Terrorangrebet den 11. september 2001

19 men connected with the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda, hijacked 4 airplanes and commit suicide attack against targets in the United States.

September 11, 2001, 19 men connected with the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda, hijacked 4 airplanes and commit suicide attack against targets in the United States.

Two of men of the terrorists had lived in the United States for more than a year and had taken flying lessons at American commercial flight schools. Others had slipped into the country in the months before September 11 and acted as the “muscle” in the operation.

The 19 terrorists easily smuggled box-cutters and knives through security at three East Coast airports and boarded four flights bound for California, chosen because the planes were loaded with fuel for the long transcontinental journey. Soon after takeoff, the terrorists commandeered the 0four planes and took the controls, transforming ordinary commuter jets into guided missiles.

Here you see a plane hitting tower 2.

The terrorists

The attackers were Islamic terrorists from Saudi Arabia and several other Arab nations. Reportedly financed by Saudi fugitive Osama bin Laden’s al-Qaeda terrorist organization, they were allegedly acting in retaliation for America’s support of Israel, its involvement in the Persian Gulf War and its continued military presence in the Middle East.