“‘9/11’ is shorthand for four coordinated terrorist attacks carried out by al-Qaeda, an Islamist extremist group, that occurred on the morning of September 11, 2001. The attacks killed 2,977 people.” – “FAQ about 9/11,” 911memorial.org, accessed on June 20, 2019 […]
9/11/2001
“[I Want] best info fast. Judge whether good enough hit S.H. [Saddam Hussein] at same time. Not only UBL [Usama bin Laden]. Go massive. Sweep it all up. Things related and not.’ [quote from] Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld’s reaction to news of the September 11 attacks, as of 2:40 p.m. that day, according to notes […]
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On the afternoon of September 11, 2001, President Bush spoke from Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska with his advisers in Washington, D.C., via videoconference. “Bush understood it [the terror threat] was not going to end and that his presidency as he knew it was over. ‘We are at a war against terror,’ he declared. […]
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On the afternoon of September 11, 2001, President Bush spoke from Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska with his advisers in Washington, D.C. via videoconference. CIA Director George “Tenet told him it did indeed look as if al-Qaeda were responsible [for the terrorist attacks]. A check of the manifests of the four hijacked planes had […]
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On the afternoon of September 11, 2001, President Bush spoke from Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska with his advisers in Washington, D.C., via videoconference. ” ‘We’re at war,’ Bush began. ‘We will find these people and they will suffer the consequence of taking on this nation. We will do what it takes.’ ” – […]
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A few hours after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, President Bush spoke with CIA briefer Michael Morell. ” ‘Who do you think did this?’ Bush asked. ‘There are two terror states capable, Iran and Iraq, but both have everything to lose and nothing to gain,’ Morell said. ‘If I had to guess I’d […]
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On the morning of September 11, 2001, a military aide reported to Vice President Dick Cheney that the hijacked United Airlines Flight 93 was approaching Washington, D.C., and asked whether it should be shot down. “In ‘the time it takes a batter to swing,’ as [vice presidential Chief of Staff] Scooter Libby put it, Cheney […]
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” ‘We don’t foresee an attack against us,’ said the Taliban foreign minister [Wakil Ahmed Muttawakil on the evening of September 11, 2001], ‘because there is no reason for it.’ ” – Donald Rumsfeld, Known and Unknown, Page 362 […]
9/11/2001
“Responding to news reporting that the Taliban had aided the 9/11 plotters, Taliban leaders issued a cynical statement [on the evening of September 11, 2001]. ‘Mullah Omar condemns this act,’ it said. ‘Mullah Omar says Osama is not responsible. We have brought peace to this country [Afghanistan] and we want peace in all countries.’ ” […]
9/11/2001
Despite warnings such as the August 6, 2001, President’s Daily Briefing which claimed Osama bin Laden planned to attack the United States, President “Bush did not publicly mention al Qaeda between August 6 [2001] and September 11.” – Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Bin Laden’s Legacy, Page 31 […]