Statements from Others

President Bush says, "They hate ...a democratically elected government..They hate our freedoms --Freedom of religion, our freedom of speech, our freedom to vote and assemble and disagree with each other."President George W. Bush Address to a Joint Session of Congress and the American People Bin Laden says, "the White House hiding the Truth ... the reality is that we are striking them because of their evil and injustice in the whole of the Islamic World, especially in Iraq and Palestine and their occupation of the Land of the Two Holy Sanctuaries (Arabian Peninsula)." Previous CIA Bin Laden Unit Chief Michael Scheuer has honestly stated that politicans are lying to the American people about the terrorists motive, "The politicians really are at great fault for not squaring with the American people. We're being attacked for what we do in the Islamic world, not for who we are or what we believe in or how we live. And there's a huge burden of guilt to be laid at Mr. Bush, Mr. Clinton, both parties for simply lying to the American people."

Jason Burke, author of Al-Qaeda: The True Story of Radical Islam, makes the point that, "Bin Laden is an activist with a very clear sense of what he wants and how he hopes to achieve it. Those means may be far outside the normal of political activity as we usually understand it, but his agenda is a basically political one, though it is couched, of course, in religious language and imagery." He says bin Laden's aim is "to end the repression of the Islamic world by the hypocrite governments and the 'Crusader-Zionist' alliance supporting and manipulating them."

Responsability

As media covered the 9/11 attacks describing many quickly wounder that Bin Laden was behind the attacks. In many hours of the attacks, the FBI was able to decide the names and in many cases the details like the dates of birth, known and/or possible residences, visa status, and specific identity of the suspected pilots and hijackers. Mohamed Atta's luggage, which he did not make the connection from nthe Portland flight onto American Airlines Flight 11 contained papers that revealed the identity of all 19 hijackers, and other important clues about their plans, motives and backgrounds.

On the day of the attacks, the National Security Agency found communications that pointed to Osama bin Laden. The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks leading the United States was formed by the United States government and was commonly called the 9/11 Commission. It released its report on July 22,2004 saying that the attack were visualize and apply by the members of al-Qaeda. The Commission stated that 9/11 plotters spent about $400,000 to $500,000 to plan and conduct their attack.

Damages

Other then the 110 floor Twin Towers of the World Trade Center there was five other buildings at the World Trade Center site including 7 World Trade Center, Marriott Hotel, two New York City Subway stations, and St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church were destroy or badly damaged. In total in Manhattan there was 25 buildings damaged and all seve buildings of the World Trade Center Complex had to be razed. Two additional buildings were later fated which was the Deutsche Bank Building across Liberty Street from the World Trade Center complex due to the uninhabitable. Communications equipment, such as broadcast radio, television and two-way readio antenna tpwers were damaged beyond repair. In Arlington County a portion of the Pentagon was severely damaged by fire and one section of the building collapesd.

Effects on people

The tragedy of September 11,2001 have left a very lasting traumatic impact on many people and the nation. Even people who wasn't directly affected by the event they reacted with fear, concern, sadness, and anger. After 6 years people are still struggling. Since 9/11 many Americans felt safe from the damage of terrorism but from that day there has been more security. Doctors have also found out an increased number of cases of psychological complaints, like anxiety, depression and sleep problems. Even when the event is over you may experience immediately or later some kind of strong emotional and physical reactions. It is very common and normal fpr people to have reactions after they have experienced a tragic event.The reaction can last days, weeks, months and longer depending on the cruelty of the tragic event. The people affected could be childrens or adults even if they werent exactly where it happen but there are still some people who are scare that something like that could happen again.



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New York Stock Exchange

The opening of the New York Stock Exchange was delayed after the first plane crashed into the World Trade Center's north tower. The trading for the day was also cancelled after the second plane crashed into the South Tower. The NASDAQ, the London Stock Exchange and other stock exchanges were also cancelled. New York stock exchange was closed until the following Monday. This was known as the third time in history that the NYSE experienced prolonged closure and also the first time since March 1933. The stock exchanged closed between September 10,2001 and September 17,2001. After the initial panic the DJIA quickly rose for a slight drop. Gold prices went upwards from $215.20 to $287. Oil and gas prices also went upwards. New York lost alot of money buy they tried to improve by rising the prices for many things.

WHY DIDINT OUR FBI, CIA AND MILITARY PROTECT US?

President Clinton asked two attack submarines to stand watch over the Taliban and bin Laden's terrorists. Bush ordered the sub to stand down. Bush have eliminated those safeguards. There was a former CIA agent that appered on BBC TV saying that "We were just told, You get caught spying on the Saudis or looking into affairs, and you will lose your head!". The agents have said that Bush have turned a "blind eye" to terrorism by ordering the CIA and FBI to back off the Saudi terror suspects like Osama bin Laden's brothers.FBI Agents and Minneapolis Chief Counsel Coleen Rowley wrote "The Minneapolis agents who responded to the call about Moussaoui's flight training identified him as a terrorist threat from a very early point." Rowley's memo confirmed that the FBI knew alot to arrest the terrorist before the accident of 9/11.

If bush didint have nothing to do with 9/11 then why would he stop the FBI or the CIA investigating on what was going on. If he was really looking after our safety he would have took more actions then what he did. Even though we really dont know what is really going on because the president or anyone else want to tell us I think that the president is hidding something bigger then we expect because he would just stop paying for things to protect the country if it wouldnt help him or benefit him in some way.

WHAT ARE THEY HIDING?

If theres nothing to hide then why is George Bush blocking a full public inquiry into 9/11. Richard Cheney threatens Democrats to keep quiet. The people have the rights and know what happened. " Senator Bob Torricelli added " We do not meet our responsibilities to the American people if we do not take an honest look at the federal government and all of its agencies and let the country know what went wrong." Republicans "quietly set aside legislation that would establish an independent commission to investigate the terrorist of Sept. 11, 2001."

Certain memebers of Congress maintain control over the investigation is what matters. How about the families of those murdered in the Sept. 11 want an independent investigation. It also doesnt matter that theres any intelligence and security experts that believe an independent investigation is the wisest course for the country. How about the limited scope of the congressional investigation will fail to adress important concerns like the transportation security and immigration among others.

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