Everyone came together in the days after the attacks, but in hindsight 9/11 looks like the moment when everything started to fall apart. Was 9/11 the beginning of the end for America? In the 22 years since the attacks, I’ve begun to worry that the answer to that question is …
Read More »20 years after 9/11, I no longer recognize my country. The US has become a malignant narcissist, infecting all it encounters: Opinion
It’s said we become stronger in the face of adversity, as the journey back requires a degree of self-reflection that encourages healing. In the two decades after September 11, however, the US has learned nothing about itself. I was raised as a military brat – a special category of American …
Read More »9/11 and Iraq: The Making of a Tragedy
Twenty years after the al-Qaeda attack on Sept. 11, 2001, the United States is still involved in a war in Iraq that it started. President George W. Bush was obsessed with the Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein and deliberately misled the American people about who was responsible for the 9/11 attack. …
Read More »Twenty years later, the 9/11 commemoration event takes place at ground zero in New York (Photos)
The 9/11 anniversary commemoration at ground zero has begun with a tolling bell and a moment of silence, exactly 20 years after the start of the deadliest terror attack on US soil. President Joe Biden, former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, members of Congress, and other dignitaries joined a …
Read More »Trump slams Afghan withdrawal on anniversary of 9/11 attacks
Former US President Donald Trump used the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks to slam the “inept administration” of Joe Biden for its “incompetence” over the Afghan withdrawal in a video message on Saturday. “This is a very sad day,” Trump said in the message, adding that September 11 “represents …
Read More »‘It’s time we expose the truth’: 9/11 families demand answers on anniversary
As the United States prepares to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks, families of the victims and others demand to know the truth about the deadliest strike on American soil and who was responsible for it. Faced with mounting pressure from 9/11 victims and their families, …
Read More »On television, 9/11 was last huge story for ‘Big 3’ US network anchors
“Turn on your television.” Those words were repeated in millions of homes on Sept. 11, 2001. Friends and relatives took to the telephone: Something awful was happening. You have to see. Before social media and with online news in its infancy, the story of the day when terrorists killed nearly …
Read More »Taliban holding 6 planes carrying Americans hostage: Congressman
The Taliban in Afghanistan is “holding hostage” six airplanes carrying American citizens and Afghan allies at an airport in the country, Republican Congressman Michael McCaul has revealed. McCaul, the top Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said on Sunday the airplanes have been at Mazar-i-Sharif International Airport in northern …
Read More »US Signals It Will Release Some Still-Secret Files on Saudi Arabia and 9/11: New York Times
The F.B.I. said it would review some long-classified documents for possible disclosure, a decision that followed a push by families of the attacks’ victims. The Biden administration, under pressure from families of victims of the Sept. 11 attacks, said on Monday that it intended to disclose some long-classified documents that …
Read More »FBI names Saudi diplomat suspected of aiding 9/11 hijackers
The FBI has accidentally revealed the name of a Saudi official suspected of providing crucial support to the 9/11 hijackers. The mistake was made in a declaration filed in federal court by Jill Sanborn, assistant director of the US intelligence agency’s counterterrorism division, in response to a lawsuit that accuses …
Read More »9/11 attacks: US to reveal key name in Saudi lawsuit.
The US Department of Justice has said it will reveal a key name sought by people suing Saudi Arabia for alleged involvement in the 9/11 attacks. It says the information will be shared with lawyers representing the victims’ families. It is unclear if the person’s identity will become public. Fifteen …
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