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== Background == | == Background == | ||
During [[Operation Cyclone]], the USA funded Islamic extremists in [[Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (1978–1992)|Afghanistan]] to fight against the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)|Soviet Union]] and [[People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan|PDPA]]. These [[mujahideen]] groups later became al-Qaeda, which the USA backed against [[Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1992–2006)|Yugoslavia]] and the [[Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (1977–2011)|Libyan Arab Jamahiriya]].<ref name=":0" /> | During [[Operation Cyclone]], the USA funded Islamic extremists in [[Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (1978–1992)|Afghanistan]] to fight against the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)|Soviet Union]] and [[People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan|PDPA]]. These [[mujahideen]] groups later became al-Qaeda, which the USA backed against [[Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1992–2006)|Yugoslavia]] and the [[Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (1977–2011)|Libyan Arab Jamahiriya]].<ref name=":0" /> | ||
In April 2023, a released court document (a declaration by an Office for Military Commissions investigator into 9/11) revealed that two of the culprits in the attacks, who were onboard the planes, were CIA recruits in training.<ref>{{Web citation|author=Kit Klarenberg|newspaper=The Grayzone|title=Bombshell filing: 9/11 hijackers were CIA recruits|date=2023-04-18|url=https://thegrayzone.com/2023/04/18/9-11-hijackers-cia-recruits/}}</ref> | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
[[Category:History of the USA]] | [[Category:History of the USA]] | ||
Revision as of 15:10, 25 April 2023
The September 11 attacks, often shortened to 9/11, were a series of suicide attacks carried out by al-Qaeda against civilian and government targets in the United States on September 11, 2001. The attackers hijacked four commercial planes, flying the first two into the World Trade Center in New York City and another into the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, while the last plane (which was intended to hit the White House) crashed into a field in Pennsylvania due to a passenger revolt. The attacks caused a total of 2,996 deaths including the 19 hijackers. Following the attacks, the U.S. Congress severely limited civil liberties and launched an NSA campaign of mass surveillance through the PATRIOT Act. The U.S. military began invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan even though most of the 9/11 hijackers were from Saudi Arabia,[1] and on May 2, 2011, Osama bin Laden (founder and General Emir of al-Qaeda) himself was discovered and killed in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
Background
During Operation Cyclone, the USA funded Islamic extremists in Afghanistan to fight against the Soviet Union and PDPA. These mujahideen groups later became al-Qaeda, which the USA backed against Yugoslavia and the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya.[1]
In April 2023, a released court document (a declaration by an Office for Military Commissions investigator into 9/11) revealed that two of the culprits in the attacks, who were onboard the planes, were CIA recruits in training.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Aaron Good, Ben Howard, Peter Dale Scott (2021-09-11). "The Twenty Year Shadow of 9/11: U.S. Complicity in the Terror Spectacle and the Urgent Need to End It" CovertAction Magazine. Archived from the original on 2022-11-21. Retrieved 2022-12-24.
- ↑ Kit Klarenberg (2023-04-18). "Bombshell filing: 9/11 hijackers were CIA recruits" The Grayzone.