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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]]. | |||
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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. | ||
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*The event is considered "The Day That Changed America". | *The event is considered "The Day That Changed America". | ||
*Ted Olsen, whose wife died during the attack, was born on September 11, 1940. | *Ted Olsen, whose wife died during the attack, was born on September 11, 1940. | ||
*Pornograpic actor | *Pornograpic actor Lexington Steele (real name: Clifton Britt) worked as a stock broker before entering pornography and was employed by Oppenheimer Financial, which operated out of the Twin Towers. Steele first entered pornography in 2001, and says that, had he not decided to change careers and kept working as a stock broker, he would have been killed in the attack. | ||
**Another celebrity who was almost killed in the attacks was | **Another celebrity who was almost killed in the attacks was Seth MacFarlane, best known as the creator of the adult cartoon ''Family Guy''. MacFarlane was supposed to return to Los Angeles on American Airlines Flight 11 - one of the four planes hijacked - from Boston after giving a speech at the Rhode Island School of Design the previous day, but his travel agent got departure time for the flight mixed up, causing him to arrive ten minutes late; by that time, the gate had closed. | ||
*The attack occured on the 28th anniversary of [[Augusto Pinochet]]'s ''coup d'etat'' in Chile. | *The attack occured on the 28th anniversary of [[Augusto Pinochet]]'s ''coup d'etat'' in Chile. | ||
*The attacks surpassed [[the Oklahoma City Bombing]] as the deadliest terrorist attack to occur on American soil. | *The attacks surpassed [[the Oklahoma City Bombing]] as the deadliest terrorist attack to occur on American soil. | ||