New York [US]September 11 (ANI): Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the mastermind of the 9/11 terror attacks in the United States is still awaiting trial even after two decades that left 2,977 dead.
19 al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked four commercial airliners and carried out attacks at various locations in the US. The hijackers crashed the first two planes into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, and the third plane into the Pentagon (headquarters of the US military) in Arlington, Virginia. The fourth plane was intended to hit a federal government building in Washington, DC, but crashed in a field.
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Shaikh Mohammed was one of the most prominent terrorists before he was captured from his hideout in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, in March 2003 and later sent to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to await trial, according to the New York Post.
The terrorist has remained in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba since then.
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David Kelley, a former U.S. attorney in New York, condemned the continued failure to bring justice to the families of the victims of the 9/11 attacks: “It’s a terrible tragedy for the families of the victims.” as he described the situation as an impact on the country’s history.
Notably, David Kelly co-chaired the Justice Department’s national investigation into the attacks, the New York Post reported, adding that families of several victims say they just want closure.
George Haberman, the father of Andrea, 25, who died after one of the hijacked planes crashed into the World Trade Center just one floor above his office, said it is the need of the hour to unmask the truth about the incident. and how it was done.
The FBI and its partners quickly learned that the 9/11 attacks were carried out by Osama bin Laden’s terrorist organization. The 19 men who hijacked and crashed the four planes were all trained by al Qaeda, and bin Laden eventually admitted his role in orchestrating the attacks.
The US started the war on terror with the invasion of Afghanistan. Other nations joined military operations in Afghanistan to find him and other Al Qaeda terrorists. US Navy SEALS killed Osama bin Laden on May 2, 2011 in a military operation at his location in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
Ayman Al Zawahiri, was recently killed in a US drone strike in the Afghan capital Kabul at the end of July this year. The attack was carried out by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and was carried out by an Air Force drone.
Zawahiri’s killing comes a year after the US military withdrawal from Afghanistan and the Taliban takeover of the country.
In addition, thousands of Americans who were infants or born after the 9/11 attacks joined the US military to fight terrorism in the US and also support democracy in Afghanistan, including 11 of the 13 US service members killed in the ISIS attack. -K terrorists in the Kabul branch just days before the departure of troops from the war-torn country. (ANI)
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