Year: 2001
“Longest-burning structural fire in history” – Ground Zero fires put out in late December, after 100 days
[New Scientist, The Guardian] “Almost 12 weeks after the terrorist atrocity at New York’s World Trade Center, there is at…
Bin Laden Confession Video: Muslim world divided, many call it unintelligible or fake
[NBC News, The Irish Times] “In the United States, it was a talking point for the nation. But in the…
Mystery WTC 7 collapse: unprecedented event, diesel fuel to power mayor Giuliani’s bunker blamed
[Chicago Tribune] “Almost lost in the chaos of the collapse of the World Trade Center’s twin towers is a mystery…
Bin Laden denies anthrax mail attacks, may have nuclear weapons, calls Twin Towers ‘legitimate targets’ in video
[The Guardian, The Telegraph] “A Pakistani newspaper editor who met Osama bin Laden for a rare interview said yesterday that America’s most…
Madeleine Albright, the price of sanctions, knowingly harming civilians, ongoing bombings and preparing for a new Iraq war
[FAIR] Lesley Stahl on U.S. sanctions against Iraq: We have heard that a half million children have died. I mean, that’s…
Bush rejects Taliban’s offer to hand over Bin Laden, providing proof
[The Washington Pos] “JALALABAD, Afghanistan –– A senior Taliban leader said Sunday that the Islamic militia would be willing to…
US War Hawks blame Iraq for anthrax attacks, 9/11: Starting the “next Hundred Years’ War”
[The Guardian] “American investigators probing anthrax outbreaks in Florida and New York believe they have all the hallmarks of a…
Head of Pakistani intelligence agency ISI wired $100,000 to WTC hijacker Mohammed Atta
[The Times of India] “While the Pakistani Inter Services Public Relations claimed that former ISI director-general Lt-Gen Mahmud Ahmad sought…
Bush and Blair to Taliban: War to begin any time
[The Guardian] “President George Bush and Tony Blair yesterday warned the Taliban regime in Afghanistan in the starkest terms that preparations for…
The Road To 9/11: US helped create Islamic terrorism it faces today
[Newsweek] “America’s open borders make tracking terrorists a daunting exercise. NEWSWEEK has learned that the FBI has privately estimated that…
Robert Fisk: ‘Usama bin Laden Says the Al-Qa’idah Group had Nothing to Do with the 11 September Attacks’
[Robert Fisk] *fact-check “Interview published in newspaper Ummat Karachi, 28th September, 2001″ The Al-Qaidah group had nothing to do with the 11 September…
BBC: Some listed by FBI as 9/11 hijack ‘suspects’ are alive and well
[BBC] “The identities of four of the 19 suspects accused of having carried out the attacks are now in doubt.”…
CNN: ‘Bin Laden says he wasn’t behind attacks’
[CNN] “Islamic militant leader Osama bin Laden, the man the United States considers the prime suspect in last week’s terrorist…
Two days after 9/11, BBC says World Trade Center collapse was obvious, proves it with experts and science
[BBC] “The design of the World Trade Center saved thousands of lives by standing for well over an hour after…
“Fear & Loathing in America”: Hunter S. Thompson predicts expensive forever war a day after 9/11 attacks
[ESPN] “The Battle of the World Trade Center lasted about 99 minutes and cost 20,000 lives in two hours (according…
9/11 Terrorist Attacks: U.S. Intelligence Points To Bin Laden Network
[The Washington Post] “The U.S. government has strong evidence from multiple sources that the suicidal terrorists who carried out yesterday’s…