THE AMERICAN WAR BRIDE EXPERIENCETHE WORLD GRIEVES THIS DAY, 11 SEPTEMBER, 2001, AS OUR LIVES NOW ARE FOREVER CHANGED WITH THIS FIRST WAR OF THE NEW CENTURY: GOD BLESS ALL THE VICTIMS AND THEIR FAMILIES AND HELP ALL PEOPLES AND COUNTRIES IN SUPPORT OF WORLD FREEDOMS...AMEN.
8 October 2001 FIRST WAVE OF US LEAD BOMBINGS IN AFGHANISTAN AT 8:00 A.M. MIDDLE-EAST TIME ZONE Some Taliban have been flushed out of terrorist training camps Some 37,000 food drops made to Afghanistan this day
America Responds to Terrorism
Today's fact
On the investigative front, law enforcement officials have analyzed more than 241 serious/credible threats, conducted 540 interviews, and issued 4,407 subpoenas.
NATO DECLARES BIN LADEN, TALEBAN RESPONSIBLE FOR US TERROR<br> Photo of Lord Robertson by NATO STATEMENT BY NATO SECRETARY GENERAL LORD ROBERTSON 2 October 2001
This morning, the United States briefed the North Atlantic Council on the results of the investigation into who was responsible for the horrific terrorist attacks which took place on 11 September.
The briefing was given by Ambassador Frank Taylor, the United States Department of State Coordinator for Counter-terrorism.
This morning's briefing follows those offered by United States Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage and United States Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz, and illustrates the commitment of the United States to maintain close cooperation with Allies.
Today's was classified briefing and so I cannot give you all the details. Briefings are also being given directly by the United States to the Allies in their capitals.
The briefing addressed the events of 11 September themselves, the results of the investigation so far, what is known about Osama bin Laden and the Al-Qaida organisation and their involvement in the attacks and in previous terrorist activity, and the links between Al-Qaida and the Taleban regime in Afghanistan.
The facts are clear and compelling. The information presented points conclusively to an Al-Qaida role in the 11 September attacks.
We know that the individuals who carried out these attacks were part of the world-wide terrorist network of Al-Qaida, headed by Osama bin Laden and his key lieutenants and protected by the Taleban.
On the basis of this briefing, it has now been determined that the attack against the United States on 11 September was directed from abroad and shall therefore be regarded as an action covered by Article 5 of the Washington Treaty, which states that an armed attack on one or more of the Allies in Europe or North America shall be considered an attack against them all.
I want to reiterate that the United States of America can rely on the full support of its 18 NATO Allies in the campaign against terrorism.
Untitled Security Council unanimously adopts wide-range measures to combat terrorism
Saturday, 29 September 2001
Working late into the night on Friday, the United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution that reaffirms its unequivocal condemnation of the terrorist acts on the United States on 11 September and lays out wide-ranging strategies to combat international terrorism.
The Council also established a Committee to monitor the implementation of its resolution and called on all States to report within 90 days on actions they had taken to that end.
Adopted shortly before 11:00 pm on 28 September, the resolution says all countries should prevent and suppress the financing of terrorism, as well as criminalize the willful provision or collection of funds for such acts. The financial assets of those who commit, attempt to commit, or facilitate terrorist acts should also be frozen.
The Council decided States should prohibit their nationals or people in their territories from making funds or services available to those involved in terrorism, and refrain from providing support to people involved in terrorism, take steps to prevent terrorist acts, and deny safe haven to those who commit terrorist acts or provide safe havens to those who do.
The resolution also says States should prevent terrorists from using their territories for those purposes against other countries, bring anyone who has participated in terrorism to justice, and ensure that terrorist acts are established as serious criminal offences in domestic laws and punished accordingly.
States should help one another with criminal investigations or criminal proceedings relating to the financing or support of terrorist acts, and should prevent the movement of terrorists or their groups by effective border controls as well, the resolution says.
On data-sharing, the Council called on all States to intensify and accelerate the exchange of information regarding terrorist actions or movements, forged or falsified documents, traffic in arms and sensitive material, use of communications and technologies by terrorist groups, and the threat posed by the possession of weapons of mass destruction. Governments were also called on to exchange information and cooperate to prevent terrorist acts, and to take action against the perpetrators of such acts. States should also become parties to the relevant conventions and protocols to combat terrorism.
Before granting refugee status, all States should take appropriate measures to ensure that asylum seekers have not taken part in terrorist acts, the resolution states.
Countries should also ensure refugee status is not abused by the perpetrators of terrorist acts, and that claims of political motivation are not recognized as grounds for refusing requests for the extradition of alleged terrorists.
The Council noted with concern the close connection between international terrorism and transnational organized crime, illicit drugs, money laundering and illegal movement of nuclear, chemical, biological and other deadly materials. It emphasized the need to enhance the coordination of efforts to strengthen a global response to that threat to international security.
Reaffirming the need to combat threats to international peace and security caused by terrorist acts, the Council expressed its determination to take all necessary steps to fully implement its resolution.
PRESIDENT BUSH'S RADIO ADDRESS 22 September 2001 22 September 2001 25 September 2001 JAPAN JOINS AMERICA IN CAMPAIGN AGAINST TERRORISM 25 September 2001: President Expresses Gratitude to FBI Among Other Agencies; Russia Provides Arms to Help US Against Terrorism/Japan Helps US Efforts PRESIDENT TO "STARVE OUT" TERRORISTS THE FREEZING OF TERRORISTS ASSETS 24 September 2001 22 September 2001 US PRESIDENT BUSH OFFERS $25.4 MILLION DOLLAR BOUNTY/REWARD FOR TERRORISTS CONNECTED TO ATTACK OF NEW YORK'S WORLD TRADE CENTER AND PENTAGON MURDERS WELCOME TO THE UNITED STATES CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY/CIA PRESSROOM AND PRESS RELEASES PRESIDENT BUSH THANKS CIA 26 SEPTEMBER 2001 Message from Director of Central Intelligence
George J. Tenet
on National Day of Prayer and Remembrance
14 September 2001
The following message from Director of Central Intelligence George J. Tenet was read by a senior CIA official today at a ceremony at CIA Headquarters marking the National Day of Prayer and Remembrance:
Today, Americans of every background and every faith are joining together across our great, grieving country to remember the brothers and sisters taken from us this week by the vile, vicious hand of terrorism.
Thousands of families�among them our friends, colleagues, and neighbors�are struggling with the sorrow of loss, the pain of injury, and the ache of uncertainty.
Millions more, though, stand with them and with all the victims of these atrocities. For in this noble nation�bloodied but most assuredly unbowed�good has answered evil.
Good in the heroism of rescuers, relief workers, and in every American who has stepped forward to offer every kind of care and comfort. You are firmly and honorably among them.
But the men and women of the Central Intelligence Agency�along with our partners throughout the government�have an additional, decisive task.
To us belongs the mission of unmasking the authors and sponsors of this evil. Those who on a seemingly ordinary Tuesday attacked decency itself. Those who have defiled every standard of humanity.
The road ahead will be neither short nor easy. Yet it is one we must take without hesitation. Indeed, we have already taken the first steps, as a nation and as an agency.
Part of our response can be seen around you. The task forces, the heightened tempo of our global operations, the surge in support and security.
But there is a crucial part that cannot be seen. The determination that is cut into our hearts, the resolve that is burned into our minds.
Ours is a shared commitment to a single goal: To do what we can�to do what we must�against the sort of unspeakable horror that has now invaded and shattered so many, many lives.
Those we remember deserve no less. May our prayers be with them, and may God bless you all. CIA DIRECTOR George J. TENET�S STATEMENT TO CIA WORKFORCE
12 September 2001
Director of Central Intelligence George J. Tenet spoke to the CIA workforce this afternoon about yesterday�s terrorist attacks. Here are excerpts of his remarks:
Good afternoon.
Yesterday, the entire American people�joined by men and women around the globe�recoiled in horror at the barbaric acts against our country.
In my hometown of New York, at the Pentagon, and in the skies over Pennsylvania, the bloody hand of evil struck again and again, stealing thousands of innocent lives.
As the devastating toll of terror comes into focus, we are sure to find among those who were lost friends, colleagues, and others we hold dear.
Our thoughts and prayers are with all the victims, with those searching and caring for them, and with those who mourn them.
I urge all of you to take the time to think of brothers and sisters that we, as Americans, have lost and to pray for those who survive them.
The images of fire and destruction are forever etched in our minds. And in our hearts, amid the numbing shock, there has been profound grief and renewed resolve.
As President Bush said last night, the search for the sponsors of these unspeakable acts has already begun. Our Agency is among the leaders of that search.
The fight against those who use the weapon of terror to menace and murder is necessarily hard. The shield of fanaticism�wielded by those ready to forfeit their lives to achieve their twisted dreams�is not easily pierced.
But it has been pierced before, and it will be pierced again.
Though we did not stop the latest, terrible assaults, you�the men and women of CIA and our Intelligence Community�have done much to combat terrorism in the past.
Hundreds, if not thousands, of American lives have been saved by the brave men and women of our Counter-Terrorism Center, our Directorate of Operations, our analysts, our scientists, our support officers�all who work relentlessly every day against this difficult target.
I know that together, we will do even more in the future.
The response yesterday�from our Counter-Terrorism Center, the Ops Center, Global Support, our entire Security Staff, and many, many others�was absolutely magnificent. Today, I am�as I always have been�very, very proud of all the men and women in this organization.
The important thing for us now is to do our job. To run to ground a vicious foe�one without heart or pity. A foe who has killed Americans, but who hopes in vain to kill the ideals and values that define all of us as Americans.
The terrorists behind these atrocities�and those who give them shelter and support�must never know rest, ease, or comfort. The last word must not be theirs.
For the future must belong to the champions of freedom, not its enemies. That is our aim�today, tomorrow, always.
This is a time for us to come together. To bring all our talents to bear in a steely determination to do what we are called to do�protect our fellow citizens.
It is our turn again to step up to a challenge, and to meet it as we meet all challenges: With commitment and courage.
Put some spirit in your step, square your shoulders, focus your eyes�we have a job to do.
Many years ago, Winston Churchill�a giant of democracy�recalled his reaction on hearing the news of another surprise attack on America, this one at Pearl Harbor:
There were, he wrote, "many, not only in enemy countries [who] might discount the force of the United States. Some said they were soft, others that they would never be united. They would fool around at a distance. They would never come to grips. They would never stand blood-letting."
But, Churchill concluded, "I had studied the American Civil War, fought out to the last desperate inch. American blood flowed in my veins. I thought of a remark which Edward Grey had made to me more than thirty years before�that the United States is like �a gigantic boiler. Once the fire is lighted under it, there is no limit to the power it can generate.�"
Indeed there is not.
I thank you all very, very much for your hard work. May God bless you all.
THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE All Agencies Join Effort Against Terror
By Jim Garamone
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sept. 28, 2001 -- It's a war, but there is no declaration of war. The enemy is not a nation, but a shadowy group of terrorists.
Following the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon, U.S. officials declared terrorism is "a clear and present danger" to the United States. President Bush signed an executive order on Sept. 14 declaring a "national emergency by reason of the terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center, New York, New York, and the Pentagon, and the continuing and immediate threat of further attacks on the United States."
Before Sept. 11, few people could conceive of a terrorist turning modern jetliners into guided missiles. Now the war against these terror networks will be unlike any in America's past -- in this war, the military will play a part, but just a part, in finding and stamping out the terror networks.
DoD has responded in a massive way. The president authorized the department to call to active duty up to 50,000 reserve component service members. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld signed deployment orders for active and reserve personnel. DoD began positioning units where they will do the most good should the president call on them.
The Justice Department will play a large role in tracking terror cells in the United States and thwarting internal threats. Attorney General John Ashcroft said all federal law enforcement agencies are working with local and state officials to track any terrorists operating in the United States. Based on that and other intelligence, Ashcroft said there is a "potential for additional terrorist incidents."
The State Department is working with friends and allies worldwide to isolate the Taliban regime in Afghanistan. State Department officials are also working to build coalitions to attack global terror networks. State already has had some successes. The United Arab Emirates withdrew its recogni tion of the Taliban on Sept. 22, and Saudi Arabia followed suit Sept. 24.
U.S. officials have also been working with Pakistan, the one country that still has relations with Afghanistan, to pressure Taliban leaders to turn over Osama bin Laden and shut down his Al Qaeda network in the country.
The Transportation Department is working to thwart further hijackings and is using the Coast Guard to ensure port facilities are safe. Transportation plans to use National Guardsmen to help augment security at U.S. airports.
The Treasury Department is working to choke off the money that is the lifeblood of terror networks. Bush on Sept. 24 announced his executive order striking "the financial foundation of the global terror network" by freezing the assets of 27 terrorist organizations, leaders, a corporate front and several nonprofit organizations. Other countries are joining this financial attack.
This interagency cooperation must continue to grow, DoD officials said. Legislation is before Congress to allow law enforcement agencies and national security agencies to exchange intelligence, for example.
Officials said closer cooperation is needed to defeat the terror networks. "Some of the elements of terrorism are best defeated by some of our law enforcement agencies, the Central Intelligence Agency, economic tools can come into play," said Gen. Henry Shelton, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. "You have to put it all together. As a military individual, I am very happy with what I see at the interagency approach to the campaign against terrorism. And that'll make it considerably more effective than just trying to use one tool that's in the kit bag."
DOD CASUALTY UPDATE
23 September 2001 The Department of Defense confirmed today the following people were killed as a result of the attack on the Pentagon. This brings to 68 the number of unaccounted for victims positively identified, not including the individual who later succombed to wounds suffered in the attack:
Army:
Ms. Peggie Hurt, Department of the Army civilian, 36, Crewe, Va.
Ms. Teresa M. Martin, Department of the Army civilian, 45, Stafford, Va.
Ms. Edna L. Stephens, Department of the Army civilian, 53, Washington D.C.
Lt. Col. Karen J. Wagner, U.S. Army, 40, Texas
Navy:
Yeoman Third Class Melissa Rose Barnes, 27, Redlands, Calif.
Lt. Michael Scott Lamana, 31, Baton Rouge, La.
Illustrator/Draftsman Second Class Michael Allen Noeth, 30, Jackson Heights, N.Y.
Chief Information Systems Technician Donald McArthur Young, 41, Roanoke, Va.
As a result of the attack, 125 people were killed or remain unaccounted for, not including the 64 passengers on the plane. To date, 118 remains have been recovered and transported to Dover Air Force Base, Del. for identification. Search and recovery operations continue.
22 September 2001
MORE NATIONAL GUARD, RESERVE CALLED TO ACTIVE DUTY
Approximately 5,172 more Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve members have been called to active duty as part of the partial mobilization authorized by President Bush. This brings the total Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve called to active duty to 10,303 to date.
More than 3,000 of those called to active duty in this iteration serve in 12 different units from 11 states. These units will provide air refueling and joint communications. Additional security force personnel called to active duty are 78 Air National Guard members from 24 other units and 56 Air Force Reservists from 12 other units.
Also called to active duty are, approximately, an additional 2,075 Air Force Reserve individual mobilization augmentees, ordered to report for duty across the United States at several duty stations.
THE PENTAGON 21 September 2001 The US now announces the end of its recovery mission at the Pentagon which is now an FBI Crime Scene. The Pentagon reports today that review of information and evidence from site shows that it was the hijacked jet's target during the attack on US. 21 September 2001 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INVOKES FEED AND FORAGE ACT
Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld today invoked fiscal provisions available under the Feed and Forage Act to handle costs resulting from the recent terrorist acts.
The Feed and Forage Act allows the Military Departments to incur obligations in excess of available appropriations for clothing, subsistence, fuel, quarters, transportation and medical supplies. This provision is codified in Section 3732 of the Revised Statutes (41 U.S.C.11.) It also authorizes incurring deficiencies for costs of additional members of the Armed Forces on active duty-beyond the number for which funds are currently provided in DoD appropriations (Title 10 U.S.C.).
This authority requires Congressional notification and does not permit actual expenditures until Congress provides an appropriation of the required funds. Congressional notifications were accomplished yesterday.
Invoking the Feed and Forage Act authorities will ensure the Department of Defense can fully support units of the U.S. armed forces involved in military operations and activities resulting from the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and the aircraft crash in Pennsylvania.
The Department of Defense last invoked the Feed and Forage Act in fiscal 1996 for force protection measures in Saudi Arabia, following the attack on Khobar Towers. While it was invoked at that time, it was not used. THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE PRESSROOM AND HOMEPAGE
PRESIDENT DIRECTS HUMANITARIAN AID TO AFGHANISTAN: PRESIDENT THANKS STATE DEPARTMENT
George W. Bush, President of the United States
Remarks to State Department Employees
Washington, DC
October 4, 2001 UntitledDepartment of State Richard Boucher, Spokesman
Washington, DC
September 28, 2001 IN MEMORY OF THE ATROCITIES COMMITTED AT BABI YAR
60th Year Commemoration of Babi Yar Tragedy in Ukraine
September 29 marks the 60th year since the atrocities at Babi Yar, one of the most notorious events of the Holocaust. During a two-day period in 1941, Nazi soldiers killed over 33,000 people, most of the Jews, from the region in and around occupied Kiev, then part of Soviet Ukraine. Through the last year of World War II, the ultimate toll of those murdered, including Jews, Roma, homosexuals and others, is believed to have reached 100,000.
As a symbol of mass murder Babi Yar will never be forgotten. Today, we welcome and celebrate the resurgence of religious freedom in Ukraine since the end of the Soviet Union, including the rebirth and steady growth of a thriving Jewish community. The memory of the evil committed at Babi Yar serves today to strengthen our resolve to defend the values of freedom, tolerance and human dignity.
State Department Spokesman Richard Boucher comments on
the UN General Assembly's Plenary Session on
Terrorism, which began today in New York: "There is no
middle ground between those who oppose terrorism and
those who support it...our objective is to see those
who aid, harbor, and support perpetrators and
organizers of terrorist acts be held accountable...we
will urge member states to fulfill their obligation
under Security Council Resolution 1373 to deny
financing, support, and safe harbor to
terrorists."
September 27, 2001
Building A Global Coalition Against Terrorism: Secretary Powell continued efforts to build the global coalition against terrorism, holding meetings with Irish FM Brian Cowen, Netherlands FM Jozias van Aartsen, and Egyptian FM Ahmed Maher (right). Secretary Powell also commented on the situation in the Middle East, stating that he,"... spoke this morning to Prime Minister Sharon, to Foreign Minister Peres and to Chairman Arafat to get their perspective of the meetings that were held this morning between Foreign Minister Peres and Chairman Arafat. I am pleased that the meeting took place, I am pleased that some progress has been achieved and that more progress is expected as security meetings begin on Friday." SUDAN/US COUNTER-TERRORISM COOPERATION 26 September 2001 AMERICA RESPONDS: BUILDING A GLOBAL COALITION AGAINST TERRORISM PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS TO A JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE EU STEPS UP FIGHT AGAINST FINANCING OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM 3 October 2001
The European Commission today proposed that Member States decide to freeze all funds held by 27 organisations and individuals suspected of supporting and financing terrorist activities. The proposed Council regulation constitutes a binding legal instrument that applies to the holding and transfer of funds within the European Community.
The draft regulation allows Member States to act quickly to block terrorist accounts and to effectively curb financing of terrorism. The proposal follows the European Council decision of Friday 21 September. The European Council called upon the Council to take the necessary measures to combat any form of financing of terrorist activities.
The proposed regulation intends to ensure a rapid and more coherent application of these measures throughout the EU. In order to prevent circumvention of different national measures it is considered necessary to apply restrictions on payments and movements of capitals within the European Community. The draft regulation contains in an annex a preliminary list of organisations and individuals potentially involved in the September 11 attacks in the U.S. This list might later be extended to others as the EU develops its campaign against terrorism.
This measure builds upon the Council Common Positions(1) and Community sanctions legislation(2) already in force, related directly to the freezing of funds and other restrictive measures with regard to the Taliban in Afghanistan under United Nations Security Council Resolutions. These measures continue to apply.
The Commission expresses its hope that the European Parliament will give its opinion with the utmost urgency, enabling the Council of Ministers to adopt this legislation as soon as next week.
Friday, 14 September 2001: 3 Minutes of Silence in EUROPEAN UNION
SCOTLAND YARD OFFICIAL SITE: PRESS RELEASES AND HOTLINE Arrests by Anti Terrorist Branch 21 September 2001
At approximately 3am today, London time, officers from the MPS Anti-Terrorist Branch arrested two men and one woman under the Terrorism Act 2000. They were arrested in
connection with the World Trade Center terrorist attack and are being questioned by Anti-Terrorist Branch officers.
They were taken to a central London police station where they remain in custody.
A man, aged 27, and a woman, aged 25, were arrested at a residential address in west London. The second man, aged 29, was arrested at a separate residential address also in west London.
Officers also executed a search warrant issued under the Terrorism Act 2000 at both addresses.
At approximately 7pm this evening, a man was arrested under the Terrorism Act 2000 by Anti-Terrorist Branch officers and West Midlands Police officers at a residential address in Birmingham. He has been taken to a central London police station where he is being questioned by Anti-Terrorist Branch officers. The man was arrested in connection with the World Trade Centre terror attack. INTERPOL OFFICIAL SITE AND 11 SEPTEMBER TASK FORCE: PRESS RELEASES, HOMEPAGE, HOTLINE
ARTICLE BY UK PRIME MINISTER TONY BLAIR FOR THE NEW YORK POST 20 September, 2001 New York has always been admired throughout the world.
But that admiration, I can promise you, has never been greater than now. The courage, resilience and humanity shown by the people of this city over the last few, dreadful days has inspired us all.
Your profound disbelief, shock and grief at the terrible events of last week has been shared by all the people of Britain. But we have also watched in wonder at the way New Yorkers have responded to this catastrophe, at the bravery of the city's emergency services, of the determination of New Yorkers to do everything they could to help and at how this whole city and country have pulled together.
The numbers of British dead and missing show what a huge stake our country has in this city. Many of our citizens live and work here. Thousands of our companies do business here. I can promise we will work with you to get New York fully back on its feet as quickly as possible.
It's perhaps wrong to single out any group in a city of heroes and heroines.
But the whole world has witnessed the selfless courage of New York's firefighters and police who made the ultimate sacrifice to save others - and the determination of their colleagues, despite danger and exhaustion, to continue the rescue effort.
I would also like to thank the many people in New York and across America, who at this time of intense national agony, have found time to offer sympathy, support and help to those British families whose loved ones are dead or missing.
I am coming to New York today to join some of these families at a special church service. I fear many more grief-stricken families will be traveling across the Atlantic from Britain in the coming days and weeks.
We don't know yet the exact figure of Britons killed in these despicable attacks. What we do know is that, despite the lengthy and, at times, savage terror campaign that has been waged in our country in relation to Northern Ireland, the attack in New York is by far the worst ever terrorist atrocity against British citizens.
The scale of these losses alone would be reason enough for Britain to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the United States in tracking down those behind these attacks, to bring them to justice and, in the longer term, to dismantle the whole machinery of terrorism behind them.
But, of course, this is not the only reason. America is our closest ally and friend. The links between our two peoples are many and close and have been further strengthened over the last few days. We believe in Britain that you stand by your friends in times of trial just as America stood by us.
We also realize that what happened last week was not just an unprovoked and merciless attack on America but a deliberate assault on the whole civilized world. The targets for the terrorists may have been the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, but the intention of those who planned these atrocities was to strike a blow at the values of decency, tolerance and freedom that underpin our whole way of life.
It's why the decent, civilized countries from across the globe are coming together to counter the threat to us all from international terrorism.
I fly from New York to Washington for talks with President Bush. I want to pay tribute to the leadership shown by the president in these most difficult of times. He has not only helped the American people come to terms with their grief but, by his patient but determined response to this crime, has enabled the building of the widest possible coalition to hold to account those responsible and to destroy their apparatus of terror.
As President Bush himself has said, no one should think this will be an easy battle to win. We know from our own experience in Britain how difficult it is to counter terror campaigns. But the scale of the catastrophe last week underlines why we must not fail.
The terrorists have shown by their total disregard for human life that there are no moral limits to their actions. We can now see that if they get the chance to acquire chemical, biological or nuclear weapons, they would not hesitate to use them.
The immediate goal of the international coalition now being built is to identify and bring to justice those responsible for the appalling attacks on New York and Washington. But, in the longer term, we must develop a coordinated and effective response to international terrorism - how it is financed, how it operates, where it operates from, who supports and shields it.
This will need the same patience, strength and determination that President Bush and the American people have shown over the last few days. It is not what those behind last week's outrages expected nor wanted. They underestimated New York, they under-estimated the courage and strength of the United States and they have underestimated the resolve of America and her allies throughout the world to defeat them.
The Queen has sent the following message to President George Bush of the United States of America after the tragic events of Tuesday, 11 September:
"It is with growing disbelief and total shock that I am learning of the terrorist outrages in New York and Washington today. On behalf of the British people, Mr President, may I express my heartfelt sympathy to the very many bereaved and injured and our admiration for those who are now trying to cope with these unfolding tragedies. Our thoughts and prayers are with you all."
Memorial service at St Paul's Cathedral
The Queen, The Duke of Edinburgh and The Prince of Wales attended a memorial service on Friday 14 September at St Paul's Cathedral in honour of those killed and injured in the terrorist attacks in America.
Special Changing the Guard ceremony
A special Changing the Guard ceremony took place at Buckingham Palace on Thursday 13 September in honour of the victims of the terrorist attacks on the United States of America.
The ceremony was followed by a two-minute silence and sombre music to honour the many thousands of dead and injured in New York, Washington and Pittsburgh.
The Queen was represented by The Duke of York and the ceremony was attended by William Farish, the US Ambassador to Britain.
CONCLUSIONS AND PLAN OF ACTION OF THE
EXTRAORDINARY EUROPEAN COUNCIL MEETING ON 21 SEPTEMBER 2001
The European Council met in extraordinary session on 21 September 2001 in order to analyse the
international situation following the terrorist attacks in the United States and to impart the necessary impetus to the actions of the European Union.
Terrorism is a real challenge to the world and to Europe. The European Council has decided that
the fight against terrorism will, more than ever, be a priority objective of the European Union.
Moreover, the European Union categorically rejects any equation of groups of fanatical terrorists with the Arab and Muslim world.
The European Council reaffirms its firm determination to act in concert in all circumstances.
1. SOLIDARITY AND COOPERATION WITH THE UNITED STATES
The European Council is totally supportive of the American people in the face of the deadly
terrorist attacks. These attacks are an assault on our open, democratic, tolerant and multicultural societies. They are a challenge to the conscience of each human being. The European Union will cooperate with the United States in bringing to justice and punishing the perpetrators, sponsors and accomplices of such barbaric acts. On the basis of Security Council Resolution 1368, a riposte by the US is legitimate. The Member States of the Union are prepared to undertake such actions, each
according to its means. The actions must be targeted and may also be directed against States
abetting, supporting or harbouring terrorists. They will require close cooperation with all the
Member States of the European Union.
Furthermore, the European Union calls for the broadest possible global coalition against terrorism, under United Nations aegis. In addition to the European Union and the United States, that coalition should include at least the candidate countries, the Russian Federation, our Arab and Muslim partners and any other country ready to defend our common values. The European Union will step up its action against terrorism through a coordinated and inter-disciplinary approach embracing all Union policies. It will ensure that that approach is reconciled with respect for the fundamental
freedoms which form the basis of our civilisation.
2. THE EUROPEAN POLICY TO COMBAT TERRORISM
The European Council approves the following plan of action:
� Enhancing police and judicial cooperation
1. In line with its conclusions at Tampere, the European Council signifies its agreement to the
introduction of a European arrest warrant and the adoption of a common definition of terrorism.
The warrant will supplant the current system of extradition between Member States. Extradition
procedures do not at present reflect the level of integration and confidence between Member States
of the European Union. Accordingly, the European arrest warrant will allow wanted persons to be
handed over directly from one judicial authority to another. In parallel, fundamental rights and
freedoms will be guaranteed.
The European Council directs the Justice and Home Affairs Council to flesh out that agreement and
to determine the relevant arrangements, as a matter of urgency and at the latest at its meeting on 6 and 7 December 2001.
In addition, the European Council instructs the Justice and Home Affairs Council to implement as
quickly as possible the entire package of measures decided on at the European Council meeting in Tampere.
2. The European Council calls upon the Justice and Home Affairs Council to undertake
identification of presumed terrorists in Europe and of organisations supporting them in order to
draw up a common list of terrorist organisations. In this connection improved cooperation and
exchange of information between all intelligence services of the Union will be required. Joint
investigation teams will be set up to that end.
3. Member States will share with Europol, systematically and without delay, all useful data
regarding terrorism. A specialist anti-terrorist team will be set up within Europol as soon as
possible and will cooperate closely with its US counterparts.
The European Council trusts that a cooperation agreement will be concluded between Europol and the relevant US authorities by the end of the year.
� Developing international legal instruments
4. The European Council calls for all existing international conventions on the fight against
terrorism (UN, OECD, etc.) to be implemented as quickly as possible. The European Union
supports the Indian proposal for framing within the United Nations a general convention against
international terrorism, which should enhance the impact of the measures taken over the last
twenty-five years under UN aegis.
� Putting an end to the funding of terrorism
5. Combating the funding of terrorism is a decisive aspect. Energetic international action is
required to ensure that that fight is fully effective. The European Union will contribute to the full.To that end, the European Council calls upon the ECOFIN and Justice and Home Affairs Councils to take the necessary measures to combat any form of financing for terrorist activities, in particular by adopting in the weeks to come the extension of the Directive on money laundering and the framework Decision on freezing assets. It calls upon Member States to sign and ratify as a matter of urgency the United Nations Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism. In addition, measures will be taken again non-cooperative countries and territories identified by the Financial Action Task Force.
� Strengthening air security
6. The European Council calls upon the Transport Council to take the necessary measures to
strengthen air transport security at its next meeting on 15 October. These measures will cover in particular:
� classification of weapons;
� technical training for crew;
� checking and monitoring of hold luggage;
� protection of cockpit access;
� quality control of security measures applied by Member States.
Effective and uniform application of air security measures will be ensured in particular by a peer
review to be introduced in the very near future.
� Coordinating the European Union's global action
7. The European Council instructs the General Affairs Council to assume the role of coordination and providing impetus in the fight against terrorism. Thus, the General Affairs
Council will ensure greater consistency and coordination between all the Union's policies.
The Common Foreign and Security Policy will have to integrate further the fight against terrorism. The European Council asks the General Affairs Council systematically to evaluate the European Union's relations with third countries in the light of the support which those countries
might give to terrorism.
The General Affairs Council will submit an overall report on these issues to the next
European Council.
3. THE UNION'S INVOLVEMENT IN THE WORLD
The fight against terrorism requires of the Union that it play a greater part in the efforts of
the international community to prevent and stabilise regional conflicts. In particular, the
European Union, in close collaboration with the United States, the Russian Federation and partners
in the Arab and Muslim world, will make every endeavour to bring the parties to the Middle East
conflict to a lasting understanding on the basis of the relevant United Nations resolutions.
It is by developing the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) and by making the
European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP) operational at the earliest opportunity that the Union will be most effective. The fight against the scourge of terrorism will be all the more effective if it is based on an in-depth political dialogue with those countries and regions of the world in which terrorism comes into being.
The integration of all countries into a fair world system of security, prosperity and improved
development is the condition for a strong and sustainable community for combating terrorism.
The members of the European Council issue an appeal to the international community to pursue,
in all multilateral fora, dialogue and negotiation with a view to building, at home and elsewhere, a world of peace, the rule of law and tolerance. In this respect, the European Council emphasises the need to combat any nationalist, racist and xenophobic drift, just as it rejects any equation of terrorism with the Arab and Muslim world.
The European Union will give special attention to the problem of refugee flows. The European Council asks the Commission to set up urgently an aid programme particularly for Afghan refugees.
4. WORLD ECONOMIC PROSPECTS
The events of 11 September mean that the slowdown of the economy will be more pronounced
than foreseen. The members of the European Council will remain vigilant. The members of the
European Council welcome the concerted action by the European Central Bank, the US Federal
Reserve Bank and other central banks, on both sides of the Atlantic, which should provide the
financial markets with further leeway.
The European Council calls upon the Commission to submit an analysis of trends in the economic
situation and any recommendations to the next European Council.
Stability, which is the fruit of the policies and structural reforms put in place by the European Union over latter years, is enabling the Union to face up to such a situation. Thanks to the single currency, the countries of the euro zone are sheltered from the shocks associated with monetary fluctuations. The forthcoming putting into circulation of the euro will make it possible for each of us to become aware of the positive effects of this increased stability.
At the same time, the efforts made to consolidate public finances have provided the necessary room
for manoeuvre to enable automatic stabilisers to come into play. They have also enabled the
European Central Bank to play a central role in facing up to the shock affecting European
economies. In the present circumstances, such action should suffice to restore consumer
confidence. The European Council reaffirms its commitment to respect the framework, rules and
application in full of the stability and growth pact.
The European Council welcomes the decision of OPEC to ensure the continuity of oil supplies.
The European Council has asked the Presidency to establish contact with the candidate countries for
accession so that the latter may associate themselves with these conclusions.
The European Council has decided to send a ministerial troika mission to present the
European Union's position to certain partners, particularly in the Middle East.
The European Council has asked the Presidency of the European Union to convey and explain the
outcome of the extraordinary European Council meeting on 21 September 2001 to the highest
authorities of the United States.
EUMC underlines the great importance of the
joint declaration by the EU on terror attacks in the US 14 September 2001 Vienna
The European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia (EUMC) in Vienna underlines the great importance of the joint declaration today by the Heads of State and Governments of the European Union, the President of the European Parliament, the President of the European Commission and the High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy.
The EUMC shares the condemnation of the horrifying terrorist attacks on the United States, and expresses our deepest sympathy with the victims, their families and the American people.
The fight against terrorism is not a fight against nations or religion, and the EUMC calls upon all people to share the ideals and values of democratic, multicultural and tolerant societies and to avoid stigmatizing, prejudices and the exclusion of ethnic, cultural and religious minorities living peacefully within Europe.
The EUMC also calls on Governments, faith leaders and organizations to take positive steps to resist racism, xenophobia and anti-Semitism and to avoid language which risks stirring up racism.
The EUMC will evaluate the consequences at national and European level, and together with its partners emphazise the need for regional, national and international action to eliminate all forms of racism and intolerance.
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THE WORLD GRIEVES THIS DAY, 11 SEPTEMBER, 2001, AS OUR LIVES NOW ARE FOREVER CHANGED WITH THIS FIRST WAR OF THE NEW CENTURY: GOD BLESS ALL THE VICTIMS AND THEIR FAMILIES AND HELP ALL PEOPLES AND COUNTRIES IN SUPPORT OF WORLD FREEDOMS...AMEN.
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