The Impact of September 11 Attacks, 23 Years Later
Summary from the AllSides News Team
Wednesday is the 23rd anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks, drawing varied media coverage across the spectrum.
Lessons Learned: The New York Post Editorial Board (Right bias) published an opinion in which it claimed “the terrorists have never ended their war on us,” and that American leaders risk “falling back into the complacency” that led to September 11. The Board cited the White House’s appeasement of “terror-funding Iran”, China’s cyberwarfare efforts, Russia’s “prepping for war with NATO states,” and the crisis on the southern border as looming threats that the Biden administration should do more to neutralize.
‘Enemies of Humanity’: Ameem Lutfi, writing for The Hill (Center bias), argued that after September 11, “America went into overdrive in pursuit of terrorists… across multiple sovereign borders” and “created an ideological justification and martial technique for combating those deemed dangerous to its larger security and political interests.” Lutfi wrote that many states are now adopting this attitude, which is “placing more lives at risk” and contributing to the “continued corrosion of the international rules-based order.”
Saudi Responsibility: CNN (Lean Left bias) penned a report on a yearslong legal battle between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and a coalition of September 11 survivors and victims' families who claim KSA was involved in backing the extremist groups that assisted the hijackers. The Saudi government denies the allegations, but the victims are currently waiting on a federal ruling that will decide if the case continues to move forward.
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From the Left
23 years later, September 11 families continue quest for accountability from Saudi Arabia through civil lawsuit
Twenty-three years after the deadliest attack on US soil in its history, the mantra “Never Forget” endures in the American consciousness as a solemn reminder of that day.
For the thousands of families who believe key facts have been withheld around the attack that stole their loved ones, it’s a phrase not so much uttered but lived.
Now, as survivors and the victims’ families commemorate another anniversary, they await a federal judge’s pivotal decision in their yearslong legal battle with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia over their claim of KSA’s role...
From the Center
After 9/11, hunting ‘enemies of humanity’ across borders went global
When Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated with a remotely operated bomb in Iran in July, an already precarious situation in the Middle East was set on a knife’s edge. Israel, which was widely blamed for the attack, has neither confirmed nor denied responsibility.
While the implications of Haniyeh’s assassination for the war in Gaza and Iran’s possible response are unclear, its larger significance is already in focus: a growing trend of states targeting internal security threats outside their own territory.
From the Right
After 23 years, we still need to remember the lessons of 9/11
It’s been 23 years since America watched in horror as the Twin Towers fell on live TV.
Nineteen al-Qaeda terrorists, hailing from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Lebanon, hijacked four planes and killed 2,977 of us, shaking the nation to its core.
America was suddenly, brutally awoken to the menace of those who hate our country and what we stand for.
Heroes stood up: Todd Beamer and his fellows on Flight 93; firefighter Stephen Siller and his Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel run; Morgan Stanley’s visionary Rick Rescorla and so very many more . ....
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