I remember I was staying with my parents and we just got a new digital cable box.
I wake up around 9:15am and turned on Comedy Central to see the World Trade Center buildings on fire. I thought it was a joke. I asked my dad what the heck happened.
The attack was inspired by men radicalized by the noise of Osama Bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahri. The 19 men dressed like normal travelers. They got on planes leaving Boston Logan, Newark Liberty and Reagan and hijacked the planes mid-flight. The first airline crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center. As the New York authorities were trying to rescue those trapped in the building, another airline crashed into the South Tower. By that time, President George W. Bush was notified of the attack on New York. He abruptly left a Florida school during a reading session.
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| George W. Bush saw his popularity rise after he allowed a terrorist attack happen under his watch. |
During his briefing, another plane would crash into the Pentagon. The Pentagon was not destroyed but it sustained heavy damage. By that time Vice President Dick Cheney was notified to evacuate the White House and Observatory Circle. Congress was also notified and had to take evacuations.
The news was zeroed in on the World Trade Center. All the cable channels went to live coverage. CNN was the first network to report the airline crashing into the towers.
On top of that, the FAA and U.S. military were notified to close off airspace and border crossings. The final plane was expected to hit Congress was averted by the victims. They managed to restrain several hijackers. The final plane would end up aborting by crashing into rural Pennsylvania. The hijacker deliberately crashed the plane to prevent them from taking back control.
Palestine, which has sunk under military occupation for more than 80 years. The British handed over Palestine, with your help and your support, to the Jews, who have occupied it for more than 50 years; years overflowing with oppression, tyranny, crimes, killing, expulsion, destruction and devastation. The creation and continuation of Israel is one of the greatest crimes, and you are the leaders of its criminals. And of course there is no need to explain and prove the degree of American support for Israel. The creation of Israel is a crime which must be erased. Each and every person whose hands have become polluted in the contribution towards this crime must pay its price, and pay for it heavily.
It brings us both laughter and tears to see that you have not yet tired of repeating your fabricated lies that the Jews have a historical right to Palestine, as it was promised to them in the Torah. Anyone who disputes with them on this alleged fact is accused of anti-semitism. This is one of the most fallacious, widely-circulated fabrications in history. The people of Palestine are pure Arabs and original Semites. It is the Muslims who are the inheritors of Moses (peace be upon him) and the inheritors of the real Torah that has not been changed. Muslims believe in all of the Prophets, including Abraham, Moses, Jesus and Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allah be upon them all. If the followers of Moses have been promised a right to Palestine in the Torah, then the Muslims are the most worthy nation of this.
When the Muslims conquered Palestine and drove out the Romans, Palestine and Jerusalem returned to Islaam, the religion of all the Prophets peace be upon them. Therefore, the call to a historical right to Palestine cannot be raised against the Islamic Ummah that believes in all the Prophets of Allah (peace and blessings be upon them) - and we make no distinction between them.
The blood pouring out of Palestine must be equally revenged. You must know that the Palestinians do not cry alone; their women are not widowed alone; their sons are not orphaned alone.
He said that American influence on policies have brought poverty, war and economic disruption. Al Qaeda vowed to cripple the government and financial markets.
Al Qaeda said the U.S. will waste all its resources trying to stop them. They also noted that American Muslims and those who live in Europe, Australia and Africa will come to their aid and join them. They said the U.S. will be so paranoid of a terrorist attack, they will destroy the very freedoms they're trying to protect.
He called on Americans to abandon the perversion of sins.
He said that electing leaders who use fear and manipulation to paint Muslims as terrorists cry victim when the finger is pointed at them.
A lot of grievances and of course, he response is to basically send others to do something he never would have done.
Bin Laden did not fly the jets, operated the motorboats, drove the cars or beheaded the hostages. Yet, his influence on Muslims made him as guilty as those who did the acts.
Nonetheless, his letter to America was a clear example to why Israel and its occupation of people contributed to the attacks on the West.
George W. Bush declared war on Afghanistan after the nation refused to handover al Qaeda leaders and funders. The war started in December 2001 and ended in August 2021.
The U.S. overthrown the Taliban and it held them out until the U.S. forces formally left.
The Taliban regained control shortly after U.S. forces left.
The Republicans used the Afghanistan war to promote Islamophobia, hatred of immigrants and called anti-war protesters, "traitors" and "enemies of the state." Fox led the way to generating public option and threw culture wars into the public discourse. It led to many noise makers using freedom and liberty as it was their rightful ownership.
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| The passengers managed to sacrifice their lives to save others. Shanksville, Pennsylvania is the site of the final airliner crash. |
Republicans would soon encourage the public to fight the war in Iraq. The U.S. was misled by allegations that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction and allied with al Qaeda. That led us to a 8 year war that ended in 2011.
When Barack Obama ran for president, he promised that he wouldn't rest until the leaders of al-Qaeda were captured or killed. His political rivals thought he was naive and foolish at the time. They were wrong.
After a landslide election, Obama was elected to be president. As the successor of George W. Bush, Obama inherited two wars, an economic crisis and congressional gridlock.
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| The Pentagon was hit shortly after New York. |
George W. Bush ignored the Richard Clarke warnings. He ignored the Bill Clinton memos. He wanted to chart his own goals. He should have been impeached for that.
Now 24 years later, our current president, Donald J. Trump, Vice President JD Vance, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin and Washington, DC mayor Muriel Bowser are honoring the memories of those lost on 9/11/2001 and 9/11/2012.
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| Osama bin Laden and Ayman Al-Zawahri were killed by U.S. |
The Trump Administration so far has been the least focused on national security.
However, we are on the brink of World War III and a civil war at home.
Former president Joe Biden ordered the killing of al-Zawahri in 2022. The former leader stayed in an apartment in Kabul, Afghanistan. The death really shook al-Qaeda and they have no strong voices to inspire attacks.
Biden finally ended the war in Afghanistan and Republicans led the way to criticizing and blaming the former president for the swifty evacuations and attack on 13 military members being killed by a suicide bomber. Trump had negotiated the removal in 2000. He withheld the information from Biden during transition.
It lead to a messy withdrawal and the beginning of Biden's favorably with Americans.
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| Clinton, Bush, Obama, Biden and Trump led the country into endless chaos. |
A moment of clarity for all of us.
Trump will speak at the Pentagon today and address the Charlie Kirk assassination. Trump will be in New York City for a Yankees game.
Vance will likely be at World Trade Center with former president Joe Biden, former vice president Kamala Harris and former vice president Mike Pence.
Former president George W. Bush and Barack Obama will appear at one of the Sept. 11 events.






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