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| {{Mature}}{{Important}}{{Infobox civilian attack | | {{Mature}}{{Important}}{{Act of Villainy|location = New York City, New York, United States|date = September 11, 2001|perpetrator = [[Al-Qaeda]]|image=WTC smoking on 9-11.jpeg|motive = Jihad against America (successful)|crimes = Mass [[murder]]<br>[[Terrorism]]<br>Destruction of property<br>Hijacking}} |
| |title = September 11 attacks
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| | {{Quote|The target of the terrorists was not only New York and Washington but the very values of freedom, tolerance and decency which underpin our way of life.|British Prime Minister Tony Blair}}The '''September 11 attacks''', also commonly known and abbreviated as "'''9/11'''" refers to the infamous and tragic attack on the World Trade Center Twin Towers and Pentagon on September 11, 2001 by [[Militant Islam|militant Islamists]] loyal to [[Osama bin Laden|Osama Bin Laden]] - it involved the use of passenger planes as weapons in a forced-suicide attack similar to the famous kamikaze pilots of [[World War II]]. |
| |Image = 9-11.jpg
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| |acaption1 lt = A montage of eight images depicting, from top to bottom, the World Trade Center towers burning, the collapsed section of the Pentagon, the impact explosion in the South Tower, a rescue worker standing in front of rubble of the collapsed towers, an excavator unearthing a smashed jet engine, three frames of video depicting American Airlines Flight 77 hitting the Pentagon
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| |location = {{unbulleted list|style=white-space:nowrap; | [[:wikipedia:en:Manhattan|Manhattan]], New York, U.S.; |[[:wikipedia:en:Arlington County, Virginia|Arlington County, Virginia]], U.S.; |[[:wikipedia:en:Stonycreek Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania|Stonycreek Township]] near<br />[[:wikipedia:en:Shanksville, Pennsylvania|Shanksville, Pennsylvania]], U.S.}} | |
| |date = September 11, 2001 | |
| |time = 8:46 – 10:28 a.m. | |
| |timezone = [[:wikipedia:en:Eastern Time Zone|EDT]]
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| |type = {{unbulleted list |[[:wikipedia:en:Aircraft hijacking|Aircraft hijackings]] |[[Suicide Bombing|Suicide attacks]] |Mass [[murder]] |Terrorism}} | |
| |target = {{unbulleted list |[[:wikipedia:en:World Trade Center (1973–2001)|World Trade Center]]<br />([[:wikipedia:en:American Airlines Flight 11|AA 11]] and [[:wikipedia:en:United Airlines Flight 175|UA 175]]) | [[:wikipedia:en:The Pentagon|The Pentagon]] ([[:wikipedia:en:American Airlines Flight 77|AA 77]]) | [[:wikipedia:en:United States Capitol|U.S. Capitol]]<br />([[:wikipedia:en:United Airlines Flight 93|UA 93]]; failed)}}
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| |deaths = 2,996 <small>(2,977 victims + 19 hijackers)</small>
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| |non-fatal_injuries = 6,000+
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| |perps = [[Al-Qaeda]]
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| |partof = [[:wikipedia:en:terrorism in the United States]]
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| |numparts = 19
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| |name=Evil Acts}}{{Quote|The target of the terrorists was not only New York and Washington but the very values of freedom, tolerance and decency which underpin our way of life.|British Prime Minister [[wikipedia:Tony Blair|Tony Blair]]}}The '''September 11 attacks''', also commonly known and abbreviated as "'''9/11'''" refers to the infamous and tragic attack on the World Trade Center Twin Towers and Pentagon on September 11, 2001 by [[Militant Islam|militant Islamists]] loyal to [[Osama bin Laden|Osama Bin Laden]] - it involved the use of passenger planes as weapons in a forced-suicide attack similar to the famous kamikaze pilots of [[World War II]].
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| No end of conspiracy theories have been spawned by the attacks, the most common being that the United States government itself carried it out as a false flag operation and pinned it on Islamic terrorists to justify invading the Middle East for its oil. | | No end of conspiracy theories have been spawned by the attacks, the most common being that the United States government itself carried it out as a false flag operation and pinned it on Islamic terrorists to justify invading the Middle East for its oil. |