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An artist, Omar bin Laden lives in Normandy, France. The son of Osama bin Laden, the slain leader of the Al-Qaeda terror group, reflected on the crimes of his father associated with the terror attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, and said he hopes to visit Israel in an interview with Yediot Aharonot. Omar bin Laden, 40, the youngest of Osama’s sons, was expected to be his father’s heir and leader of Al-Qaeda, but he turned down the offer. He said he felt “shame and horror” towards his father for the crimes he committed during his life... Omar bin Laden lives...

In Shanksville, Pennsylvania, on Saturday, former President George W. Bush's theme was national unity -- and how it has been lost over these past 20 years. "In the weeks and months following the 9/11 attacks," said Bush, "I was proud to lead an amazing, resilient, united people. When it comes to the unity of America, those days seem distant from our own. A malign force seems at work in our common life that turns every disagreement into an argument, and every argument into a clash of cultures." Though he surely did not realize it, Bush had himself, moments before, given...

Source: Photo/Salena ZitoSHANKSVILLE, Pennsylvania -- The first thing you notice about Frank Siller is the resolve in his mission. Each step he takes along Shanksville Road on the outskirts of this Somerset County town is done with purpose. The sound the steps make is a forward motion; there is no hint of retreat. You can imagine it is a trait he shared with his brother Stephen who, 20 years ago in his capacity as New York City firefighter, went running toward the burning World Trade Center twin towers in the early moments following the deadly terrorist attacks on Sept. 11,...

Former President Donald Trump on Monday lashed out at George W. Bush for his 9/11 20th anniversary speech in which he appeared to compare the Jan. 6 rioters to foreign terrorists, saying the 43rd president, who was in office when the 9/11 attacks happened, “shouldn’t be lecturing anybody!” “​So interesting to watch former President Bush, who is responsible for getting us into the quicksand of the Middle East (and then not winning!), as he lectures us that terrorists on the ​’​right​’​ are a bigger problem than those from foreign countries that hate America, and that are pouring into our Country...

Joy Behar told her co-hosts Monday on ABC’s “The View” that it is “very patriotic” that President George W. Bush spoke out against his own party when comparing the January 6 Capitol protesters to the Islamic terrorists that attacked America on Sept. 11, 2001. During his speech at the 9/11 memorial service for Flight 93 in Pennsylvania, Bush said, “There is little cultural overlap between violent extremists abroad and violent extremists at home. Then there is disdainful pluralism in their disdain for human life. In their determination to defile national symbols, they are children of the same foul spirit, and...

A couple is being slammed for hosting an “obscene and revolting” 9/11-themed wedding after a tasteless image emerged online of a personalized koozie featuring the Twin Towers. The fallen towers appear to have been used in place of the number 11, according to an image of the koozie posted on Reddit on Sunday. “Never forget. 9 11 21,” the text printed on the drink holder reads. The names of the couple have been blurred out. The couple have not been identified and it is unclear where the wedding took place. It also wasn’t immediately clear if the koozies were handed...

Hillary Clinton still has vivid imagery in her head of seeing Ground Zero one day after the September 11, 2001 terror attacks. 'We landed at LaGuardia, we took a helicopter, and we circled over Ground Zero,' said Clinton, who was a senator representing New York at the time. 'And I cannot imagine anything that looked more like the Gates of Hell.' The ex-first lady and future secretary of State recalled Friday to CBS Mornings that she was in Washington, D.C., the day of the attacks.

Each year, the anniversary of the attacks on September 11, 2001, represents an important day in which the American people unite in remembering and grieving the loss of 3,000 of our fellow Americans who were senselessly murdered that day by radical Islamic terrorists. The 9-11 victims and their families are in our hearts and prayers each and every day of the year, but especially so on this twentieth anniversary of the attacks, where now an entire generation has grown up since their loved ones were taken from them on that bright early September day. While this annual remembrance remains forever...

Watching the 20-year anniversary coverage of the 9-11 terrorist attacks brought back a day to remember! Just before I was beginning to speak on managing change to Verizon leaders in Niagara Falls, I was handed a note. It read simply, “A plane had just crashed into one of the Twin Towers.” The executive whispered to me, “We’re going to have to cancel. We are one of the principal carriers in New York City. We have to get our people back to the city.” By the time we had left the meeting room and entered the lobby, we saw the second...

The FBI Saudi Document Release "There is little, if any, real difference between 'the government' of Saudi Arabia and the activities of small circles of the hyper-rich who thinly disguise their contempt for the West while working against us"- Former US military attache in Saudi Arabia Colonel Pat Lang comments on media reporting regarding the FBI Saudi document release... In recent weeks the US removed its most advanced missile defense system and Patriot missile batteries from Saudi Arabia... Our weekly check on new mask orders across the USA... "Our tolerance for people who do not get vaccinated has run out"...

Twenty years after Queen Elizabeth II requested The Star-Spangled Banner be played outside Buckingham Palace in solidarity with the United States, a day after 9/11, the U.S. anthem played once again in Britain. The U.S. national anthem was played outside Windsor Castle at the Changing of the Guard ceremony Saturday. The Queen broke with tradition by requesting the anthem be played by the Guard outside Buckingham Palace, the day after the 9/11 attacks in 2001. After the United States, the United Kingdom lost the most citizens on 9/11, with 67 killed. America’s representative in the U.K. thanked the monarch for...

A member of the student government at Washington University in St. Louis, was caught on video removing 2,977 American flags commemorating the victims of the September 11 terrorist attacks. The student was caught on video as he stuffed them into trash bags. A video posted Saturday by Young Americans for Freedom shows a WU student government member removing Americans flags and stuffing them into trash bags. He was later identified by the independent student newspaper Student Life as Student Union Vice President of Finance Fadel Alkilani. YAF says Alkilani removed 2,977 American flags that were placed on campus — one...

Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri appeared ​in a video released Saturday — the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks — raising questions over his rumored death. The US-based SITE Intelligence Group, which tracks jihadist groups online, tweeted about the existence of the video, saying Zawahiri made comments about events that occurred after speculation first emerged that he’d died. ​​”Amid rumours of his death, Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri shown in a new 60-minute video, this time offering some evidence that he is not dead​ – ​particularly, reference to events after December when rumors of death surfaced,” SITE director Rita Katz...

Text from Getty Images page: TOPSHOT - US President Joe Biden attends the ceremony at the National 9/11 Memorial marking the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center, in New York, on September 11, 2021. (Photo by ED JONES / POOL / AFP) (Photo by ED JONES/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~ ~ Remembering 9.11.2001 ~ ~ We Will Never Forget!! ~ Canteen Mission StatementShowing support and boosting the morale ofour military and our allies' militaryand family members of the above.Honoring those who have served before. John Phillip Sousa ~ Star Spangled Banner John Wayne ~ America, Why I Love Her John Phillip Sousa ~ Stars & Stripes Forever Toby Keith ~ Courtesy of The Red, White, & Blue (Angry American) Bobby Bare ~ God Bless America Again Charlie Daniels ~ My Beautiful America John Phillip Sousa ~ Armed Forces Salute John Wayne ~ Face...

We are all Israelis Now by Robert W Tracinski | Sep 19, 2001 | Middle East & Israel, POLITICS2021:At twenty for pursuit [of livelihood]This mishnah gives ages that are appropriate for the different stages in life.Pirkei Avot 5Pirkei Avot20MANHOODMAKINGS OF A MAN_______________________________________________THE NUMBER 20 MARKS THE ATTAINMENT, IN YEARS, OF FULL MANHOOD.The transition from child to adult occurs at the age of bar mitzvah (13 years old for a boy) or bas mitzvah (12 years old for a girl). It is at this age that they enter a life of mitzvah observance. Nevertheless, the jump to becoming a full member...

At 9/11 memorial event, Biden rants incoherently about boxing Trump, Florida, and Robert E. Lee pic.twitter.com/ukJSuKZzOy— Jewish Deplorable (@TrumpJew2) September 12, 2021

“History is strewn with the wrecks of nations which have gained a little progressiveness at the cost of a great deal of hard manliness, and have thus prepared themselves for destruction as soon as the movements of the world gave a chance for it.” —Walter Bagehot, Physics and Politics I write on the 20th anniversary of the Islamic terrorist attacks against New York and Washington, D.C. No matter where you turn, it seems, the message is the same, a combination of injunction and protestation: “Never forget,” “We remember,” the sentiment invariably bolstered with reminiscences of loss and heroism. The loss...

@ggreenwald The NSA has been given billions of dollars a year to spy on the US & the world. Its primary (ostensible) purpose is to protect the country by detecting planned attacks against the US. The head of that agency in the months leading up to 9/11, and on 9/11 itself, was @GenMhayden .

Five years ago, Hillary showed up drunk at the annual 9/11 commemoration and had to be escorted to her van. Today, Biden said hold my ice cream and topped that ignoble moment. Standing amid presidents and their wives, Biden pulled down his mask and began screaming at someone. But why are they wearing masks? They have all been vaccinated. This Pandemic Panic theater is the silliest thing in American political history. And what is with the baby blue ribbons? Never forget? 364 days a year they forget. But once a year, they dress up like adults and get all solemn...