September 11 Attacks timeline
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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.... Read more
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Hijacked American Airlines Flights 11 and 175 Crash into the World Trade Center's North and South Towers, Destroying Both
Tuesday, September 11, 2001, dawned temperate and nearly cloudless in the eastern United States. Millions of men and women readied themselves for... Read more
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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... Read more
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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... Read more
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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... Read more
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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... Read more
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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... Read more
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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... Read more
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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... Read more
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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... Read more
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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... Read more
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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... Read more
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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... Read more
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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... Read more
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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,... Read more
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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... Read more
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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... Read more
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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... Read more
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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... Read more
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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... Read more
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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,... Read more