Three planes commandeered by unknown, knife wielding hijackers slammed into the Pentagon and New York's landmark World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. The twin disaster at the World Trade Center happened shortly before 9am (1300GMT) and then right around 9am. Heavy black smoke billowed into the sky above the gaping holes in the side of the twin towers, one of New York city¡¯s most famous landmarks, and one of the city¡¯s busiest work areas. Rescue teams in New York City and at the pentagon continue to look for survivors. Meanwhile, investigators search for those responsible. Hundreds of firefighters and police are missing and feared dead after trying to rescue others.
President Bush, speaking after a day that saw America reel under its worst attack since the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, vowed to stand firm against terrorism and bring the perpetrators to justice. The twin 110 story World Trade Center towers, which drew as many as 40,000 people per day, lay toppled and in ruins. The Pentagon, the nerve center of the nation's military, was severely damaged with flames still burning late into Tuesday night. The News quoted sources as saying at least 800 died when the passenger jet slammed in
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The reasons are many and they may have contributed to making the United States the target of the worst-ever-terrorist attack on its own soil. But if we slip up badly now, in our haste, over how we respond to this whole mess, we may very well find ourselves doing exactly that. It's been said that violence is the last refuge of the incompetent. War is not something civilized people should use just to make they temporarily feel better. Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz, speaking at the Pentagon, hinted the United States was prepared to mount a campaign of massive proportion to take out terrorist organizations and the states that may be providing them aid and comfort. He has been implicated in a series of attacks on and plots against U. He did this to anger us and to force us, in our rage, to attack and destroy him. I think we must not allow ourselves to be his tool, or his instrument, no matter how hurt and angry we are right now. President Bush has been consulting with military and national security advisers regularly since Tuesday's events, but he refused to tip his hand Thursday when pressed by reporters, saying only that the United States planned to act. He has been living as a "guest" of Afghanistan's Taliban authorities for several years and fears that the U.
To win the next round all that needs to happen is for us to kill a few "innocent" Muslims in our retaliation against him, and he'll be able to claim that we are no better than he is. Military preparations are moving into high gear, not just for any immediate strike, but for the operations that may come later. Bin Laden has denied that he was himself involved in those attacks but nonetheless has said he supports the actions of those who carried them out. Islam is the second largest monotheistic religion on this planet.
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