September 11 attacks - Revision history

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	<blockquote>''This article is about the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States. For the 11 September 1973 coup, see [[1973 Chilean coup d'état]].''</blockquote>[[File:9-11.png\|thumb\|The North Tower of the World Trade Center burning as a second plane approaches the South Tower]]		<blockquote>''This article is about the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States. For the 11 September 1973 coup, see [[1973 Chilean coup d'état]].''</blockquote>[[File:9-11.png\|thumb\|The North Tower of the World Trade Center burning as a second plane approaches the South Tower]]
	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 of America\|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, [[Commonwealth of Virginia\|Virginia]], while the last plane (which was intended to hit the White House) crashed into a field in [[Commonwealth of Pennsylvania\|Pennsylvania]] due to a passenger revolt. The attacks caused a total of 2,996 deaths including the 19 hijackers. Following the attacks, the [[United States Congress\|U.S. Congress]] severely limited civil liberties and launched an [[National Security Agency\|NSA]] campaign of mass surveillance through the [[PATRIOT Act]]. The [[United States Armed Forces\|U.S. military]] began invasions of [[Republic of Iraq\|Iraq]] and [[Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan\|Afghanistan]] even though most of the 9/11 hijackers were from [[Kingdom of Saudi Arabia\|Saudi Arabia]],<ref name=":0">{{Web citation\|author=Aaron Good, Ben Howard, Peter Dale Scott\|newspaper=[[CovertAction Magazine]]\|title=The Twenty Year Shadow of 9/11: U.S. Complicity in the Terror Spectacle and the Urgent Need to End It\|date=2021-09-11\|url=https://covertactionmagazine.com/2021/09/11/the-twenty-year-shadow-of-9-11-u-s-complicity-in-the-terror-spectacle-and-the-urgent-need-to-end-it/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221121012437/https://covertactionmagazine.com/2021/09/11/the-twenty-year-shadow-of-9-11-u-s-complicity-in-the-terror-spectacle-and-the-urgent-need-to-end-it/\|archive-date=2022-11-21\|retrieved=2022-12-24}}</ref> and on May 2, 2011, [[Osama bin Laden]] (founder and General Emir of al-Qaeda) himself [[Operation Neptune Spear\|was discovered and killed]] in Abbottabad, [[Islamic Republic of Pakistan\|Pakistan]].		The '''September 11 attacks''', often shortened to '''9/11''', were a series of suicide [[Terrorism\|terrorist]] attacks carried out by [[al-Qaeda]] against civilian and government targets in the [[United States of America\|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, [[Commonwealth of Virginia\|Virginia]], while the last plane (which was intended to hit the White House) crashed into a field in [[Commonwealth of Pennsylvania\|Pennsylvania]] due to a passenger revolt. The attacks caused a total of 2,996 deaths including the 19 hijackers. Following the attacks, the [[United States Congress\|U.S. Congress]] severely limited civil liberties and launched an [[National Security Agency\|NSA]] campaign of mass surveillance through the [[PATRIOT Act]]. The [[United States Armed Forces\|U.S. military]] began invasions of [[Republic of Iraq\|Iraq]] and [[Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan\|Afghanistan]] even though most of the 9/11 hijackers were from [[Kingdom of Saudi Arabia\|Saudi Arabia]],<ref name=":0">{{Web citation\|author=Aaron Good, Ben Howard, Peter Dale Scott\|newspaper=[[CovertAction Magazine]]\|title=The Twenty Year Shadow of 9/11: U.S. Complicity in the Terror Spectacle and the Urgent Need to End It\|date=2021-09-11\|url=https://covertactionmagazine.com/2021/09/11/the-twenty-year-shadow-of-9-11-u-s-complicity-in-the-terror-spectacle-and-the-urgent-need-to-end-it/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221121012437/https://covertactionmagazine.com/2021/09/11/the-twenty-year-shadow-of-9-11-u-s-complicity-in-the-terror-spectacle-and-the-urgent-need-to-end-it/\|archive-date=2022-11-21\|retrieved=2022-12-24}}</ref> and on May 2, 2011, [[Osama bin Laden]] (founder and General Emir of al-Qaeda) himself [[Operation Neptune Spear\|was discovered and killed]] in Abbottabad, [[Islamic Republic of Pakistan\|Pakistan]].

	== Background ==		== Background ==

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Disambiguation

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	[[File:9-11.png\|thumb\|The North Tower of the World Trade Center burning as a second plane approaches the South Tower]]		<blockquote>''This article is about the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States. For the 11 September 1973 coup, see [[1973 Chilean coup d'état]].''</blockquote>[[File:9-11.png\|thumb\|The North Tower of the World Trade Center burning as a second plane approaches the South Tower]]
	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 of America\|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, [[Commonwealth of Virginia\|Virginia]], while the last plane (which was intended to hit the White House) crashed into a field in [[Commonwealth of Pennsylvania\|Pennsylvania]] due to a passenger revolt. The attacks caused a total of 2,996 deaths including the 19 hijackers. Following the attacks, the [[United States Congress\|U.S. Congress]] severely limited civil liberties and launched an [[National Security Agency\|NSA]] campaign of mass surveillance through the [[PATRIOT Act]]. The [[United States Armed Forces\|U.S. military]] began invasions of [[Republic of Iraq\|Iraq]] and [[Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan\|Afghanistan]] even though most of the 9/11 hijackers were from [[Kingdom of Saudi Arabia\|Saudi Arabia]],<ref name=":0">{{Web citation\|author=Aaron Good, Ben Howard, Peter Dale Scott\|newspaper=[[CovertAction Magazine]]\|title=The Twenty Year Shadow of 9/11: U.S. Complicity in the Terror Spectacle and the Urgent Need to End It\|date=2021-09-11\|url=https://covertactionmagazine.com/2021/09/11/the-twenty-year-shadow-of-9-11-u-s-complicity-in-the-terror-spectacle-and-the-urgent-need-to-end-it/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221121012437/https://covertactionmagazine.com/2021/09/11/the-twenty-year-shadow-of-9-11-u-s-complicity-in-the-terror-spectacle-and-the-urgent-need-to-end-it/\|archive-date=2022-11-21\|retrieved=2022-12-24}}</ref> and on May 2, 2011, [[Osama bin Laden]] (founder and General Emir of al-Qaeda) himself [[Operation Neptune Spear\|was discovered and killed]] in Abbottabad, [[Islamic Republic of Pakistan\|Pakistan]].		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 of America\|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, [[Commonwealth of Virginia\|Virginia]], while the last plane (which was intended to hit the White House) crashed into a field in [[Commonwealth of Pennsylvania\|Pennsylvania]] due to a passenger revolt. The attacks caused a total of 2,996 deaths including the 19 hijackers. Following the attacks, the [[United States Congress\|U.S. Congress]] severely limited civil liberties and launched an [[National Security Agency\|NSA]] campaign of mass surveillance through the [[PATRIOT Act]]. The [[United States Armed Forces\|U.S. military]] began invasions of [[Republic of Iraq\|Iraq]] and [[Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan\|Afghanistan]] even though most of the 9/11 hijackers were from [[Kingdom of Saudi Arabia\|Saudi Arabia]],<ref name=":0">{{Web citation\|author=Aaron Good, Ben Howard, Peter Dale Scott\|newspaper=[[CovertAction Magazine]]\|title=The Twenty Year Shadow of 9/11: U.S. Complicity in the Terror Spectacle and the Urgent Need to End It\|date=2021-09-11\|url=https://covertactionmagazine.com/2021/09/11/the-twenty-year-shadow-of-9-11-u-s-complicity-in-the-terror-spectacle-and-the-urgent-need-to-end-it/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221121012437/https://covertactionmagazine.com/2021/09/11/the-twenty-year-shadow-of-9-11-u-s-complicity-in-the-terror-spectacle-and-the-urgent-need-to-end-it/\|archive-date=2022-11-21\|retrieved=2022-12-24}}</ref> and on May 2, 2011, [[Osama bin Laden]] (founder and General Emir of al-Qaeda) himself [[Operation Neptune Spear\|was discovered and killed]] in Abbottabad, [[Islamic Republic of Pakistan\|Pakistan]].

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	Flight 93 crashed in Somerset County, [[Commonwealth of Pennsylvania\|Pennsylvania]] at 10:03 a.m. after passengers took over the plane.<ref name=":1" />		Flight 93 crashed in Somerset County, [[Commonwealth of Pennsylvania\|Pennsylvania]] at 10:03 a.m. after passengers took over the plane.<ref name=":1" />

	== U.S. government involvement ==		== Alleged U.S. government involvement ==
	[[George W. Bush\|George Bush]] only authorized shooting down hijacked planes at 10:00 a.m., after three of the four planes had already crashed.<ref name=":1" />[[File:9-11 hijackers.png\|thumb\|Hijackers Nawaf al-Hazmi and Khalid al-Mihdhar, both CIA recruits]]		[[George W. Bush\|George Bush]] only authorized shooting down hijacked planes at 10:00 a.m., after three of the four planes had already crashed.<ref name=":1" />[[File:9-11 hijackers.png\|thumb\|Hijackers Nawaf al-Hazmi and Khalid al-Mihdhar, both CIA recruits]]
	In April 2023, a released court document (a declaration by an Office for Military Commissions investigator into 9/11) revealed that two of the hijackers were [[Central Intelligence Agency\|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> who had lived in [[State of California\|California]] with the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation\|FBI]] informant Abdussattar Shaikh in the summer of 2000.<ref>{{Web citation\|author=Joshua Shoenfeld\|newspaper=[[CovertAction Magazine]]\|title=Former DEA Agent Details How the CIA Concealed Identity of Two 9/11 Hijackers Granted Visas to the U.S. From the FBI\|date=2023-05-13\|url=https://covertactionmagazine.com/2023/05/13/former-dea-agent-details-how-the-cia-concealed-identity-of-two-9-11-hijackers-granted-visas-to-the-u-s-from-the-fbi/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513172018/https://covertactionmagazine.com/2023/05/13/former-dea-agent-details-how-the-cia-concealed-identity-of-two-9-11-hijackers-granted-visas-to-the-u-s-from-the-fbi/\|archive-date=2023-05-13}}</ref> While direct involvement from the CIA during the attack is difficult to establish, the document does note the CIA had lost track of their recruits in the US after giving them a visa allowing multiple entries, shortly after which the attacks happened. The CIA also prevented the FBI from investigating these two recruits and charging them.		In April 2023, a released court document (a declaration by an Office for Military Commissions investigator into 9/11) revealed that two of the hijackers were [[Central Intelligence Agency\|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> who had lived in [[State of California\|California]] with the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation\|FBI]] informant Abdussattar Shaikh in the summer of 2000.<ref>{{Web citation\|author=Joshua Shoenfeld\|newspaper=[[CovertAction Magazine]]\|title=Former DEA Agent Details How the CIA Concealed Identity of Two 9/11 Hijackers Granted Visas to the U.S. From the FBI\|date=2023-05-13\|url=https://covertactionmagazine.com/2023/05/13/former-dea-agent-details-how-the-cia-concealed-identity-of-two-9-11-hijackers-granted-visas-to-the-u-s-from-the-fbi/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513172018/https://covertactionmagazine.com/2023/05/13/former-dea-agent-details-how-the-cia-concealed-identity-of-two-9-11-hijackers-granted-visas-to-the-u-s-from-the-fbi/\|archive-date=2023-05-13}}</ref> While direct involvement from the CIA during the attack is difficult to establish, the document does note the CIA had lost track of their recruits in the US after giving them a visa allowing multiple entries, shortly after which the attacks happened. The CIA also prevented the FBI from investigating these two recruits and charging them.

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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" />

			== World Trade Center ==
			The first plane hit the World Trade Center at 8:46 a.m. <ref name=":1">{{Web citation\|author=[[Jeremy Kuzmarov]]\|newspaper=[[CovertAction Magazine]]\|title=Newly Declassified Documents Reveal that President George W. Bush Authorized Shootdown of Hijacked Airplanes on 9/11—But Only After Three Planes Had Already Crashed\|date=2022-01-22\|url=https://covertactionmagazine.com/2023/01/22/newly-declassified-documents-reveal-that-president-george-w-bush-authorized-shootdown-of-hijacked-airplanes-on-9-11-but-only-after-three-planes-had-already-crashed/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603152529/https://covertactionmagazine.com/2023/01/22/newly-declassified-documents-reveal-that-president-george-w-bush-authorized-shootdown-of-hijacked-airplanes-on-9-11-but-only-after-three-planes-had-already-crashed/\|archive-date=2023-06-03}}</ref>

			== Pentagon ==
			American Airlines Flight 77 hit the Pentagon at 9:37 a.m.<ref name=":1" />

			== Flight 93 ==
			Flight 93 crashed in Somerset County, [[Commonwealth of Pennsylvania\|Pennsylvania]] at 10:03 a.m. after passengers took over the plane.<ref name=":1" />

	== U.S. government involvement ==		== U.S. government involvement ==
	[[File:9-11 hijackers.png\|thumb\|Hijackers ~~Khalid~~ al-~~Mihdhar~~ and ~~Nawaf~~ al-~~Hazmi~~, both CIA recruits]]		[[George W. Bush\|George Bush]] only authorized shooting down hijacked planes at 10:00 a.m., after three of the four planes had already crashed.<ref name=":1" />[[File:9-11 hijackers.png\|thumb\|Hijackers Nawaf al-Hazmi and Khalid al-Mihdhar, both CIA recruits]]
	In April 2023, a released court document (a declaration by an Office for Military Commissions investigator into 9/11) revealed that two of the hijackers were [[Central Intelligence Agency\|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> who had lived in [[State of California\|California]] with the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation\|FBI]] informant Abdussattar Shaikh in the summer of 2000.<ref>{{Web citation\|author=Joshua Shoenfeld\|newspaper=[[CovertAction Magazine]]\|title=Former DEA Agent Details How the CIA Concealed Identity of Two 9/11 Hijackers Granted Visas to the U.S. From the FBI\|date=2023-05-13\|url=https://covertactionmagazine.com/2023/05/13/former-dea-agent-details-how-the-cia-concealed-identity-of-two-9-11-hijackers-granted-visas-to-the-u-s-from-the-fbi/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513172018/https://covertactionmagazine.com/2023/05/13/former-dea-agent-details-how-the-cia-concealed-identity-of-two-9-11-hijackers-granted-visas-to-the-u-s-from-the-fbi/\|archive-date=2023-05-13}}</ref> While direct involvement from the CIA during the attack is difficult to establish, the document does note the CIA had lost track of their recruits in the US after giving them a visa allowing multiple entries, shortly after which the attacks happened. The CIA also prevented the FBI from investigating these two recruits and charging them.		In April 2023, a released court document (a declaration by an Office for Military Commissions investigator into 9/11) revealed that two of the hijackers were [[Central Intelligence Agency\|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> who had lived in [[State of California\|California]] with the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation\|FBI]] informant Abdussattar Shaikh in the summer of 2000.<ref>{{Web citation\|author=Joshua Shoenfeld\|newspaper=[[CovertAction Magazine]]\|title=Former DEA Agent Details How the CIA Concealed Identity of Two 9/11 Hijackers Granted Visas to the U.S. From the FBI\|date=2023-05-13\|url=https://covertactionmagazine.com/2023/05/13/former-dea-agent-details-how-the-cia-concealed-identity-of-two-9-11-hijackers-granted-visas-to-the-u-s-from-the-fbi/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513172018/https://covertactionmagazine.com/2023/05/13/former-dea-agent-details-how-the-cia-concealed-identity-of-two-9-11-hijackers-granted-visas-to-the-u-s-from-the-fbi/\|archive-date=2023-05-13}}</ref> While direct involvement from the CIA during the attack is difficult to establish, the document does note the CIA had lost track of their recruits in the US after giving them a visa allowing multiple entries, shortly after which the attacks happened. The CIA also prevented the FBI from investigating these two recruits and charging them.

	== References ==		== References ==
	[[Category:History of the USA]]		[[Category:History of the USA]]

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	== U.S. government involvement ==		== U.S. government involvement ==
	[[File:9-11 hijackers.png\|thumb\|Hijackers ~~Nawaf~~ al-~~Hazmi~~ and ~~Khalid~~ al-~~Mihdhar~~, both CIA recruits]]		[[File:9-11 hijackers.png\|thumb\|Hijackers Khalid al-Mihdhar and Nawaf al-Hazmi, both CIA recruits]]
	In April 2023, a released court document (a declaration by an Office for Military Commissions investigator into 9/11) revealed that two of the hijackers were [[Central Intelligence Agency\|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> who had lived in [[State of California\|California]] with the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation\|FBI]] informant Abdussattar Shaikh in the summer of 2000.<ref>{{Web citation\|author=Joshua Shoenfeld\|newspaper=[[CovertAction Magazine]]\|title=Former DEA Agent Details How the CIA Concealed Identity of Two 9/11 Hijackers Granted Visas to the U.S. From the FBI\|date=2023-05-13\|url=https://covertactionmagazine.com/2023/05/13/former-dea-agent-details-how-the-cia-concealed-identity-of-two-9-11-hijackers-granted-visas-to-the-u-s-from-the-fbi/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513172018/https://covertactionmagazine.com/2023/05/13/former-dea-agent-details-how-the-cia-concealed-identity-of-two-9-11-hijackers-granted-visas-to-the-u-s-from-the-fbi/\|archive-date=2023-05-13}}</ref> While direct involvement from the CIA during the attack is difficult to establish, the document does note the CIA had lost track of their recruits in the US after giving them a visa allowing multiple entries, shortly after which the attacks happened. The CIA also prevented the FBI from investigating these two recruits and charging them.		In April 2023, a released court document (a declaration by an Office for Military Commissions investigator into 9/11) revealed that two of the hijackers were [[Central Intelligence Agency\|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> who had lived in [[State of California\|California]] with the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation\|FBI]] informant Abdussattar Shaikh in the summer of 2000.<ref>{{Web citation\|author=Joshua Shoenfeld\|newspaper=[[CovertAction Magazine]]\|title=Former DEA Agent Details How the CIA Concealed Identity of Two 9/11 Hijackers Granted Visas to the U.S. From the FBI\|date=2023-05-13\|url=https://covertactionmagazine.com/2023/05/13/former-dea-agent-details-how-the-cia-concealed-identity-of-two-9-11-hijackers-granted-visas-to-the-u-s-from-the-fbi/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513172018/https://covertactionmagazine.com/2023/05/13/former-dea-agent-details-how-the-cia-concealed-identity-of-two-9-11-hijackers-granted-visas-to-the-u-s-from-the-fbi/\|archive-date=2023-05-13}}</ref> While direct involvement from the CIA during the attack is difficult to establish, the document does note the CIA had lost track of their recruits in the US after giving them a visa allowing multiple entries, shortly after which the attacks happened. The CIA also prevented the FBI from investigating these two recruits and charging them.

	== References ==		== References ==
	[[Category:History of the USA]]		[[Category:History of the USA]]

Ledlecreeper27: Government involvement

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Government involvement

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	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> While direct involvement from the CIA during the attack is difficult to establish, the document does note the CIA had lost track of their recruits in the US after giving them a visa allowing multiple entries, shortly after which the attacks happened. The CIA also prevented the FBI from investigating these two recruits and charging them.		== U.S. government involvement ==
			[[File:9-11 hijackers.png\|thumb\|Hijackers Nawaf al-Hazmi and Khalid al-Mihdhar, both CIA recruits]]
			In April 2023, a released court document (a declaration by an Office for Military Commissions investigator into 9/11) revealed that two of the hijackers were [[Central Intelligence Agency\|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> who had lived in [[State of California\|California]] with the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation\|FBI]] informant Abdussattar Shaikh in the summer of 2000.<ref>{{Web citation\|author=Joshua Shoenfeld\|newspaper=[[CovertAction Magazine]]\|title=Former DEA Agent Details How the CIA Concealed Identity of Two 9/11 Hijackers Granted Visas to the U.S. From the FBI\|date=2023-05-13\|url=https://covertactionmagazine.com/2023/05/13/former-dea-agent-details-how-the-cia-concealed-identity-of-two-9-11-hijackers-granted-visas-to-the-u-s-from-the-fbi/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513172018/https://covertactionmagazine.com/2023/05/13/former-dea-agent-details-how-the-cia-concealed-identity-of-two-9-11-hijackers-granted-visas-to-the-u-s-from-the-fbi/\|archive-date=2023-05-13}}</ref> While direct involvement from the CIA during the attack is difficult to establish, the document does note the CIA had lost track of their recruits in the US after giving them a visa allowing multiple entries, shortly after which the attacks happened. The CIA also prevented the FBI from investigating these two recruits and charging them.

	== References ==		== References ==
	[[Category:History of the USA]]		[[Category:History of the USA]]

CriticalResist: expanded a bit on what CIA involvement means

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expanded a bit on what CIA involvement means

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	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>		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> While direct involvement from the CIA during the attack is difficult to establish, the document does note the CIA had lost track of their recruits in the US after giving them a visa allowing multiple entries, shortly after which the attacks happened. The CIA also prevented the FBI from investigating these two recruits and charging them.

	== References ==		== References ==
	[[Category:History of the USA]]		[[Category:History of the USA]]

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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]]

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Slight rewording of the first paragraph.

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	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 of America\|United States]] on September 11, 2001. The attackers hijacked four commercial planes ~~and flew~~ two into the World Trade Center in [[New York City]] and ~~one~~ into the Pentagon in Arlington, [[Commonwealth of Virginia\|Virginia]], while the last plane (which was intended to hit the White House) crashed into a field in [[Commonwealth of Pennsylvania\|Pennsylvania]] due to a passenger revolt. The attacks caused a total of 2,996 deaths including the 19 hijackers. Following the attacks, the [[United States Congress\|U.S. Congress]] severely limited civil liberties and launched an [[National Security Agency\|NSA]] campaign of mass surveillance through the [[PATRIOT Act]]. The [[United States Armed Forces\|U.S. military]] began invasions of [[Republic of Iraq\|Iraq]] and [[Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan\|Afghanistan]] even though most of the 9/11 hijackers were from [[Kingdom of Saudi Arabia\|Saudi Arabia]],<ref name=":0">{{Web citation\|author=Aaron Good, Ben Howard, Peter Dale Scott\|newspaper=[[CovertAction Magazine]]\|title=The Twenty Year Shadow of 9/11: U.S. Complicity in the Terror Spectacle and the Urgent Need to End It\|date=2021-09-11\|url=https://covertactionmagazine.com/2021/09/11/the-twenty-year-shadow-of-9-11-u-s-complicity-in-the-terror-spectacle-and-the-urgent-need-to-end-it/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221121012437/https://covertactionmagazine.com/2021/09/11/the-twenty-year-shadow-of-9-11-u-s-complicity-in-the-terror-spectacle-and-the-urgent-need-to-end-it/\|archive-date=2022-11-21\|retrieved=2022-12-24}}</ref> and on May 2, 2011, [[Osama bin Laden]] (founder and General Emir of al-Qaeda) himself [[Operation Neptune Spear\|was discovered and killed]] in Abbottabad, [[Islamic Republic of Pakistan\|Pakistan]].		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 of America\|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, [[Commonwealth of Virginia\|Virginia]], while the last plane (which was intended to hit the White House) crashed into a field in [[Commonwealth of Pennsylvania\|Pennsylvania]] due to a passenger revolt. The attacks caused a total of 2,996 deaths including the 19 hijackers. Following the attacks, the [[United States Congress\|U.S. Congress]] severely limited civil liberties and launched an [[National Security Agency\|NSA]] campaign of mass surveillance through the [[PATRIOT Act]]. The [[United States Armed Forces\|U.S. military]] began invasions of [[Republic of Iraq\|Iraq]] and [[Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan\|Afghanistan]] even though most of the 9/11 hijackers were from [[Kingdom of Saudi Arabia\|Saudi Arabia]],<ref name=":0">{{Web citation\|author=Aaron Good, Ben Howard, Peter Dale Scott\|newspaper=[[CovertAction Magazine]]\|title=The Twenty Year Shadow of 9/11: U.S. Complicity in the Terror Spectacle and the Urgent Need to End It\|date=2021-09-11\|url=https://covertactionmagazine.com/2021/09/11/the-twenty-year-shadow-of-9-11-u-s-complicity-in-the-terror-spectacle-and-the-urgent-need-to-end-it/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221121012437/https://covertactionmagazine.com/2021/09/11/the-twenty-year-shadow-of-9-11-u-s-complicity-in-the-terror-spectacle-and-the-urgent-need-to-end-it/\|archive-date=2022-11-21\|retrieved=2022-12-24}}</ref> and on May 2, 2011, [[Osama bin Laden]] (founder and General Emir of al-Qaeda) himself [[Operation Neptune Spear\|was discovered and killed]] in Abbottabad, [[Islamic Republic of Pakistan\|Pakistan]].

	== Background ==		== Background ==

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	[[File:9-11.png\|thumb\|The North Tower of the World Trade Center burning as a second plane approaches the South Tower]]		[[File:9-11.png\|thumb\|The North Tower of the World Trade Center burning as a second plane approaches the South Tower]]
	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 of America\|United States]] on September 11, 2001. The attackers hijacked four commercial planes and flew two into the World Trade Center in [[New York City]] and one into the Pentagon in Arlington, [[Commonwealth of Virginia\|Virginia]] while the last plane crashed in a field in [[Commonwealth of Pennsylvania\|Pennsylvania]] ~~following~~ a passenger revolt. The attacks caused a total of 2,996 deaths including the 19 hijackers. Following the attacks, the [[United States Congress\|U.S. Congress]] severely limited civil liberties and launched an [[National Security Agency\|NSA]] campaign of mass surveillance through the [[PATRIOT Act]]. The [[United States Armed Forces\|U.S. military]] began invasions of [[Republic of Iraq\|Iraq]] and [[Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan\|Afghanistan]] even though most of the 9/11 hijackers were from [[Kingdom of Saudi Arabia\|Saudi Arabia]],<ref name=":0">{{Web citation\|author=Aaron Good, Ben Howard, Peter Dale Scott\|newspaper=[[CovertAction Magazine]]\|title=The Twenty Year Shadow of 9/11: U.S. Complicity in the Terror Spectacle and the Urgent Need to End It\|date=2021-09-11\|url=https://covertactionmagazine.com/2021/09/11/the-twenty-year-shadow-of-9-11-u-s-complicity-in-the-terror-spectacle-and-the-urgent-need-to-end-it/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221121012437/https://covertactionmagazine.com/2021/09/11/the-twenty-year-shadow-of-9-11-u-s-complicity-in-the-terror-spectacle-and-the-urgent-need-to-end-it/\|archive-date=2022-11-21\|retrieved=2022-12-24}}</ref> and [[Osama bin Laden]] (founder and General Emir of al-Qaeda) himself [[Operation Neptune Spear\|was discovered and killed]] in [[Islamic Republic of Pakistan\|Pakistan]].		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 of America\|United States]] on September 11, 2001. The attackers hijacked four commercial planes and flew two into the World Trade Center in [[New York City]] and one into the Pentagon in Arlington, [[Commonwealth of Virginia\|Virginia]], while the last plane (which was intended to hit the White House) crashed into a field in [[Commonwealth of Pennsylvania\|Pennsylvania]] due to a passenger revolt. The attacks caused a total of 2,996 deaths including the 19 hijackers. Following the attacks, the [[United States Congress\|U.S. Congress]] severely limited civil liberties and launched an [[National Security Agency\|NSA]] campaign of mass surveillance through the [[PATRIOT Act]]. The [[United States Armed Forces\|U.S. military]] began invasions of [[Republic of Iraq\|Iraq]] and [[Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan\|Afghanistan]] even though most of the 9/11 hijackers were from [[Kingdom of Saudi Arabia\|Saudi Arabia]],<ref name=":0">{{Web citation\|author=Aaron Good, Ben Howard, Peter Dale Scott\|newspaper=[[CovertAction Magazine]]\|title=The Twenty Year Shadow of 9/11: U.S. Complicity in the Terror Spectacle and the Urgent Need to End It\|date=2021-09-11\|url=https://covertactionmagazine.com/2021/09/11/the-twenty-year-shadow-of-9-11-u-s-complicity-in-the-terror-spectacle-and-the-urgent-need-to-end-it/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221121012437/https://covertactionmagazine.com/2021/09/11/the-twenty-year-shadow-of-9-11-u-s-complicity-in-the-terror-spectacle-and-the-urgent-need-to-end-it/\|archive-date=2022-11-21\|retrieved=2022-12-24}}</ref> and on May 2, 2011, [[Osama bin Laden]] (founder and General Emir of al-Qaeda) himself [[Operation Neptune Spear\|was discovered and killed]] in Abbottabad, [[Islamic Republic of Pakistan\|Pakistan]].

	== Background ==		== Background ==