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World Trade Center Bombing
Ramzi Yousef and other co-conspirators bomb the world trade center -
Bojinka
Yousef and KSM go to the Philippines to carry out Bojinka plot (Billmoyers.com, 2012). -
Fire at Yousef's apartment
A fire at Yousef's apartment caused Yousef and KSM to flee. However, his laptop was left behind which detailed the Bojinka plot. A co-conspirator also stated they wanted to load a plane with explosives and crash it into the C.I.A, but they needed more pilots (Billmoyers.com, 2012). -
Bin Ladin to start a holy war
Bin Ladin announces the he wants to start a holy war with America (Billmoyers.com, 2012). -
Public Fatwa
Osama Bin Ladin issued a public fatwa stating "Claiming that America had declared war against God and his messenger, they called for the murder of any American, anywhere on earth" (National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States, 2004 p. 47). -
Two U.S. Embassy's bombed.
Two U.S. Embassies one in Nairobi and one in Dar es Salaam were bombed approximately 5 minutes apart (National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States, 2004). -
CLINTON PDB
President Clinton gets a PDB that warns him that Bin Ladin is planning an attack that might include hijacking planes (Billmoyers.com, 2012). -
Ahmed Ressam
Ahmed Ressam is arrested after attempting to bring in a bomb to attack A Los Angeles airport. Ressam claimed that Bin Ladin was aware and encouraged him. This was possibly Bin Ladin's first effort at attacking on U.S. soil (National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States, 2004). -
Sleeper Cells
By February of 2000 Senior members of the F.B.I finally admitted that there were Al-Qaeda sleeper cells already inside America (Frontline, 2017). -
U.S.S Cole Attack
The U.S.S Cole is bombed (National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States, 2004). -
Presidential Daily Briefing
Richard Clark write a PDB that states Al-Qaeda sleeper cells are already inside the US (Billmoyers.com, 2012). -
Attack looming
In June of 2001 the Intelligence community warns the government that an attack by Al-Qaeda is likely in the next upcoming weeks (Frontline, 2017). -
Memo from FBI Agent Williams
Agent Williams from Phoenix writes a memo asking an investigation to be started looking into Middle eastern men with possible ties to Al-Qaeda attending American flight school (Elliot, 2002). -
"Bin Ladin Determined to Strike in US"
memo mentions specifically that Bin Ladin wants to Hijack a US aircraft. -
Zacarias Moussaoui detained
Zacarias Moussaoui was detained due to an immigration issue, however it was discovered that he had been training at a flight school in Norman Oklahoma. The same place where two of the September 11th hijackers had previously trained in 2000 (Elliot, 2002). -
September 11th 2001
Osama Bin Ladin's Planes operation is successful and 4 planes are hijacked. Two planes crash into the World Trade Center, One into the Pentagon, and one never reaches its' destination as it is overtaken by passengers.