the United States on September 11, 2001. That morning, 19 terrorists hijacked four commercial airliners scheduled to travel from the East Coast to California.
The eruption of Al-Aqsa intifada in Palestine in 2000 became a powerful inspiration for bin Laden to launch the raids of September 11. As the intifada escalated, bin Laden issued directives to Khalid Sheikh Muhammad and Muhammad Atta to launch the execution of the attacks at an earlier date, on at least two occasions.
May 4, 2024 · Washington, D.C. Participants: al-Qaeda. Context: Iraq War. USA PATRIOT Act. Afghanistan War. Homeland Security Act. Major Events: American Airlines flight 77. On the Web: ABC News - Three ways terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 changed our world (May 04, 2024) (Show more) Recent News. Apr. 26, 2024, 2:21 AM ET (New York Times)
Aug 3, 2021 · On Tuesday 11 September 2001 suicide attackers seized US passenger jets and crashed them into two New York skyscrapers, killing thousands of people. The attack remains one of the most...
Sep 11, 2001 · September 11 attacks, Series of airline hijackings and suicide bombings against U.S. targets perpetrated by 19 militants associated with the Islamic extremist group al-Qaeda. The attacks were planned well in advance; the militants—most of whom were from Saudi Arabia—traveled to the U.S. beforehand, where a number received commercial flight ...
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