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Hijacked
airliners are flown into the twin towers of the World Trade Center
in New York and the Pentagon, outside Washington DC. A fourth plane
crashes in Pennsylvania. In an address to the nation, President Bush
describes the attacks as "deliberate and deadly terrorist acts."
He says he has directed the US intelligence and law enforcement communities
"to find those responsible and bring them to justice," adding
that the US "will make no distinction between the terrorists
who committed these acts and those who harbor them." |
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President
Bush declares that the attacks were "acts of war." |
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The
United Nations Security Council passes Resolution 1368, recognizing
"the inherent right of individual and collective self-defence"
and calling on all states to work together to bring the perpetrators
of the attacks to justice. |
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The
North Atlantic Council for the first time invokes Article 5 of NATOs
founding treaty, stating that an armed attack against any member state
shall be considered as an attack against all. |
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Congress
passes a resolution giving the President authorization for the use
of force "against those nations, organizations, or persons he
determines planned, authorized, committed, or aided the terrorist
attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001, or harbored such organizations
or persons." |
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In
an address to a joint session of Congress, President Bush says all
the evidence suggests al-Qaeda was responsible for the attacks, and
warns the Taliban regime that they must "hand over the terrorists,
or they will share in their fate." |
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The
Department of Justice issues an Interim Rule stating that non-citizens
can be detained for 48 hours without charge, or in the event of an
"emergency of other extraordinary circumstance" for "an
additional reasonable period of time." |
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Chief
Immigration Judge Michael Creppy sends a memo to immigration judges,
advising them that deportation hearings for people suspected of involvement
in terrorism should be unannounced and closed to the public. |
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