9-11
A 75-year-old Pakistani man was released from the Guantanamo Bay detention center and repatriated to his home country. The man, Saifullah Paracha has been detained at Guantanamo since 2003 for his alleged ties to Al Qaeda, according to NBC News. He has now been “reunited with his family” in Pakistan. “We are glad that a […]
President Joe Biden announced Monday that al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed in a drone strike in Afghanistan over the weekend, per NBC News. “Justice has been delivered. And this terrorist leader is no more,” Biden said during his address from the White House. “No matter how long it takes, no matter where you hide—if you are […]
Rudy Giuliani was anything but tactful at his annual 9/11 dinner, commemorating the 20 year anniversary of the nationally-recognized terrorist attacks. Videos from the event show a Giuliani meandering through a number of subjects, including an impersonation of Queen Elizabeth II, where he said she offered him a knighthood that he declined. “I turned down […]
Barack Obama issued a statement Saturday morning, reflecting on the 20th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks. “Today we honor the nearly 3,000 men, women, and children who died on September 11, 2001, and even more who lost their lives in service to our country in the two decades since,” Obama wrote in an Instagram post. […]
In a new interview, Spike Lee was asked why he opted to include 9/11 conspiracy theorists in his upcoming HBO docuseries, NYC Epicenters 9/11-2021½, to which he replied that he wanted to layout as much information as possible. While talking to The New York Times in the interview, Spike said that one of the main reasons the conspiracy […]
Dave Chappelle, Pete Davidson, and Jon Stewart are among those set to perform at Madison Square Garden for a benefit marking the 20th anniversary of 9/11, Deadline reports. Entitled NYC Still Rising After 20 Years: A Comedy Celebration, the event was put together by Stewart and Davidson. The show will benefit various 9/11 charities, and will take place […]
Earlier this month, officials indicated that Osama Bin Laden’s son, Hamza bin Laden, had been killed by U.S. forces. On Saturday, the White House has confirmed Hamza’s death, explaining that he was killed during “a United States counterterrorism operation in the Afghanistan/Pakistan region.” It is believed that Bin Laden was being groomed by al-Qaida to […]
Luis Alvarez, a retired NYPD detective and a first responder during the Sept. 11 attacks, has died after a battle with cancer. He was 53. Alvarez’s colorectal cancer was specifically linked to his actions on September 11 and the toxins released from the rubble. Alvarez spent weeks after 9/11 searching for victims at Ground Zero […]
Nancy Pelosi is asking the Capitol Police to take extra care protecting House Rep. Ilhan Omar after Donald Trump shared a tweet playing Omar’s recent comments about the formation of the Council on American-Islamic Relations over video of the September 11 attacks. Trump’s video featured a short clip of the freshman congresswoman saying the words […]
The New York Post has been the subject of extensive criticism in recent days, after the Rupert Murdoch-owned publication ran an offensive cover story targeting Representative Ilhan Omar. Critics have denounced the newspaper’s inflammatory coverage as islamophobic and an attempt to delegitimize one of the first Muslim women to be elected to Congress. On Thursday, the Post published a photo of the […]
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