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|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

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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 [[: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]]

|type = {{unbulleted list |[[:wikipedia:en:Aircraft hijacking|Aircraft hijackings]] |[[Suicide Bombing|Suicide attacks]] |[[~~:wikipedia:en:Mass murder|Mass murder~~]] |Terrorism}}

|type = {{unbulleted list |[[:wikipedia:en:Aircraft hijacking|Aircraft hijackings]] |[[Suicide Bombing|Suicide attacks]] |[[Genocide]] |Terrorism}}

|target = {{unbulleted list |[[:wikipedia:en:World Trade Center (1973–2001)|World Trade Center]] ([[: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]] ([[:wikipedia:en:United Airlines Flight 93|UA 93]]; failed)}}

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

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|partof = [[:wikipedia:en:terrorism in the United States]]

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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 [[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]].

{{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]].

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.

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*[[Abdulaziz al-Omari]]

*[[Satam al-Suqami]]

===United Airlines Flight 175===

*[[Marwan Al-Shehhi]] (Pilot)

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*[[Hamza al-Ghamdi]]

*[[Ahmed al-Ghamdi]]

===American Airlines Flight 77===

*[[Hani Hanjour]] (Pilot)

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*[[Nawaf al-Hazmi]]

*[[Salem al-Hazmi]]

===United Airlines Flight 93===

* [[Ziad Jarrah]] (Pilot)

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* [[Ahmed al-Nami]]

* [[Saeed al-Ghamdi]] (Co-pilot)

== Background==

===Al-Qaeda===

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 |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
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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]]
-|type = {{unbulleted list |[[:wikipedia:en:Aircraft hijacking|Aircraft hijackings]] |[[Suicide Bombing|Suicide attacks]] |[[:wikipedia:en:Mass murder|Mass murder]] |Terrorism}}
+|type = {{unbulleted list |[[:wikipedia:en:Aircraft hijacking|Aircraft hijackings]] |[[Suicide Bombing|Suicide attacks]] |[[Genocide]] |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)}}
 |fatalities = 2,996{{nbsp|1}}{{smaller|(2,977 victims + 19&nbsp;hijackers)}}
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 |partof = [[:wikipedia:en:terrorism in the United States]]
 |numparts = 19
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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 [[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]].
-{{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 <span style="display:inline-block;font-size:15px;line-height:18px;width:auto;">kamikaze</span> 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.
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 *[[Abdulaziz al-Omari]]
 *[[Satam al-Suqami]]
 ===United Airlines Flight 175===
 *[[Marwan Al-Shehhi]] (Pilot)
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 *[[Hamza al-Ghamdi]]
 *[[Ahmed al-Ghamdi]]
 ===American Airlines Flight 77===
 *[[Hani Hanjour]] (Pilot)
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 *[[Nawaf al-Hazmi]]
 *[[Salem al-Hazmi]]
 ===United Airlines Flight 93===
 * [[Ziad Jarrah]] (Pilot)
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 * [[Ahmed al-Nami]]
 * [[Saeed al-Ghamdi]] (Co-pilot)
 == Background==
 ===Al-Qaeda===