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- The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a multi-national coalition in an invasion of Afghanistan after the Taliban government was unable to extradite Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden within 24 hours.
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3 days ago · The hijacked United Airlines Flight 175 approaching the South Tower (left) as the North Tower (right) burns next to it. The September 11 attacks of 2001, in addition to being a unique act of terrorism, constituted a media event on a scale not seen since the advent of civilian global satellite links.
4 days ago · This digital exhibition reconstructs what the U.S. government knew about Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda in the years prior to the 9/11 attacks, and the 10 years of inter-agency efforts that led to the raid on bin Laden's Abbottabad compound.
3 days ago · 9/11 was one of the deadliest terrorist attacks of the 21st century. In the aftermath of the tragic World Trade Center attacks in New York, the US civil aviation regulator shut down the airspace. Consequently, the Canadian authorities initiated Operation Yellow Ribbon to help manage flight diversions coming to the United States.
4 days ago · September 11 – Suicide attacks on the U.S. kill more than 3,000 people and destroy the two towers of the World Trade Center and part of the Pentagon, using three hijacked passenger airliners as cruise missiles, with a fourth, also hijacked, crashing in a field in Pennsylvania.
3 days ago · The other is the case against the five men accused of plotting the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. The Trial. The current judge has set a trial date of Oct. 6, 2025, a week before the 25th...
4 days ago · On September 11, 2001, nineteen terrorists hijacked four commercial airplanes. Two planes, American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175, crashed into the North and South Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City.
5 days ago · Although there were no direct attacks against the regime either at home or abroad, al-Qaeda staged a number of violent attacks against U.S. targets throughout the world. These attacks culminated in the September 11 terrorist attacks in 2001, a majority of whose participants were citizens of Saudi Arabia.
