September 11 Attacks Events

2001 Sep 11 American Airlines Flight 77 Crashes into Pentagon
American Airlines Flight 77 was the third flight hijacked as part of the September 11 attacks, and it was deliberately crashed into the Pentagon. The scheduled U.S. domestic flight from W...
2001 Sep 11 Hijacked American Airlines Flights 11 and 175 Crash into the World Trade Center's North and South Towers, Destroying Both
This was one of those events where I remembered exactly where I was and what I was doing. I had arrived at my office at 541 N. Fairbanks in Chicago when my wife called to tell me that a p...
2001 Sep 11 United Airlines Flight 93 Crashes in Pennsylvania Field
United Airlines Flight 93 was a United States domestic passenger flight from Newark International Airport in Newark, NJ, to San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, CA, that ...
2001 Oct CIA Learns of bin Laden Courrier, Abu Ahmed al-Kuwaiti
Shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, detainees in the CIA's secret prison network told interrogators about an important courier with the nom de guerre Abu Ahmed al-Kuwaiti...
2001 Oct 7 United States Invades Afghanistan
President George Bush and Tony Blair yesterday warned the Taliban regime in Afghanistan in the starkest terms that preparations for the war against them were complete and attacks could be...
2003 Mar 20
to 2003 May 1
 United States Invades Iraq
The 2003 invasion of Iraq, from March 20 to May 1, 2003, was spearheaded by the United States, backed by British forces and smaller contingents from Australia, Spain, Poland and Denmark. ...
2003 Apr Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Under Interrogation, Revealed that He Was Aquainted with al-Kuwaiti
According to an American official familiar with his interrogation, Mr. Mohammed was first asked about Mr. Kuwaiti in the fall of 2003, months after the waterboarding. He acknowledged havi...
2004 Jan 22 Key CIA Prisoner Hassan Ghul Detained by Kurdish Police
One official said Ghul was "definitely in Iraq to promote an Al Qaeda, Islamic extremist agenda." Ghul is described by officials as a facilitator known in terrorist circles as "the Gateke...
2005 May 2 Key CIA Prisoner Abu Faraj al-Libbi Arrested by Pakistani's Inter-Services Intelligence
The Pakistani military, working with the U.S. military and U.S. intelligence, has captured Abu Farraj al-Libbi, a man both U.S. and Pakistani officials believe is the current operations d...
2006 Sep 9 Abu Faraj al Libi Transferred to Guantànamo Bay
Mr. Libi [was] transferred from a secret C.I.A. prison to Guantánamo Bay in September 2006, discusses his interactions with a courier for Bin Laden — who is identified in the document by ...
2007 U.S. Interrogators Learn al-Kuwaiti's Real Name
“We knew that it was likely that if we were ever to get Osama bin Laden, it would be because we somehow came upon somebody closely associated with him that he trusted,” said Charles D. St...
2009 Sep 25 Najibullah Zazi, Suspected of 9/11 Bombing Plot, Arrives in New York
The divorce lawyer representing the Colorado man charged with conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction is assembling a defense team for New York criminal proceedings. Attorney Ar...
2010 Aug CIA Officials Locate Osama bin Laden's Compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan
The National Security Agency reportedly tracked phone calls between the courier Abu Ahmed al-Kuwaiti's relatives in the Persian Gulf to all numbers in Pakistan. And NSA surveillance event...
2011 Apr 24 Al-Kuwaiti's Supposed Fake Name Appears in Document Released by WikiLeaks
According to the document, Libi fled to Peshawar in Pakistan and was living there in 2003 when he was asked to become one of Bin Laden's messengers. The document says: "In July 2003, deta...
2011 May 1 US Forces Kill Osama Bin Laden
WASHINGTON — Osama bin Laden, the mastermind of the most devastating attack on American soil in modern times and the most hunted man in the world, was killed in a firefight with United St...
2011 May 2 Department of Homeland Security Releases Bulletin Detailing Evidence of Possible 9/11 Anniversary Attack
An early read of the materials seized from Osama bin Laden's compound has not yet produced evidence of a specific, imminent terror plot against the U.S., but does show the group continues...
2011 May 5 President Obama Honors Victims of September 11 Attacks
Four days after U.S. forces killed al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, President Barack Obama visited New York City to pay tribute to those killed in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks...
2011 May 6 President Obama Pays Tribute to Special Forces Unit in bin Laden Raid
With his job approval ratings up and even Republican critics congratulating him for the bin Laden operation, Obama paid tribute to the elite military team in a secrecy-shrouded meeting at...
2011 May 11 Noam Chomsky Speaks at Nottingham High School on Opposition to bin Laden Killing
More than 1,000 people showed up at Nottingham High School on Wednesday to hear linguist and political analyst Noam Chomsky speak about American foreign policy, public education and how i...
2011 Sep 8 Release of New Audio Recordings from September 11 Attacks
"Did you just say somethin' hit the World Trade Center?" an incredulous military official asked shortly after the beginning of America's terrorism nightmare on September 11, 2001. Minu...
2011 Sep 10 Dedication of Flight 93 Memorial
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush are helping dedicate a memorial Saturday near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, where United Flight 93 crashed...