On the morning of September 11, 2001, America suffered the worst terrorist
attack in its history when al-Qaeda terrorists launched coordinated suicide
attacks against a range of targets on U.S. soil. Having smuggled knives and
box-cutters through airport security, 19 terrorists quickly commandeered four
passenger jets departing Boston, Newark, N.J., and Washington, D.C. One hour
after deliberately crashing two planes into both towers of the World Trade
Center in Lower Manhattan, which later collapsed, a third was directed into the
west side of the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, the headquarters of the U.S.
Department of Defense. Passengers on board the fourth plane, United Flight 93,
fought to subdue the terrorists after learning of the earlier hijackings,
resulting in the plane crashing into an empty field near Shanksville,
Pennsylvania. All told, some 2,977 people were killed on that day.





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Counter Extremism Project Statement Marking 9/11


(New York, N.Y.) — On the morning of September 11, 2001, America suffered the
worst terrorist attack in its history whenal-Qaeda
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coordinated suicide attacks against a range of targets on U.S. soil. Having
smuggled knives and box-cutters through airport security, 19 terrorists quickly
commandeered four passenger jets departing Boston, Newark, N.J., and
Washington, D.C. One hour after deliberately crashing two planes into both
towers of the World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan, which later collapsed, a
third was directed into the west side of the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia,
the headquarters of the U.S. Department of Defense. Passengers on board the
fourth plane, United Flight 93, fought to subdue the terrorists after learning
of the earlier hijackings, resulting in the plane crashing into an empty field
near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. All told, some 2,977 people were killed on that
day.



The Counter Extremism Project honors the lives of all those killed, including
the many who gave their own lives to save others.



CEP CEO Ambassador Mark D. Wallace


Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations for Management and Reform



More than 20 years after that tragic day—America’s worst—the myriad terrorist
groups who despise us continue to look to September 11 as a source of
inspiration. While we mourn and honor the innocents, they celebrate their
deaths. As we remember the bravery of those who fought against their evil,
al-Qaeda and its regional offshoots releasepropaganda videos
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destruction against the United States and its friends and allies. And it is not
just words: we learn from the U.N. that al-Qaeda is rapidly expanding in Africa
and running training camps in a dozen provinces in Afghanistan—“a permissive
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bin Laden’s legacy—the prime orchestrator of 9/11 eliminated by U.S. Navy SEALs
in 2011—is another stark reminder of the perennial influence that terrorist
propaganda can have. We must remain ever vigilant in the face of both
unreconstructed animus abroad as well as its pernicious effects at home.



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