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{{Infobox civilian attack

|title = September 11 attacks

|image_size = 250px

|image = 9-11.jpg

|alt = 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

|caption = {{unbulleted list|style=white-space:nowrap; |{{longitem|''Top row:'' The Twin Towers of the [[World Trade Center (1973–2001)|World Trade Center]] burning}}|{{longitem|''2nd row, left to right:'' Collapsed section of [[the Pentagon]]; [[United Airlines Flight 175|Flight 175]] crashes into 2 WTC}}|{{longitem|''3rd row, left to right:'' A firefighter requests assistance at [[World Trade Center site]]; [[Ground Zero]]; An engine from [[United Airlines Flight 93|Flight 93]] is recovered}} |{{longitem|''Bottom row:'' [[American Airlines Flight 77|Flight 77]]'s collision with the Pentagon as captured by three consecutive [[Closed-circuit television|CCTV]] frames}}}}

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|location = {{unbulleted list|style=white-space:nowrap; | [[Manhattan]], New York, U.S.; |[[Arlington County, Virginia]], U.S.; |[[Stonycreek Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania|Stonycreek Township]] near [[Shanksville, Pennsylvania]], U.S.}}

|date = {{nowrap|{{Age in years, months and days|2001|09|11}} ago}}

|time = 8:46 – 10:28 a.m.

|timezone = [[Eastern Time Zone|EDT]]

|type = {{unbulleted list |[[Aircraft hijacking]]s |[[Suicide attack]]s |[[Mass murder]] |Terrorism}}

|target = {{unbulleted list |[[World Trade Center (1973–2001)|World Trade Center]] ([[American Airlines Flight 11|AA 11]] and [[United Airlines Flight 175|UA 175]]) | [[The Pentagon]] ([[American Airlines Flight 77|AA 77]]) | [[White House]] or [[United States Capitol|U.S. Capitol]] ([[United Airlines Flight 93|UA 93]]; failed)}}

|fatalities = 2,996{{nbsp|1}}{{smaller|(2,977 victims + 19 hijackers)}}

|injuries = 6,000+

|perps = {{longitem |{{nowrap|[[Al-Qaeda]]<ref name="cbc-2004" />}} {{smaller|(see also [[Responsibility for the September 11 attacks|responsibility]] and [[Hijackers in the September 11 attacks|hijackers]])}} }}

|partof = [[terrorism in the United States]]

|numparts = 19

}}

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The '''September 11 attacks''', also commonly known 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 [http://real-life-villains.wikia.com/wiki/Osama_Bin_Laden Osama Bin Laden] - it involved the use of passenger planes as weapons in a forced-suicide attack similar to the famous "[http://real-life-villains.wikia.com/wiki/Kamikaze kamikaze]" pilots of [[World War II]]. No end of conspiracy theories have been spawned by the attacks, the most common being that the United States government itself carried it out and pinned it on Islamic terrorists to justify invading the Middle East for its oil.