9/11 Topics

Democracy Now!’s coverage of the 9/11 attacks and their aftermath, including the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the development of the "war on terror," Guantanamo Bay and the USA PATRIOT Act.

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  • Osama bin Laden: How the U.S. Helped Midwife a Terrorist

    Bush administration officials yesterday officially named millionaire extremist Osama bin Laden as the person they say is behind the devastating attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. High-level officials say the U.S. is prepared to engage in wide-ranging military operations that could involve an invasion of Afghanistan, where Osama bin Laden is widely suspected of hiding. [includes rush transcript]
    Sep 14, 2001 | Story

  • A Union Leader Mourns the Loss of Workers From the Restaurant at the Top of the World

    The list of tragedies stemming from Tuesday’s attack on the World Trade Center is virtually endless. Each of thethousands of victims has family, friends, and co-workers now struggling to cope with the magnitude of what hashappened. Among them is Juan Galan, a leader of HERE Local 100 in New York City. His unionized brothers andsisters were workers at the Windows on the World restaurant on the 106th and 107th floor of the World Trade Center.
    Sep 14, 2001 | Story

  • The Sad, Slow Search: Sounds of the Street

    Rescue workers, police, firefighters, sanitation workers and thousands of volunteers continue the grim search for survivors in the disaster area where the World Trade Center once stood. Yesterday five more people were pulled alive from the rubble, but Mayor Rudolph Giuliani said that nearly 5,000 people remain unaccounted for. The walls of many New York City neighborhoods are now plastered with posters bearing photos of the missing. Democracy...
    Sep 14, 2001 | Story

  • Architect Says Faulty Plans Aided Collapse of World Trade Center

    Jim Mallot is a Harvard Trained Architect with 30 years experience. He says that the collapse of the World TradeCenter towers may have been caused by a faulty structural plan, and by builders cutting corners. Mallot says therush to build the towers may have aided their collapse three days ago after they were struck by two hijackedcommercial airliners.
    Sep 14, 2001 | Story

  • Manning Marable, Howard Zinn and Grace Paley Speak Out Against the Bush Administration's March to War

    In the midst of the rising tide of congressional and Bush administration calls for a harsh military response to the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, there is a remarkable, hawkish unity in the views being expressed in the mainstream media. [includes rush transcript]
    Sep 13, 2001 | Story

  • Anti-Muslim and Arab Attacks and Threats Spread Across U.S.

    An ugly and perhaps predictable backlash is sprouting across the nation, as federal officials point to the Middle East in their investigation of the terror attacks in New York and Washington. Meanwhile, Congress and the Bush administration continue to issue calls for vengeance and harsh military retaliation, fueling anxiety among Muslim and Arab Americans, who remember from the Persian Gulf War and the Oklahoma City bombing where such calls lead....
    Sep 13, 2001 | Story

  • Organizing Nonviolently Against War and Racism in the Midst of Militarism

    In the midst of the rising tide of congressional and Bush administration calls for a harsh military response to the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, there is a remarkable, hawkish unity in the views being expressed in the mainstream media. [includes rush transcript]
    Sep 13, 2001 | Story

  • World Trade Center Destroyed, Pentagon Damaged by Hijacked Planes; Thousands Feared Dead; Bush Administration and Congress Beat Drums of War

    In a series of horrific and coordinated actions, two hijacked commercial airliners on Tuesday morning crashed into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center, causing them to collapse into rubble minutes later. A third hijacked airliner slammed into the Pentagon, and a fourth crashed in rural Pennsylvania 80 miles from Pittsburgh. Up to 800 people are feared dead in the attack on the Pentagon, while thousands more are likely dead in the area surrounding...
    Sep 12, 2001 | Story

  • Muslim and Arab Americans Face Harassment, Threats as Bush Administration and Congress Beat Drums of War

    In the immediate wake of the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, U.S. officials immediately speculated that Osama bin Laden was likely to be found responsible. A CNN anchor said, "Whenever something like this happens, you have to look to the Middle East." Amidst this climate of official and media speculation, Muslim and Arab-American organizations have immediately reported harassing and threatening emails and phone calls...
    Sep 12, 2001 | Story

  • An Eyewitness Report

    Journalist Robert Knight was at the United Nations Plaza when the World Trade Center was hit and saw the second plane that struck the South Tower. [includes rush transcript]
    Sep 12, 2001 | Story