September 11 (9/11)

The Tragedy of 9/11
The images of September 11, 2001 are etched in my mind forever. The events that took place on that day were not just a tragedy for The United States of America, but the entire world.

9/11 May Have Prepared NYC First Responders for Near Flawless Rescue
In what is being called a "miracle on the Hudson," pilot Chesley B. Sullenberger III was able to land US Airways flight 1549 in the river - and first responders rescued everyone on board.

Health and Emotional Effects of 9/11 Linger
A newly released study involving almost 70,000 people most closely affected by the events of 9/11 in New York suggest that PTSD and increased asthma risk linger for years.

9/11 Remembered
Seven years after the attacks of September 11th, has our nation changed for better or worse?

Radical Claims 9/11 was an Inside Job
A media watchdog group plans to send documents to troops to prove that 9/11 was an inside job instigated by the U.S. government.

9/11 Terrorists Face the Death Penalty
Pentagon officials have announced that they will seek the death penalty for six men who have been charged with planning and executing the attacks on 9/11.

Binladin Group Severed Ties with Osama Long Before 9/11
Saudi multinational engineering group files in District Court to separate itself from terrorist Osama bin Laden.

Professor Fired After Calling 9/11 Victims "Little Eichmanns"
University of Colorado professor Ward Churchill was fired this week after complaints about his essay comparing WTC workers to Adolf Eichmann; the board of regents said his firing was unrelated to the essay.

Toxic Dust Death Added to Official 9/11 Homicide Toll
A New York medical examiner has added a woman who died of lung disease to the official list of attack victims of 9/11, the first case of its kind in New York City.

Mail Still Being Sent to World Trade Center
Hundreds of pieces of mail addressed to former World Trade Center employees still arrive each day at a post office across the street from ground zero.

Ad Campaign Asks: Where Were You on 9/11?
A national ad campaign launched Thursday features people talking about where they were when they heard the news about the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center.

WTC Rescue and Cleanup Workers Suffering Serious Health Problems
Thousands of workers involved in the rescue and cleanup at the World Trade Center site in New York City are still suffering from numerous serious health problems.

Emergency Calls from Firefighters on 9/11 Being Released
The voices of firefighters heading to rescue people from the burning World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, were made public Wednesday.

New York City Will Release Tapes of Calls Made to 911 on 9/11
New York City is planning to release tapes of emergency calls made by victims of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center towers on September 11, 2001.

Is the World Ready for Movies About 9/11?
Studios around the world are wrapping up a variety of movies depicting the events of the horrific 9/11 terrorist attacks. But have the emotional wounds inflicted that day healed enough for the story to be splashed across movie screens?

NYC Fire Department Releases Recorded 9/11 Histories
The Fire Department of New York City released thousands of pages of oral histories on Friday detailing the emotional responses and confusion of firefighters during the tragedies of that day.

American Idol Kelly Clarkson to Sing on 9/11
American Idol Kelly Clarkson is set to sing "The Star Spangled Banner" at a special commemoration at Washington’s Lincoln Memorial on Sept 11.

9/11 Images to Return
As the 1st anniversary of 9/11 approaches, the networks are sorting out exactly how they are going to honor the fallen and exactly what images to show.

What Really Happened on September 11?
Enter David Ray Griffin. I was introduced to him by a mutual acquaintance. He is emeritus professor of philosophy of religion and theology at Claremont School of Theology and Claremont Graduate University. He has published over 30 books, including eight about 9/11, the best known of which is "The New Pearl Harbor Revisited: 9/11, the Cover-Up, and the Exposé."

Response to 9/11 Was 'huge Overreaction' - Ex-mi5 Chief
In an interview with the Guardian, Stella Rimington calls attack on the US 'another terrorist incident'

9/11 Survivors Put Off Evacuation to Shut Down Computers, Study Finds
Majority say they saved work, collected belongings or visited the bathroom before fleeing World Trade Center

Guantánamo Six Will Have Fair Trials, Insists Chertoff
US homeland security secretary dismisses claims that six Guantánamo bay prisoners accused over the September 11 attacks will face a 'show trial'

US Seeks the Death Penalty As Six Detained in Guantánamo Are Charged Over 9/11
Guantánamo detainees include alleged mastermind of September 11 plot, Khalid Sheik Mohammed

Next Step for 9/11 Justice
With a large fraction of Americans questioning the official 9/11 story, the time has come to seek government reform.

Rumors of a Civilized World – The Taunting Osama
The promise of a shining new millennium for mankind was tainted only nine months into the first year of the twenty first century. On September 11, 2001 the evil conceived in one mans mind produced the worst act of misanthropic terror in history.

America Remembers 9/11
Ceremonies take place across America to remember the attacks of September 11 2001, which led to the deaths of 2,993 people, including the 19 hijackers.

Scares in Turkey and Germany Add to 9/11 Jitters
An unexploded car bomb has been found in Turkey and threats have made against a US air base in Germany as jittery security forces fear terrorist action timed to coincide with the sixth anniversary of the September 11 attacks.

Bin Laden to Release Video Testimony of 9/11 Hijacker
Osama Bin Laden will release another video this week to present the last testament of one of the September 11 suicide bombers.

Germany Arrests Three Over 'serious and Massive Bomb Plot'
Suspects arrested a week before September 11 anniversary with materials for bombs more powerful than those in London and Madrid blasts, officials say.

CIA Blew Chances to Spot 9/11 Threat, Says Report
· Information on hijackers kept from key personnel· Former director George Tenet criticized for failings

Terror Group As Strong As Before 9/11, Bush Warned
Al-Qaida has rebuilt its strength around the world over the past six years and is well-placed to launch fresh attacks, according to a classified US national intelligence report.

Rudolph Giuliani
September 11 turned New York's 'zero tolerance' mayor into a national hero, but will it be enough to take him to the White House, asks Ed Pilkington.

'I Was Responsible for 9/11, From A to Z' - a Confession From Guantanamo Bay
US releases transcript from secret military tribunal - Al-Qaida leader said to claim full responsibility

Wall St Suffers Biggest Fall Since 9/11
Fears over Chinese and US economies trigger slump - Losses wipe out year's gains on main indices

9/11 Fantasists Pose a Mortal Danger to Popular Oppositional Campaigns
These conspiracy idiots are a boon for Bush and Blair as they destroy the movements some of us have spent years building. By George Monbiot

A 9/11 Conspiracy Virus is Sweeping the World, But It Has No Basis in Fact
Loose Change is a sharp, slick film with an authoritative voiceover, but it drowns the truth in an ocean of nonsense. By George Monbiot

Republicans Change Tack to Fight Democrats on Terrorism
The Republicans returned to the theme that dominated the last two elections since September 11, hammering home the message that a vote for the Democrats would expose America to terrorist attack.

Manhattan Plane Crash Reawakens Spectre of 9/11
· Baseball star's aircraft flies into apartment block · Fighter jets scrambled as smoke pall hangs over city

Manhattan Plane Crash Raises Spectre of Second 9/11
· Baseball star is one of two killed in his light aircraft · Pall of smoke from crash into apartment block

Clinton and Bush Camps at War Over Lead-up to 9/11
An unspoken entente cordiale between the Bush and Clinton administrations to avoid assigning blame for the 9/11 attacks came to an abrupt end yesterday as officials from both eras exchanged angry recriminations.

Disney / ABC deserve credit-Sept. 11th ABC movie
Liberals bash sept. 11 movie in spite of accuracy. It is rare, rare indeed when a major media entity bucks the trend, and does what it believes in.

1000 Words on 9/11
While every Leftist calls the Presidential policies and speeches bugaboo and alarmist and over-the-top in comparison to the reality that the Islamic Militants can't touch the United States or to the myth that the Fundamentalists are at base good people, it seems like we have forgotten that we were attacked by people who want to kill us. Their goal is to divide us. If we Unite we Stand. If we Divide we fall. Historical Fact - undeniable.

BBC Did Not Know of 9/11 Film's Link to Religious Right
The BBC broadcast a controversial docu-drama, The Path to 9/11, this week without realising that it had been made by a member of the US religious right.

Sept. 11th ABC movie-Historically accurate
ABC's September 11th movie proves that television medium can be far more interesting and riveting than any book or magazine.

Bush: Saddam Was Not Responsible for 9/11
George Bush last night admitted that Saddam Hussein had no hand in the 9/11 terror attacks, but asked Americans to support a war in Iraq that he said was the defining struggle of our age.

US Marks 9/11 Five Years on
Memorial events were taking place around the world today to mark the fifth anniversary of the September 11 terror attacks on the US.

Ground Zero Falls Silent As Americans Recall Fateful Day Their World Collapsed
· New York acts as focus on 5th anniversary of attacks · Bush links Iraq war to September 11 in TV speech

Bush Marks 9/11 Anniversary
George Bush laid a wreath at Ground Zero last night as he began a two-day tour that will take him to all three sites of devastation on the fifth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.

A Child and His Grief, One Among Thousands
Aidan Fontana - the only child of one of 343 fire fighters who died trying to save others when the twin towers collapsed on September 11 - is an unwilling member of a macabre club: the almost 3,000 boys and girls who lost a parent that day.

September 11, 2001: When the Chickens Came Home to Roost
In honor of the 5 year anniversary of September 11th, a section of "Land of Hypocrisy" regarding the attacks.

Clinton Aides Slam 9/11 Drama
A group of Bill Clinton's former aides have labelled a US television mini-series about the September 11 attacks 'terribly wrong', calling for it to be corrected or pulled from the schedule. By Julia Day.

Full House As Leading 9/11 Conspiracy Theorist Has His Say
Two days before the fifth anniversary of the attacks, David Ray Griffin, emeritus professor of philosophy of religion and theology at Claremont graduate university, and author of The New Pearl Harbor and The 9/11 Commission Report: Omissions and Distortions, will ask his audience: 'Was 9/11 an inside job?'

Video Claims to Show Bin Laden With 9/11 Plotters
· Al-Jazeera screens footage of masked men in training · Testament in 'will' speaks of reprisal against west

9/11 – 5 Years later: what the US has not understood – Part 3
Five year after the Islamic Terrorist attack against America, the US seems unable to realize that their supposed enemies, the Islamic Terrorists, are the creature of 200 years of colonial, French and British, illegal involvement in the vast territories of the Ottoman Empire.

9/11 – 5 Years later: what the US has not understood – Part 2
Five year after the Islamic Terrorist attack against America, the US seems unable to define real enemies and potential friends in a war that has become by definition the longest in the American History. Viewing things in a historic perspective would facilitate the task, making clear to every American citizen the identity of both, arch-enemies and besotted / fanaticized puppets.

9/11 - 5 Years later: what the US has not understood – Part 1
Five year after the Islamic Terrorist attack against America, the US seem particularly disoriented, and obviously confused in its effort to diffuse Democracy and Human Rights among the barbaric and de-humanized masses of vast colonized territories that are run as totalitarian disgrace. What went wrong with the US?

Studies Debunk 9/11 Myths
In the face of disturbingly widespread beliefs in conspiracy theories about the 9/11 atrocity two official reports published last week disputed claims that the tragedy was caused by the US government.

The Mourning After: Katrina and 11 September
When a family endures a tragedy, the elders must guide its surviving members through the mourning process. When the tragedy engulfs a nation (as in Katrina and 9-11), our national leaders must rise to the occasion.

Officials See Plot As Worst Threat Since 9/11
The White House framed the apparently thwarted terrorist plot as a direct attack on the US yesterday, as America responded to the news from London with a nationwide tightening of airport security.

Rowdy Crowd Greets Stone's Low-key 9/11 Tribute
· World Trade Centre movie premieres in New York · Mixed reaction to tale of quasi-religious redemption

9/11 Tapes Expose Flaws in Military Chiefs' Testimony
· Top brass misled attack inquiry, transcripts show · Fighter jets wasted time in pursuit of 'ghost' plane

World Trade Center Opening to Benefit 9/11 Charities
Oliver Stone's controversial film about the 9/11 terrorist attacks, World Trade Center, is to donate 10% of its opening weekend proceeds in the US to charities for victims of the disaster.

Executives Given Cut-price Stock Options in Weeks After 9/11
Executives at leading US companies could make millions through the award of stock options issued in the weeks after the September 11 2001 terrorist attacks.

Fahrenheit 9/11 Marine Killed in Iraq
The US Marine recruiter pictured in Fahrenheit 9/11 trying to persuade young men from the economically bleak town of Flint, Michigan, to enlist has been killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq, the Pentagon said.

Seven Held in Miami Over Bombing Plot 'bigger Than 9/11'
· 110-storey Sears Tower said to be first target · Religious group 'claimed loyalty to al-Qaida'

Day of Reckoning: September 11, 2001
Jerico captures the killing spirit in the moment of his death. An alternative scenario for 9-11 and the conclusion of the novel THE KILLING SPIRIT (Cries for A Vision) by Jack Random.

Bin Laden Tape Challenges 9/11 Conviction
A purported Osama bin Laden tape was today posted on an Islamist website to deny that Zacarias Moussaoui, the only man held accountable for the 9/11 attacks on US soil, played any role in them.

Pentagon Releases September 11 Video
The Pentagon said today that it planned to release video images of American Airlines Flight 77 crashing into the US military headquarters on September 11 2001. The images, recorded by a Pentagon security camera, were to be released in response to a Freedom of Information Act request by
Pakistan's Rich Blaze a Trail in Their Porsches
Luxury cars hit showroom after an economic boom prompted by September 11.

'You Lost, I Won,' Moussaoui Tells America As Jury Spares 9/11 Plotter Death Penalty
· Terror trial Blow for Bush as case for execution is rejected · Verdict brings mixed reaction from families

Tears and Reflection at 9/11 Film Premiere
The first feature film to address the events of 9/11 opened in New York yesterday, leaving some audience members sobbing and the rest in shocked silence.

Shoe Bomber Reid 'not Linked With Moussaoui Plot'
The British-born shoe bomber Richard Reid was not involved in a plot with alleged September 11 hijacker Zacarias Moussaoui, the US government admitted today.

Moussaoui Jury Hears 9/11 Cockpit Recordings
Jurors deciding whether Zacarias Moussaoui should be executed were today played recordings from the cockpit of one of the planes hijacked on September 11.

Hollywood Salutes 9/11 All-american Heroes
The US has a long tradition of seeking catharsis through that most American of mediums: the movie. But when the trailers for United 93, the story of the flight that fought back on the country's darkest day, hit cinemas recently, reactions were sharply divided. Paul Harris and Alice O'Keeffe report on a film that is splitting audiences.

Wmd in Iraq? Take a Look for Yourself
Column Five: Under fire for failing to predict September 11 and for messing up the Iraq job, America's spies have started posting the hundreds of thousands of captured prewar Iraqi documents on the web, and challenging the public to do better.

British Shoe Bomber 'part of Fifth 9/11 Plot'
· Reid in al-Qaida plan for White House, court told · Moussaoui makes claims while on trial over attacks

Islamophobia Worse in America Now Than After 9/11, Survey Finds
More than half of Americans believe there are more violent extremists within Islam than in any other religion and that the faith encourages violence against non-Muslims, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll yesterday.

Death Penalty Call for Man Who 'could Have Stopped 9/11'
Lawyers for the US government yesterday demanded the death penalty in the trial of a man they said could have chosen to prevent the September 11 attacks.

US Government to Pay £171,000 to Egyptian Man Held After 9/11
The US government has agreed to pay $300,000 (£171,000) to an Egyptian man who was detained in New York after the 9/11 attacks, held for several months and deported after pleading guilty to credit card fraud.

Blogger Bares Rumsfeld's Post 9/11 Orders
Hours after a commercial plane struck the Pentagon on September 11 2001 the US defence secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, was issuing rapid orders to his aides to look for evidence of Iraqi involvement, according to notes taken by one of them.

Alleged 9/11 Conspirator Evicted From Court
The sole conspirator brought to trial in the September 11 terror attacks was removed from the Virginia court that is to decide whether he will live or die yesterday after he disrupted proceedings by shouting "I am al-Qaida".

Britain 'ordered Torture of 9/11 Suspect'
A Moroccan wanted in Spain over his alleged links to the 9/11 attackers today told his extradition hearing he had been tortured on the "direct orders" of British intelligence.

Disaster Preparedness in a Post 9/11 World
So much has changed in the last several years after 9/11, and yet most businesses are still inadequately prepared for disastrous situations. Not only are they vulnerable from the threat of terrorism, but from security and natural disaster standpoints as well.

Beyond 9/11
Though it is well-known that Pakistan, with is immense infrastructure for supporting Jihadis stretching from London to Bali, is very much the epicenter of global terror, the strategic silence maintained by the United States in accepting this reality poses an insurmountable block for New Delhi and Moscow.

9-11 Deception Part Two
This is supposed to be government by the people and for the people. Not anymore folks.

Ten Al-qaida Plots Foiled Since 9/11
· President claims US and allies halted major attacks · Bush outlines five-point strategy against terrorists

9/11 'freedom Museum' Plan Scrapped
Plans for a "freedom museum" at the World Trade Centre site in New York were today abandoned after the project provoked intense opposition from families of September 11 victims.

Bush Summons Spirit of 9/11 to Help Repair His Hurricane-damaged Ratings
· White House talks of reconstruction 'tsar' · Rescuers say flood toll may be lower than feared

Beleaguered Bush Tries to Evoke Spirit of 9/11
Stung by criticism of his slow response to Hurricane Katrina, President George Bush has been using today's fourth anniversary of the 11 September attacks to try to shore up his crumbling public support.

9/11 REVISITED: The US A Victim And A Testbed?
Was Sept 11 part of a historical impulse that may soon reach its intended culmination? Here is a fresh perspective and the role of Old Europe.

Brotherhood Forged in the Carnage of the Twin Towers
On the anniversary of 9/11 a hero and the man he saved talk about their bond. David Smith reports.

Member of 9/11 Terror Cell Jailed
A friend of the September 11 suicide pilots was jailed for seven years yesterday after a German court found him guilty of belonging to a terrorist cell after a year-long retrial.

US Officer Says Pentagon Prevented Al-qaida Reports Reaching the Fbi
A US army intelligence officer went public yesterday with claims that a secret military unit had identified Mohammed Atta and three other al-Qaida members as a potential threat a year before they carried out the September 11 attacks in 2001.

British Director to Make 9/11 Film
After initial hesitancy, Hollywood studios have lined up a string of projects about the US terrorist attacks.

Hollywood Tackles 9/11 With Third Feature
A third major Hollywood film about September 11 is in the works, it was announced yesterday.

Rescuers' Voices of Chaos Finally Aired
More than 12,000 pages of often harrowing oral histories and 15 hours of radio transmissions from firefighters and other emergency workers who rushed to the World Trade Centre on September 11 were released by the City of New York yesterday.

Tower Bridge 9/11 Plotter Jailed
A district court in India has sentenced a man to seven years in jail for planning to crash airliners into the House of Commons and Tower Bridge in London on September 11 2001.

Popcorn From the 9/11 Rubble
Spielberg's War of the Worlds is tosh, so why does America love it? Peter Preston

Bush 'exploited 9/11' in Iraq Plea
Doubts cast on success of speech in halting slide against conflict.

Bush Evokes 9/11 to Bolster Iraq War
Terror link used to rally sceptical US public. George Bush last night rallied Americans to the cause of the Iraq war, urging them not to forget the lessons of September 11" and arguing the fight was vital to future US security.

Bush Cites 9/11 in Plea for Iraq Support
George Bush last night urged Americans not to 'forget the lessons of September 11' and to keep their resolve in the Iraq war, which the president claimed was vital to future US security.

9/11 Inquiry Urges Safer Buildings
A US government agency investigating the collapse of the World Trade Centre in New York yesterday called for safety improvements in the construction of skyscrapers

9/11 Suspect Faces Death Penalty After Pleading Guilty
Al-Qaida terror plotter planned to fly plane into White House.

Has Corporate Pr Learned the Lessons of 9/11?
After Starbucks suffered a battering on September 11 for charging firemen for bottled water, MediaGuardian asks whether big corporations such as Danone, which effectively runs Sumatra's water system, will reap good or ill will in the wake of the tsunami. By Julia Day.

Republicans Snub Bush on 9/11 Reforms
Conservative Republicans and Pentagon allies in Congress rebelled against President George Bush at the weekend by blocking legislation to reform US intelligence in the light of the September 11 attacks.

Under Siege Since 9/11, Arab Voters Shift to Kerry
Gary Younge visits Dearborn, Detroit, where Arab-Americans are blending the culture of the old country with that of their new home.

The Poll Story for September 11
Joey Ware gives his current college football rankings and tries to explain why he has ranked teams in their respective spots.

9/11 Widows Join Kerry Campaign
John Kerry tried to re-establish his credentials on national security yesterday, recruiting prominent widows from the September 11 terror attacks to support his election campaign. In an election season dominated by issues of national security, yesterday's endorsement was designed to...

Fortress New York takes post-9/11 play to its heart
In a city awaiting the Republicans, a British play about Camp X-ray is a hit with off-Broadway audiences.

German 9/11 Trial in Doubt After Us Blocks Witnesses
The retrial of a Moroccan man convicted of involvement in the September 11 attacks appeared to be in doubt last night after the Bush administration refused to allow two key al-Qaida suspects to give evidence. On the first day of the new trial of Mounir el Motassadeq, a court in Hamburg...

It Started As a Routine Flight From Detroit to La. But What Followed Would Plunge the Us Into Another 9/11 Panic
When one woman posted a website account of her fears on a flight with a group of Arab men, a spate of tales about lax security followed. Paul Harris reports.

Trouble Ahead for Bush From 9/11 Panel
Commission plans to campaign, not disband. Members of the commission investigating the September 11 terror attacks have injected a potentially unsettling element into President George Bush's re-election campaign by deciding not to disband.

9/11 Report Points to Us Failures
The success the September 11 plotters scored by inflicting almost 3,000 deaths on the US represented a failure of "policy, management, capability and imagination" in government and intelligence agencies, a US report said today. Thomas Kean, the chairman of a commission investigating the...

Losing the Plot
A failure to keep track of events, and a breakdown in relations between the FBI and the CIA, meant opportunities to disrupt the September 11 cionspiracy were missed, says Richard Norton-Taylor.

US Missed 10 Chances to Avert 9/11 Strikes
Airport video shows hijackers being searched before boarding plane.

Germany to Drop 9/11 Plot Charges
Evidence against only man jailed for terror attack 'weak'.

Architect Sues Developer in Row Over 9/11 Tower
The principal architect for the new World Trade Centre, Daniel Libeskind, has sued the site's developer, Larry Silverstein, for $843,750 (£453,700) over unpaid fees, signalling an apparently irreparable dispute over creative control of the project. Little more than a week after the...

the K Chronicles: "Fahrenheit 9/11"
Keef brings the children to see the movie they're not supposed to see..

The Observer Profile: Francis Fukuyama
The latest offering from Francis Fukuyama, the writer whose analysis made sense of the post-Cold War era, tackles the world after the trauma of 11 September. And it looks a lot less rosy.

Fahrenheit 9/11 Sets Us Alight
Moore film fires up left and incenses right, adding cultural fuel to fight for presidency. For the second time in a week, the liberals of New York stood in line for their cultural sustenance.

Bush Pays Price for 9/11 Failings
Public confidence in President George Bush's ability to fight terrorism has been severely dented by the September 11 commission's initial findings, according to a poll published today. The poll's findings will be worrying for the Bush re-election campaign: until now the president's...

No Iraq Link to September 11 Plot, Us Report Finds
The US commission investigating the September 11 attacks reported yesterday it had found no evidence that Iraq and al-Qaida cooperated in the plot or had any sort of "collaborative relationship", bluntly contradicting persistent White House claims. The finding was presented in a report by...

9/11 Compensation Agreed
The US government's compensation fund for victims of the September 11 attacks completed its work today, agreeing to pay $7bn (£4bn) to more than 5,000 claimants. Under the law that created the fund, nearly three years ago, administrators had until midnight to decide how much each...

Fahrenheit 9/11 Distributors to Challenge R Rating
US distributors of Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 have hired a former governor of New York to appeal against the classification given to the film.

Art Becomes the Next Suspect in America's 9/11 Paranoia
On May 10 Steven Kurtz went to bed a married art professor. On May 11 he woke up a widower. By the afternoon he was under federal investigation for bioterrorism. What began as a personal tragedy for Mr Kurtz has turned into what many believe is, at best, an overreaction prompted by 9/11...

Fahrenheit 9/11 Finds Coalition of Willing Distributors
After being famously dropped by Disney, Michael Moore's award-winning documentary Fahrenheit 9/11 has finally secured US distribution and will hit American cinemas on June 25. The film is to be released by a partnership of Lions Gate Films, IFC Films and the Fellowship Adventure Group,...

Blame the Terrorists for 9/11 Not Each Other, Says Giuliani
Former New York mayor Rudolph Giuliani told the commission examining 9/11 attacks that it should not assign blame for mistakes on the day but work to prevent another attack.

Rivalry Between Police and Fire Units 'hampered Rescue on 9/11'
Longstanding rivalry between New York's police and fire departments and incomplete communications hampered efforts to save lives at the World Trade Centre on September 11 2001, the commission investigating the attacks claimed yesterday. As the national commission on terrorist attacks upon...

Peter Bradshaw on Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11
It was strident, passionate, sometimes outrageously manipulative and often bafflingly selective in its material, but Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 was a barnstorming anti-war/anti-Bush polemic tossed like an incendiary device into the crowded Cannes festival.

Bush Hails 'cordial' 9/11 Session
The US president, George Bush, said today that he had a "good ... cordial" session with the panel investigating the September 11 attacks and that they had asked "a lot of good questions." Mr Bush appeared behind closed doors with the panel alongside his vice-president, Dick Cheney.

Bush to Face Tough Questions on 9/11
President will appear before inquiry - with Cheney in tow. George Bush will face the toughest questioning of his presidency today when he meets the national commission examining the government's failure to prevent the September 11 attacks in the US.

'Unrealistic' War Game Pooh-poohed Before 9/11
Five months before the September 11 attacks, US military planners suggested a war game to practise a response to a terrorist attack using a commercial airliner flown into the Pentagon, but senior officers rejected the scenario as "too unrealistic".

Britain Accused of 9/11 Blunder
Commission says FBI, attorney general and UK agencies failed to take terror threat seriously enough.

Future of Fbi at Stake As It Faces 9/11 Inquiry
The future of the FBI will be at stake today when its past and present directors are expected to face stiff questioning by a national commission of inquiry into a string of blunders in the effort to track down al-Qaida cells in the US before September 11 2001. The hearings come amid...

Bush Given Hijack Alert Before 9/11
Bush administration striving to play down political impact of secret document that warned, weeks before September 11, of "patterns of suspicious activity" in the US "consistent with preparations for hijackings".

Bush Told of Hijack Warning Weeks Before 9/11
Rice says briefing contained no fresh information.

Man Jailed Over 9/11 is Freed
The only person to have been jailed in connection with the September 11 attacks on New York and Washington was today released from prison, pending a retrial in a German court. Mounir El Motassadeq, 30, was serving a maximum 15-year prison term in Hamburg after a court in the city...

Clinton Papers 'denied to 9/11 Inquiry'
White House accused of holding back 75% of archive documents.

9/11 Allegations Press on Rice From All Sides
Undelivered text adds fuel to row over whether Bush White House took al-Qaida threat seriously.

Pressure Mounts on Rice Over 9/11 Speech
Undelivered text adds fuel to row over whether Bush White House took al-Qaida threat seriously.

Rice Told to Testify Before 9/11 Hearing As Bush Caves in
President George Bush surrendered yesterday to public demands for greater disclosure from the White House to the investigation into the September 11 attacks, authorising his national security adviser to testify in public before the commission. The retreat - after weeks of resisting a...

Rice Tries to Keep Low Profile in 9/11 Hearings
Bush's security adviser has cultivated a low profile, but is increasingly on the spot. Throughout this week's theatrical congressional hearings on the September 11 attacks, a central character in the action remained resolutely off-stage, despite constant calls for her presence. In fact, the whole drama could well have been titled Waiting for Condi.

White House in Row Over September 11 Evidence
The White House was facing a crisis in confidence yesterday over its handling of the al-Qaida threat prior to September 11.

Powell Denies Ignoring 9/11 Warnings
The US secretary of state, Colin Powell, today denied that his administration ignored warnings of a terrorist threat. Giving evidence to a federal inquiry into the September 11 2001 terrorist attacks on America, Mr Powell insisted that George Bush's administration had actively worked to...

9/11 Hijackers Could Have Been Stopped, Says Ex-aide
Former White House insider claims president's obsession with Russia and Iraq left US vulnerable to attack from al-Qaida.

An Ode To The Survivors of 9/11
Keyboard Maestro Jordan Rudess Pays Tribute To The Survivors Of 9/11 With A Benefit Concert And CD

First and Only 9/11 Conviction Overturned By German Court
A German court yesterday overturned the world's only conviction in connection with the September 11 attacks and ordered the retrial of a Moroccan found guilty of helping the Hamburg cell of suicide hijackers. In a blow to US efforts to bring those responsible for the attacks to justice,...

German Court Clears Student of Plotting With 9/11 Terrorists
Verdict casts doubt on conviction of second suspect and is seen as blow to US and German investigators.

9/11 Memorial Chosen
A design consisting of two pools of water in the footprints of the destroyed twin towers at the World Trade Centre in New York has been chosen as the memorial to the thousands who died in the terrorist attacks of September 11 two years ago. The design, by the New York-based Israeli...

Videos Prove Guards Abused 9/11 Prisoners
Cameras in a New York detention centre recorded officers slamming Arabs and Asians against walls.

German Trial of 9/11 Suspect Collapses
Embarrassment for Washington as judge halts hearing after statement from mystery witness which exonerates accused.

9/11 Inquiry May Subpoena White House
The chairman of the commission investigating the September 11 attacks warned he would use the courts and issue subpoenas to obtain evidence from an uncooperative White House.

September 11 Revenge Killer to Die for Shooting Sikh
A man has been sentenced to death in Arizona for killing a Sikh in the belief that he was an Arab while on a shooting spree intended to avenge the September 11 attacks. The murder of Balbir Singh Sodhi, an immigrant from India and the owner of a petrol station, was the first and one of...

US civilian planes 'shot down' four times a week in post-September 11 drills
The US military practises shooting down hijacked commercial airliners up to four times a week and has scrambled jets to intercept civilian flights more than 1,500 times - almost always on false alarms - since September 11 2001, it was reported yesterday.

Original 9/11 plan 'involved 10 planes'
The man believed to have organised the September 11 terrorist attacks has told his US interrogators that the original plan was to hijack 10 American planes and simultaneously hijack or bomb aircraft in south-east Asia.

America remembers in subdued silence
Second September 11 anniversary passes without fanfare from US president on a day devoted to victims' families.

'Security' has become the leitmotif for a new politics
Voters are afraid - but populist policies will do nothing to reassure them. Two years on, and we need no reminding of the date today. The echo of September 11 rattles through our political world, shaking everything, changing everything.

Families of 9/11 Victims Win Right to Sue Airlines
The families of people who died in the terrorist attacks of September 11 2001 were yesterday given the go-ahead to sue parts of the airline industry as well as the owners of the World Trade Centre in New York for negligence. US district judge Alvin Hellerstein ruled that the hijacking of...

Fury at Muslim talks in memory of 9/11 hijackers
An extremist British Islamic group which has been linked to suicide bombings overseas is to hold a conference in London on 11 September dedicated to 'The Magnificent Nineteen' - the hijackers who killed more than 3,000 people in the US nearly two years ago.

Most 9/11 families fail to file claims
The American airline industry is bracing itself for a barrage of lawsuits after revelations that almost 60% of the families who lost relatives in the September 11 terrorist attacks have yet to file claims with the victims' compensation fund.

9/11 Last Calls Reveal Horror
Transcripts of telephone calls made from World Trade Centre after the September 11 attacks reveal a police force gradually coming to grips with the enormity of the disaster as those inside the building pleaded for help. The transcripts, released by court order yesterday, show that callers...

9/11 Victims' Last Words to Be Revealed
Harrowing transcripts of emergency calls made from the World Trade Centre during the terrorist attacks will be released under court order today.

Spirit of 9/11 back in blacked out Big Apple
The lights went out but civilisation survived. After the first 24 hours of the great blackout of 2003, the people of New York, Detroit, Cleveland and Toronto were marvelling yesterday that their public spirit burned even stronger when it was unplugged.

Saudis to Let Cia Interview 9/11 Suspect
The Saudi government has bowed to US pressure to let the FBI and CIA interrogate a mysterious figure at the heart of the September 11 investigation: a suspected Saudi intelligence agent who befriended and helped two of the hijackers in America. Omar al-Bayoumi's role in the events leading...

Saudis Let Us Interview Suspected 9/11 Link
The Saudi government has bowed to US pressure to allow the FBI and CIA to interrogate a mysterious figure at the heart of the September 11 investigation: a suspected Saudi intelligence agent who befriended and helped two of the hijackers in America. Omar al-Bayoumi's role in the events...

US Report on Run-up to 9/11 Damns Intelligence
The US national security agency picked up "communications that indicated possible impending terrorist activity" between September 8 and September 10 2001 but failed to act on them, according to a congressional investigation into the al-Qaida attacks on New York and Washington.

Don't Blame September 11 on Spy Failures, Says Report
Nothing could have been done to stop the terrorist attacks on September 11 even though an FBI informant had contact with two of the suicide hijackers a year before they were carried out, according to a congressional report to be published today.

9/11 Inquiry Alleges Witness Intimidation
A US panel investigating the September 11 terrorist attacks yesterday accused the Pentagon and the justice department of obstructing the inquiry and said witnesses were being intimidated. The federal commission of inquiry was appointed eight months ago by the White House, which was under...

Moroccan charged over September 11
Mr Mzoudi, who has been in custody since his arrest in Hamburg last October, is also accused of being an accessory to the murder of 3,066 people. He is the second Moroccan connected to the Hamburg cell to be charged by the federal prosecutor based in Karlsruhe in connection with the attacks.

Bush Election Drive to Tap September 11 Memories
The Republican party has scheduled its 2004 party convention unusually late in the year so that the climactic moment when President Bush's re-election campaign begins will nearly coincide with the third anniversary of the September 11 attack, according to a report yesterday. The New York...

Spain Links Suspect in 9/11 Plot to Baghdad
An alleged terrorist accused of helping the 11 September conspirators was invited to a party by the Iraqi ambassador to Spain under his al-Qaeda nom de guerre, according to documents seized by Spanish investigators. Yusuf Galan, who was photographed being trained at a camp run by Osama...

How mobile phones and an £18m bribe trapped 9/11 mastermind
The electronic surveillance network Echelon played a key role in the capture of the alleged September 11 mastermind, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, it was reported yesterday - as did a $27m (£18m) payment to an "al-Qaida foot soldier", who may be planning to relocate to Britain.

Saudi Envoy in Uk Linked to 9/11
Riyadh's former intelligence chief has been accused in US court documents of helping to fund al-Qaeda.

Top 9/11 Suspect Seized in Pakistan
Police in Pakistan yesterday seized Khalid Sheikh Mohammad, the alleged mastermind behind the September 11 attacks on the United States. Considered the most dangerous Islamic terrorist actively operating in the world, his arrest represents a stunning blow against the al-Qaeda organisation...

Bogus Claims Flood in to 9/11 Fund
A $100m fund to pay for residents to clean up their flats after the attacks on the World Trade Centre has been targeted by fraudsters, according to officials. Some applicants to the federal programme lived several miles away from Ground Zero. Others simply wanted free air conditioners...

September 11 Suspect Jailed for 15 Years
The first trial to be held in connection with the September 11 terrorist attacks on New York and Washington today ended with the defendant being sentenced to 15 years in jail for being an accessory to more than 3,000 counts of murder. A German court found Mounir el-Motassadeq, 28, a...

German Police Arrest Suspect Linked to 9/11
German police swooped yesterday on a suspected Islamist terrorist cell which prosecutors said had planned an attack on a US target in the Frankfurt area. One of three suspects held for questioning was said to have had links to the Hamburg cell led by Mohammed Atta which plotted the...

Grief of September 11 Families Stuns German Courtroom
Interpreter breaks down during testimony in trial of alleged plotter.

September 11 Families Sue Fund
Seven families of people killed in the attack on the World Trade Centre have sued the head of the September 11 victims' fund, accusing him of acting illegally and unfairly, and riding "roughshod" over legislation governing the fund. The relatives accuse the fund's administrator, Kenneth...

Lesbian Wins £300,000 Compensation for Losing Partner on September 11
The lesbian partner of a woman who was killed during the September 11 attack on the Pentagon has received more than $500,000 (£300,000) from the fund set up to compensate relatives.

Torture Trail to September 11
A two-part investigation into state brutality opens with a look at how the violent interrogation of Islamist extremists hardened their views, helped to create al-Qaida and now, more than ever, is fuelling fundamentalist hatred.

Mitchell Quits Kissinger's 9/11 Inquiry
The former US senator George Mitchell resigned yesterday from a commission set up to investigate the September 11 terrorist attacks, just weeks after the controversial appointment of the former secretary of state Henry Kissinger as chairman. Mr Mitchell, who played a key role in the Good...

September 11 & Pearl Harbor
America is attacked! The people are stunned. The President orders the military to strike back.

Saudi cash link to 9/11 investigated
The FBI is investigating a possible financial link between the Saudi royal family and the 11 September hijackers, in an inquiry that the Bush administration has attempted to keep secret for political reasons, it was reported yesterday.

9/11 Hijacker Made Last 'i Love You' Call
A Hamburg court was given an insight yesterday into the last hours of one of the alleged pilots in the September 11 attacks during the trial of Mounir el-Motassadeq, a Moroccan accused of being the paymaster for the al-Qaida cell which led the strikes. Aysel Sengun, the German girlfriend...

Gore Vidal Claims 'bush Junta' Complicit in 9/11
America's most controversial writer Gore Vidal has launched his most scathing attack on President Bush, calling for an investigation into whether the US administration deliberately allowed the terrorist attacks to happen.

September 11 Suspect on Trial
German court told of visit by Moroccan to al-Qaida camp.

'9/11 Operative' Tells Court of Links With Hijacker
A Moroccan man accused of helping the Hamburg terrorist cell involved in the September 11 attacks testified as his trial opened today that he often talked with lead suicide hijacker Mohamed Atta but not about the group's plans. The prosecution alleges that Mounir el Motassadeq, a...

'Key 9/11 Operative' on Trial
The trial opened today of a 28-year-old Moroccan student accused of aiding the Hamburg terrorist cell involved in the September 11 attacks on the US, which included the lead suicide hijacker Mohamed Atta. Prosecutors allege that Mounir el-Motassadeq, who is being tried in a Hamburg state...

9/11 Suspect Given Fbi Al-qaida Files
Zacarias Moussaoui, the only person charged in the United States in connection with the September 11 attacks, was mistakenly given access to 48 classified and highly confidential FBI documents. The attorney general, John Ashcroft, has ordered an investigation into how they ended up in his...

Legal action jeopardises 9/11 compensation
Families of victims of September 11 could lose their payout claims if they decide to sue alleged Saudi funders of terrorism, writes Oliver Burkeman

Hirst apologises for calling 9/11 'a work of art'
The artist Damien Hirst today apologised for congratulating the September 11 hijackers on a "visually stunning" work of art in an interview published last week on the eve of the first anniversary of the terror attacks.

The Other September 11
The attack on the trade towers is not the only manmade disaster that should be remembered on September 11. Ken Loach sends me a tape of the film he made on the events of September 11. His was one of 11 such films, all of them 11 minutes nine seconds and one frame long, by well-known directors all over the world.

September 11 Suspect Handed to Us
· Pakistan hands over five al-Qaida suspects
· Possible link with Daniel Pearl murder

Investigators question key September 11 suspect
American investigators were last night leading the interrogation of the al-Qaida suspect Ramzi Binalshibh at a secret location in Pakistan after the most successful series of strikes against the network for several months.

Learning to Forget September 11
Learning to forget may be the best way of remembering September 11. Pregnant pause. "And this," said the blonde from NBC, "underscores the importance of silence at a moment like this."

Brutal gun-battle that crushed 9/11 terrorists
By one o'clock it was all over. The police were on the roof of the bullet-riddled building, seven of the gunmen were in custody and two were dead. Spent cartridges littered the ground for hundreds of yards around the white apartment block and smoke from a grenade blast blackened its entry. On the roof were thick smears of blood from the dead and the wounded.

How police caught up with the 9/11 mastermind
President Bush hailed a major breakthrough in the year-old 'war on terror' following the capture of a key planner in the 11 September attacks.

Genuine Sporting Moments Swallowed By 9/11 Behemoth
September 11, Richard Williams: The emotional and magnificent struggle between Andre Agassi and Pete Sampras at the US Open was overshadowed by the posturing of the authorities over the continuing September 11 narrative.

New York Counts Cost of 9/11
The terrorist attack of September 11 could cost New York up to $95bn (£60bn), according to the city's own independent financial watchdog.

Films to Commemorate September 11
Eleven film-makers from 11 countries have each made 11-minute films to commemorate September 11. Jon Henley watched the result and spoke to Ken Loach, one of the directors.

The Aftershocks of September 11
The aftershocks of September 11 are still being felt across the globe - but they are not the ones we imagined. Even the approach of the anniversary inspires dread. On Wall Street yesterday both the markets and the dollar fell: jittery traders apparently fear that the arrival of September 11, 2002 will be marked by a repeat performance of September 11, 2001.

'A Cog Without Whom September 11 Would Not Have Succeeded'
One of the pilots who crashed a jet airliner into the World Trade Centre on September 11 vowed more than a year earlier that there would be "thousands of dead".

US Bans Foreign Planes on 9/11
Foreign aircraft will not be allowed to fly over New York and Washington on the first anniversary of the September 11 attacks, it was announced today. Only US-owned airliners will be allowed to make international flights that come within a 30 mile radius of the east coast cities, the US...

Germany to put September 11 'banker' on trial in Hamburg
A Moroccan man arrested in Hamburg last year has been charged with taking part in the World Trade Centre attack.

First payments made to September 11 relatives
The first families to receive compensation from the US government for losing their relatives in the World Trade Centre attacks will get payments between $300,000 (£195,000) and $3m.

9/11: They Have Come Through
How have New Yorkers coped with the aftermath? Survivors, the bereaved, rescue workers, and volunteers who rallied to help after the attack tell how their city and their lives have changed - and what their hopes are for the future.

September 11 - After the fall
Even as the dust was settling on Ground Zero, songs, movies and books were hastily being tweaked to take account of the attack. But what will the lasting effects of September 11 be on cinema, music, theatre and literature?

Saudi Royals Face Trillion-dollar Lawsuit Over September 11
Members of the Saudi royal family were yesterday sued for allegedly financing the September 11 terrorist attacks on the US, in a trillion-dollar lawsuit brought by an international group of victims' families. Three Saudi princes were among more than 70 defendants, which included several...

US Airlines Still Reeling After September 11
While European carriers appear to be emerging from the financial cloud, their US counterparts are desperately reaching for government loans, writes Mark Tran.

US faces 9/11 ad black hole
US media companies are bracing themselves for huge losses of tens of millions of pounds as advertisers shun the anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks.

Judge orders naming of September 11 detainees
The US government must release the names of almost all the 1,200 people it has detained during the investigation of the September 11 terrorist attacks, a judge ruled yesterday.

Musicians Cash in on 9/11 Anniversary
An album celebrating the bombing of Afghanistan for lighting up the skies "like the fourth of July" has reached the top of the American charts. It is one of a batch of albums being released in advance of the September 11 anniversary.

9/11 documentary: the US reaction
The Observer reveals today that the BBC will screen the controversial CBS 9/11 documentary which was broadcast in the United States last autumn. The US screening of the programme was marked by a widespread media debate about whether it should be shown. Here is a brief selection of comments and viewpoints.

September 11 Suspect Tries to Plead Guilty
Zacarias Moussaoui, described as the "20th hijacker" and the only person charged as a September 11 conspirator, stunned a US court yesterday by trying to plead guilty.

Fight against epidemic hit by September 11 - UN chief
Spending on defence since the September 11 terrorist attacks has severely hampered efforts to confront the spread of Aids, according to the man who is spearheading the global battle against the disease.

350 revenge crimes after September 11
At least 350 crimes, including bomb plots, have been committed against people of Middle Eastern origin or appearance in retaliation for the September 11 attacks, according to the US justice department.

British Families of 11 September Dead Get £2.7m
The families of British victims of the 11 September atrocity are each to be offered up to $4 million (£2.7m) compensation by the United States government.

FBI and Cia Fight It Out Over Who Was to Blame for September 11 Blunders
An acrimonious rift broke open between the CIA and FBI yesterday over which agency was more to blame for failing to prevent the September 11 attacks, on the day Congress launched hearings into a string of intelligence blunders.

After 9/11, World Cup vital to international unity!
Two years ago, I wrote about how two adversaries came together to play a soccer match. Indeed, when Yugoslavia and Slovenia matched up in the Euro 2000 tournament, the Battle of the Balkans took center-stage, as these two so-called enemies played a game of soccer. Fast-Forward to May 30, 2002. The World Cup starts in a few days and...

Human Rights 'sidelined' Since September 11
Amnesty International today condemned the very governments which had set up human rights statutes for undermining them in the name of anti-terrorism measures after the September 11 attacks on New York and Washington. Launching its annual report on human rights around the world, the...

Agent blasts FBI over 11 September 'cover-up'
The FBI was under intense pressure yesterday to explain why its top officials had apparently stymied efforts by their own agents to investigate a long and clear pattern of evidence that Islamic extremists were plotting terror attacks on US soil.

Ashcroft Drawn Into Row Over September 11
The row about whether the September 11 attacks could have been averted has begun to focus on the US attorney general, who is accused of playing down the terrorist threat in the first months of the Bush administration.

Bush warned of hijacks before September 11
The failure of American intelligence to prevent the September 11 attacks came back to haunt President Bush yesterday after the White House admitted that the president was warned beforehand of a possible hijacking by terrorists linked to Osama bin Laden.

Bush Told of Threat Before September 11
The CIA warned the US president, George Bush, weeks before September 11 that al-Qaida terrorists might hijack US aeroplanes, the White House admitted yesterday. Mr Bush is believed to have received the warning in August last year as part of his regular intelligence briefing while on...

Claim of Bush exploiting September 11
George Bush was accused yesterday of exploiting September 11 for political gain after the Republican party began selling a picture showing him calling Dick Cheney, the vice-president, from Air Force One hours after the disaster.

NY pupils suffering September 11 stress
Tens of thousands of New York schoolchildren have experienced psychological problems since the September 11 attacks, according to the results of the biggest post-disaster study of its kind, released this week.

New blow for September 11 inquiry
The US Congress's hopes of discovering why American intelligence failed to get a hint of plans for September 11 dwindled further yesterday with news of the resignation of the former CIA man who was heading its investigation.

Martin Woollacott: September 11 Has Not Been a Disaster for Europe's Muslims
Ever since Muslims became a substantial presence in European countries, the shadow of the older anti-semitism, directed against Jews, has hovered over the newer one, directed against Muslims.

Chilling, Defiant: the Video Suicide Message of a September 11 Killer
For the first time, one of the 19 suicide hijackers involved in the September 11 attacks has been shown explaining his motives, with the broadcast yesterday by an Arab television network of a videotape made last year by a man identified as a Saudi conspirator. The Qatar-based al-Jazeera...

Bogus September 11 claims cost charities $1m
Amid all the grief that followed September 11, Mark Palmerri seemed like just another one of the all too many bereaved relatives.

Muslim Peoples Doubt Role of Arabs in September 11
Most people in Muslim countries do not believe that Arabs carried out the September 11 attacks in the United States, according to a new Gallup poll. Overall, only 18% believe that Arabs were responsible and 61% do not. The percentage of those who did not believe the proposition was...