9/11 Terrorist Attacks

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9/11 Terrorist Attacks

An event on September 11, 2001, in which 19 al Qaeda terrorists flew two airplanes into the World Trade Center towers in New York and a third into the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. A fourth airplane failed to reach its target and crashed in Pennsylvania. Immediately after the attacks, which killed more than 2,000 people, U.S. President George W. Bush grounded all non-military airplanes and all stock exchanges in the United States were closed for several days. The attacks (and increased airport security that followed them) are thought to have hurt the airline industry. Additionally, stock prices fell significantly when markets re-opened; for example, the DJIA fell 685 points on September 17, 2001.

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Bush's presidency - launched the war on terror by invading Afghanistan on October 7, 2001 following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks which killed nearly 3,000 people in New York.

500,000 killed in US war on terror in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan

Summary: TEHRAN (FNA)- The authors of a new explosive book on 9/11 revealed a US government-wide cover-up of Saudi complicity in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, claiming that the CIA and Saudi Arabia conspired to keep 9/11 details secret.

US Govt.'s Cover-up of Saudi Complicity in 9/11 Revealed

According to US reports, in lawsuits filed in Nevada, California, New York and other states, MGM - whose Vegas resorts include the MGM Grand, Bellagio and Mandalay Bay - says that it has "no liability of any kind" to survivors or families of slain victims under a federal law enacted after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in New York.

MGM Resorts sues victims of Vegas terror attack

After the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, several airports diverted money from other important projects in order to make the upfront investment for in-line installation of explosive detection system (EDS) equipment, an activity that the airport said "is clearly a federal responsibility.

ORLANDO PARTIALLY REIMBURSED FOR FEDERAL SECURITY UPGRADES

Washington, Shawwal 12, 1437, July 17, 2016, SPA -- Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Adel bin Ahmed Al-Jubeir has stressed the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's welcome of the release of 28 confidential pages of the Congress report on September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, and the Kingdom's commitment to fight terrorism at home and abroad.

Saudi Foreign Minister welcomes disclosing of confidential pages of Congress report on September 11th attacks

The White House's Situation Room was never more tense than when President Obama and his National Security team watched live footage of the daring raid which finally saw Osama bin Laden punished for the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. This documentary tells the story of the world's biggest manhunt.

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THE US Embassy yesterday marked the tenth anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks against America in a sombre ceremony that paid tribute to those killed and renewed a pledge to fight terrorism.

An obligation to remember terrorist attacks of 9/11

Thirty "New York Remembers" exhibitions are being organized as part of a statewide recognition of the tenth anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

9/11 memorial goes on the road

The film focuses on subjects including the voting controversy in Florida in the 2000 presidential election and moves on to Bush's response to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, reports the Telegraph.

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Ban says such actions cannot be condoned by any religion.He points out that such actions contradict the efforts of the United Nations and many people around the world to promote tolerance, intercultural understanding and mutual respect between cultures and religions.The Florida-based religious group has threatened to burn the Quran on the anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States.

Ban Ki-moon is disturbed by threats to burn the Quran

Anti-American demonstrators protesting in Bangladesh after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks carried posters of Osama bin Laden sitting alongside Sesame Street character Bert.