9-11 Attack/Related Articles

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Parent topics

• Terrorism [r]: An act, with targets including civilians or civilian infrastructure, intended to create an atmosphere of fear in order to obtain a political objective. ^[e]
• Jihadist [r]: One who participates in violent armed jihad ^[e]
• Al-Qaeda [r]: International islamist terrorist network. Responsible for the 9/11 attack and other terrorist attacks. ^[e]
• Suicide attack [r]: Add brief definition or description

Subtopics

Survivors

• Marcy Borders: Add brief definition or description
• Stan Honda: Add brief definition or description

Enemy

Leadership

• Osama bin Laden [r]: Radical jihadist who, with Ayman al-Zawahiri, founded a group known as al-Qaeda, which is credited with a series of terrorist attacks. ^[e]
• Khalid Sheikh Mohammed [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Ramzi Binalshibh [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Khallad [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Mustafa Ahmad al-Hawsawi [r]: Add brief definition or description

Hijackers

• Mohammed Atta [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Nawaf al-Hazmi [r]: Probable second-in-command of the actual 9/11 terrorists; pilot of American Airlines Flight 77, which hit the Pentagon Building ^[e]
• Khalid al-Mihdhar [r]: One of the 9/11 attack hijackers, aboard American Airlines Flight 77 when it crashed into the Pentagon Building. ^[e]
• Salem al-Hazmi [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Majed Moqed [r]: Add brief definition or description

U.S. Leadership

• George W. Bush [r]: (1946–) 43rd U.S. President (Republican), elected in 2000 and re-elected in 2004. ^[e]
• Dick Cheney [r]: (1941–) U.S. Vice President in the George W. Bush Administration and advocate of neoconservatism and unitary Presidential authority; currently a political commentator; U.S. Secretary of Defense in the George H. W. Bush Administration; spouse of Lynne Cheney; father of Liz Cheney ^[e]
• Donald Rumsfeld [r]: U.S. Secretary of Defense in the George W. Bush Administration (2001-2008); was the oldest secretary and earlier the youngest secretary in the Administration (1975-1977); major policymaker after the 9/11 attack; advisor, Project for the New American Century ^[e]

U.S. Counterterrorism

• Richard Clarke [r]: Career U.S. defense official who served in policy posts in the Ronald Reagan,George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush Administrations, specializing in counterterrorism in the latter two ^[e]
• John O'Neill [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Cofer Black [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Jack Cloonan [r]: Add brief definition or description

Preparation

• North American Air Defense Command [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Federal Aviation Administration [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Incident Command System [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Counterterrorism Center [r]: Add brief definition or description

Targets

• World Trade Center [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Pentagon Building [r]: Add brief definition or description

• White House [r]: Add brief definition or description
• U.S. Capitol [r]: Add brief definition or description

Emergency response

• Fire Department of New York [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Arlington, Virginia Fire Department [r]: Add brief definition or description

Prosecutions

• U.S. v. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, et al. [r]: Add brief definition or description

Related topics

• Taliban [r]: Add brief definition or description
• National Counterterrorism Center [r]: Add brief definition or description