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Last Updated: 1700 Hours Eastern Standard Time, September 14, 2001 C.E.
A website devoted to presenting all reputable evidence regarding the
World Trade Center bombing.
Quote of the day:
"An eye for an eye leaves the world blind."
-DeLaVega's latest writing, in chalk, on the sidewalk of East 96th street between Park and Lexington Avenues
If anyone has heard about or seen Matthew Barnes, a NYC Firefighter who was in the South Tower before it collapsed, please contact me ASAP. I will attempt to upload a picture for easy recognition.
This is our Pearl Harbor. This is our Kennedy Assassination. Only this time there are no markings on the planes, there is no grassy knoll, there is no gun sticking out of a window. This is the beginning of what will be a long, arduous conflict and it will likely shape the twenty-first century. Just as our grandfathers did on that fateful day in 1941, we must stand in the face of "A day that will live in infamy" and defeat the newest threat to freedom.
Greetings. I am Sky. Outraged by the travesty that has taken place today, September 11, 2001, in New York City, I have begun a search for all reputable information regarding possible suspects for the carnage that occurred in Downtown Manhattan this morning. Every day I will update this site with whatever relevant information is posted. Essentially I scour the internet and filter the junk so you don't have to, and so you stay informed.
Articles - 9/14/2001
A close friend of mine has compiled photos of the disaster Tuesday.
They are available for download here. Some may be inappropriate for younger viewers.
No
Easy Battle
New
To successfully fight a war against terrorism, the U.S. military must
find a way to attack organizations that have no concrete structure.
Counterterrorism
to Displace NMD
New
The
terrorist attacks this week on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon will have
many impacts on U.S. budget priorities, especially defense.
Latin
America's Response
New
The Sept.
11 suicide attacks in New York and Washington, D.C., likely will have
far-reaching economic, political and social consequences in Latin America.
Global
Intelligence Cooperation
Comes With Risks
Countries such as China, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia have offered to
help find America's attackers. Cooperation is vital, but Washington must be wary
of governments that might skew it to solve their own security problems.
U.S. Needs New Threat Assessment
Special
Low-Grade
Follow-On Strikes Possible
The size
and sophistication of the Sept. 11 attacks suggest the planners would likely
have planned subsequent, low-grade strikes.
FBI List of Suspected Hijackers
Today's Events - 9/14/2001
(most recent listed first)
According to the Russian News Agency ITAR-TASS, mullahs at Kabul mosques said during Friday prayers, "Muslims of the whole world, we should unite and come out against the USA if the Americans attack us." Taliban spokesman Mullah Abdol Hai Motmaen was quoted as saying, "We will take our revenge on America if it attacks us." 1938
The Philippines' GMA television reported Sept. 14 that the U.S. embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, may be the next target of militants loyal to Osama bin Laden. GMA claimed that U.S. and Indonesian intelligence reports indicated the Indonesian militant group Lashkar Jihad had joined forces with bin Laden. 1931 GMT, 091401
According to a Sept. 14 report on Russian TV6, the U.S. charge d'affaires in Turkmenistan, Eric Schultz, reportedly informed Turkmen President Saparmirat "Turkmenbashi" Niyazov about the potential for U.S. air strikes on Afghanistan. Schultz told journalists that Niyazov assured him Turkmenistan was ready to participate in an antiterrorist coalition. 1925 GMT, 091401
The United States has reportedly hired tankers to transport fuel to the US military base on the island of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean. 1913 GMT, 091401
The FBI has named its investigation of the Sept. 11 attacks in the United States "Pentbomb." 0958 GMT, 091401
The Russian news
agency RIA reported Sept. 14 that the Taliban have denied all foreigners
entrance to Afghanistan, though Taliban representatives in Islamabad deny the
allegations. RIA also reports that the Taliban have begun deploying air defense
systems along Afghanistan's borders, and have deployed surface-to-surface
missiles along Afghanistan's borders with Pakistan, Iran and Tajikistan.
According to RIA, recent reports indicate Osama bin Laden has moved to Kandahar,
headquarters of the Taliban movement. 0955 GMT, 091401
Interfax reports that forces in northern Afghanistan allied with the Taliban, including Uzbek and Chechen militants, are allegedly trying to acquire detailed maps of Russia. 1945 GMT, 091401
According to the Russian news agency Interfax, Afghanistan's Taliban forces are preparing for a large scale offensive against opposition Northern Alliance forces in the provinces of Takhar and Parwan, and are calling up more troops for the operation. This buildup comes amid reports that Northern Alliance commander Ahmad Shah Masood has died of injuries sustained in a Sept. 9 assassination attempt, and despite the potential for U.S retaliatory strikes against the Taliban for harboring Osama bin Laden. 1942 GMT, 091401
Qatar's Al-Jazeera television has reported that the Taliban have deployed missiles along Afghanistan's border with Pakistan, Tajikistan and Iran. The Taliban have also reportedly threatened Tajikistan that they will act to prevent Tajik territory from being used in any attacks on Afghanistan. The report also said that Pakistan had closed its borders with Afghanistan, both to prove its cooperation with the United States and out of fear of a refugee influx from Afghanistan. Afghan citizens have already reportedly begun to evacuate Kabul and other potential target cities. 1937 GMT, 091401
According to the Financial Times, the British Defense Ministry has said that military assets currently bound for exercises in the Persian Gulf could be offered to assist the United States in responding to the attacks on Washington and New York. The largest British task force in 20 years, including 24 surface ships and two submarines, is en route to join 24,000 troops in Oman for military exercises previously scheduled for the end of September. 1930 GMT, 091401
Pakistani military officials, cited by the Washington Post, report that Pakistan is now willing to open its airspace to U.S. air strikes against suspected hideouts of Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan. However, Pakistan remains hesitant to allow US ground troops on its territory, for fear of enraging Islamic militants in Pakistan. Pakistan has also reportedly rejected a U.S request to seal its border with Afghanistan and halt fuel shipments into that country. 1908 GMT, 091401
London's FTSE 100
stock index closed down 3.8 percent on Sept. 14. Paris's CAC 40 index lost 3.6
percent. Tokyo's Nikkei 225, however, closed up 4.1 percent at 10,008.89. Other
Asian markets also fell Sept. 14, with Singapore's STI index down more than 2
percent, South Korea and Taiwan's main indexes down more than 3 percent, India
down 5 percent and Thailand down more than 6 percent. Hong Kong's Hang Seng
closed Sept. 14 up almost one percent. 1900 GMT, 091401
According to Interfax, the Iraqi embassy in Moscow has categorically denied reports that Baghdad could have been involved in the terrorist attacks in the United States. 1901 GMT, 091401
The Bayview Park Hotel Manila, which faces the U.S. Embassy, issued a statement categorically denying a report that U.S. and Philippine forces raided it Sept. 14. The denial contradicts an internationally televised statement made by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. The Philippine Daily Inquirer reports that briefing notes sent to them by presidential spokesman Rigoberto Tiglao stated that a Philippine National Police team with a U.S. technician Sept. 12 examined a room in the hotel, where three Omanis suspected of involvement in the U.S. attacks had stayed. An initial sweep of the room reportedly found traces of nitrate explosives, though a second sweep found nothing. 1900 GMT, 091401
The Philippine Daily Inquirer reports that the Omani Saudia Airlines pilot questioned Sept. 14 in Manila, on suspicion that he was the brother of one of the terrorist pilots involved in the U.S. attacks, has been identified as Mohammad Bukhari. He reportedly is not yet a suspect in the attacks. The three Omanis questioned for suspiciously filming the U.S. Embassy in Manila last week, with one reported to have been on one of the hijacked planes, were also identified as Khalid Abdullah Al-Shehhi, 26, Ahmed Darwish Mohammed Al-Shehhi and Bader Darwish Mohammed Al-Shehhi, both 29. 1853 GMT, 091401
The PM fix for gold stood at $285.75 per troy ounce Sept. 14 on the London Bullion Market. This was up from the previous day's $280.25 and the Sept. 10 $271.50 PM fix, but still below the Sept. 11 spike to $287.00 per troy ounce. The silver PM fix was $4.27 per troy ounce Sept. 14, up from $4.18 at the beginning of the week. 1830 GMT, 091401
The Federal Reserve will inject $81.25 billion into the U.S. banking system to promote financial stability, 1826 GMT, 091401
Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad Sept. 14 called for a summit of world leaders to discuss the rise in international terrorism, reported the Malaysian news agency Bernama. He said that terrorism should be addressed as a global problem, and that countries should refrain from taking sides on the issue. Mahathir continued that if the issues underlying terrorism were not addressed collectively, it would only lead to a cycle of retaliation and further retaliation. 1820 GMT, 091401
Cypriot Justice Minister Nicos Koshis, quoted Sept. 14 in the Cyprus Weekly newspaper, denied that Saudi dissident Osama bin Laden or any member of his family had ever visited or resided in Cyprus. Koshis' comments came in response to reports that Cypriot security forces were investigating whether or not bin Laden's brother was or had been in Cyprus. The unnamed brother allegedly owns an offshore company based in the town of Limassol. Koshis went on to say that bin Laden's brother, who is a permanent resident of Switzerland, was not wanted by the United States and there was no reason to block his business or presence in Cyprus. According to the China Daily, suspicions were raised earlier this year that bin Laden had held secret bank accounts and conducted gun running operations in Cyprus, and used the island's offshore companies to shelter his operations. 1815 GMT, 091401
Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar released a statement Sept. 14 declaring that Saudi dissident Osama bin Laden was not involved in the recent U.S. attacks, "as he has no skill to carry out such attacks." The statement also said, "The event in America itself is indicative of the acquittal of Osama because Osama has no pilots … Where did he train them?" Omar also denied the Taliban had a role in the attacks, noting that training pilots is the work of "a running government," and that "In Afghanistan, there is no such possibility for the training." 1740 GMT, 091401
IRNA reports that some 200 Iranian youths held a candle lit vigil in Tehran Sept. 13, in remembrance of the victims of this week's attacks in the United States. Iranian and Bahraini soccer players observed a minute of silence for the victims before a match in Tehran on Sept. 14. 1710 GMT, 091401
According to IRNA, Scotland Yard increased security outside United Kingdom mosques for Sept. 14 prayers. This follows a rash of threats made against Muslims in the kingdom following this week's attacks in the United States. 1920 GMT, 091401
The British government Sept. 14 sought to narrow its support for potential U.S. retaliation for this week's attacks on New York and Washington, D.C. Speaking before parliament, British Prime Minister Tony Blair called first for bringing to justice those responsible, and insisted that the judgment "must and will be based on hard evidence." Blair distinguished between the "so-called Islamic fundamentalists" believed to be responsible for the attacks and "the vast majority of decent law-abiding Muslims throughout the world." Blair did warn that "those that harbor or help them have a choice, either to cease their protection of our enemies or be treated as an enemy themselves." 1715 GMT, 091401
In a Sept. 14 telephone call, Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf reiterated to U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell that Pakistan opposed terrorism anywhere, and would not refrain from joining efforts to fight it, according to Radio Pakistan. 1645 GMT, 091401
The Iranian news agency IRNA reports the Pakistani rupee gained slightly against the U.S. dollar over the past week, climbing to 66.75 rupees to the dollar in Karachi on Sept. 14 from 66.95 rupees to the dollar on Sept. 10. 1643 GMT, 091401
Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf chaired a special conference of Pakistan Army corps commanders Sept. 14 to review the current security situation in the region. The commanders issued a statement condemning the attacks on the United States. No further information was available of the substance of the talks. 1640 GMT, 091401
The Independent cited statements by former British Foreign Office advisor David Clarke that a military response to the Washington and New York attacks would only lead to more division and bloodshed between the West and the rest of the world. Clarke, formerly special advisor to British Foreign Secretary Robin Cooke, argued that the British government should engage the United States in a "process of reflection" and together launch a new dialogue with the developing world regarding the crisis and the legitimacy of globalization. Clarke said the attacks took place in "a political context that we ourselves have helped to shape." 1631 GMT, 091401
Following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, 25 percent of all of Manhattan's office space -- a total of 25 million sqare feet -- is either destroyed or requires long-term repair, according to CNN. 1620 GMT, 091401
Bloomberg reports that crude oil prices rose more than 5 percent to $29.82 on concerns that a U.S. reaction to the recent attacks will disrupt oil supplies. 1618 GMT, 091401
U.S. President George W. Bush's approval rating has hit 86 percent, the highest presidential approval rating since his father's during the Persian Gulf War, according to the Washington Post. 1616 GMT, 091401
The dollar has dropped to a six-month low against the euro (92.47 cents = one euro) and yen (1 dollar = 117.3 yen). 1615 GMT, 091401
Trading in Amsterdam was automatically suspended for 15 minutes at 2 p.m. GMT when the benchmark Amsterdam Exchanges Index fell more than 5 percent. 1613 GMT, 091401
Tajikistan's government said Sept. 14 it was not yet prepared to guarantee the United States air space if Washington decides to launch retaliatory strikes against suspected terrorist bases in Afghanistan, AFP reported. Prime Minister Akil Akilov said Tajikistan would reach a final decision on a potential U.S. request following extended consultations with neighboring Russia. 1523 GMT, 091301
Afghanistan's ruling Taliban said Sept. 14 it expected to be hit by a massive attack by the United States due to its harboring of Saudi dissident Osama bin Laden, considered a prime suspect in the terrorist attacks on the United States this week, AFP reported. A spokesman for the group said it is ready to "pay any price to defend ourselves and to use all means take our revenge." 1518 GMT, 091401
An Omani questioned by Philippine police three days before the attacks on New York and Washington, D.C., was allegedly in one of the hijacked commercial jets used to crash into the World Trade Center and Pentagon, AFP reported. Philippine police questioned three men Sept. 8 who suspiciously filmed the U.S. Embassy in Manila, which may have been targeted for a bomb attack. A Philippine presidential spokesman said Sept. 14 that the name of one of the three appeared in the flight manifest of one of the hijacked planes in the United States. Philippine authorities have also questioned a Saudia Airlines pilot due to reports that he could be the brother of one of the suicide pilots that struck the World Trade Center in New York. 1445 GMT, 091401
An Indian Defense Ministry source said Sept. 14 that his government will allow U.S. forces to use its facilities if it needs them in any operations launched in retaliation for the terror attacks in New York and Washington this week, China Daily reported. 1430 GMT, 091401
International air
travel to the United States resumed Sept. 14, but only North American carriers
were at first allowed to fly, AFP reported. According to the Federal Aviation
Authority, about 200 U.S. airports had reopened by Sept. 13. 1358 GMT, 091401
A joint U.S. and Filipino team raided the Bayview Hotel near the U.S. Embassy in
Manila Sept. 14, according to ABS-CBN News. Speaking at a press conference in
Tokyo, Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo said the raid was connected
to the terrorist attacks in the United States. Sources told ABS-CBN News that
one of three brothers earlier detained for allegedly taking pictures of the U.S.
Embassy had checked into the hotel on Sept. 1. Philippine police said militants
may have planned a simultaneous bomb attack on the Manila embassy, Reuters
reported.1355 GMT, 091401
Five people
believed to be Saudi Arabians were detained at Kennedy Airport yesterday while
trying to board a United Airlines flight to Los Angeles, a day after police
detectives and federal agents questioned four of them at a nearby hotel, AP
reported. The five reportedly had fake identifications and some had pilots
licenses, sources said. Another five suspects were detained at LaGuardia Airport
and were also reportedly trying to pose as flight crew members, Fox News
reported. U.S. Sen. Joseph Biden, head of the Senate Intelligence Committee,
later said though he had talked with the FBI and CIA and that there is no
connection between the airport arrests in New York and this week's terrorist
attacks. All 10 people were subsequently released. 1352 GMT, 091401
An airport employee detained in Germany in connection with the attacks in the
United States has been released, according to a report in New York's Newsday.
German investigators are still looking for another person after receiving
information from the FBI. 1347 GMT, 091401
Authorities in Germany said three of the suspected terrorists who died in this week's attacks were part of a group of Islamic extremists in Hamburg who have been planning attacks on the United States. Hamburg investigators said two of the alleged terrorists were Mohamed Atta and Marwan Alshehhi, who reportedly trained at a flight school in Florida, AP reported. German investigators said the two were from the United Arab Emirates. 1347 GMT, 091401
The flight data recorder and the cockpit voice recorder from American Airlines flight 77, which crashed into the Pentagon, were found early Sep. 14. AP cited Pentagon spokesman Army Lt. Col George Rhynedance as saying that the recorders had been handed over to the FBI. 1346 GMT, 091401
Beijing has signed a memorandum of understanding for economic and technical cooperation with the Taliban regime in Afghanistan, which is under increasing pressure to hand over terror suspect Osama bin Laden, The International Herald Tribune reported. The deal was reported Sept. 11, the same day terrorists struck the World Trade Center and Pentagon. The Chinese government pledged support for the United States following the attacks. 1345 GMT, 091401
The Washington Post reported that the Pentagon plans to call several thousand reservists to active duty in the next few days, the beginning of an expected larger military mobilization following terrorist attacks in New York and Washington this week. The Defense Department is requesting between 30,000 and 50,000 reservists to provide ''strike-alert'' jet fighter protection and perform other duties at domestic military bases. The initial call-up will focus on reservists with "specialized skills," according to a senior military official.1342 GMT, 091401
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