September 11 attacks Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === International reactions === [[File:Vladimir Putin in the United States 13-16 November 2001-54.jpg|thumb|[[President of Russia]] [[Vladimir Putin]] (''right'') with [[Lyudmila Putina|his wife]] (''center'') at a commemoration service in [[New York City]] on November 16]]The attacks were denounced by mass media and governments worldwide. Across the globe, nations offered pro-American support and solidarity.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Hertzberg|first=Hendrik|date=September 11, 2006|title=Lost love|url=http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2006/09/11/060911ta_talk_hertzberg|url-status=live|magazine=[[The New Yorker]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606070654/http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2006/09/11/060911ta_talk_hertzberg|archive-date=June 6, 2011|access-date=September 4, 2011}}</ref> Leaders in most Middle Eastern countries, as well as Libya and Afghanistan, condemned the attacks. Iraq was a notable exception, with an immediate official statement that "the American cowboys are reaping the fruit of their crimes against humanity".<ref>{{cite news|date=September 12, 2001|title=Attacks draw mixed response in Mideast|publisher=[[CNN]]|url=http://archives.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/europe/09/12/mideast.reaction/index.html|url-status=dead|access-date=May 29, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070813060324/http://archives.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/europe/09/12/mideast.reaction/index.html|archive-date=August 13, 2007}}</ref> The government of Saudi Arabia officially condemned the attacks, but privately many Saudis favored bin Laden's cause.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Summers|first1=Anthony|url=https://archive.org/details/eleventhdayfulls0000summ|title=The Eleventh Day: The Full Story of 9/11 and Osama bin Laden|last2=Swan|first2=Robbyn|publisher=[[Ballantine Books]]|year=2011|isbn=978-1-4000-6659-9|location=New York|page=[https://archive.org/details/eleventhdayfulls0000summ/page/403 403]|url-access=registration}}</ref><ref name="The Kingdom and the Towers">{{cite web|date=June 30, 2011|title=The Kingdom and the Towers|url=http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2011/08/9-11-2011-201108|access-date=September 4, 2011|website=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]|archive-date=September 1, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110901235354/http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2011/08/9-11-2011-201108|url-status=live}}</ref> Although [[Palestinian Authority]] (PA) president [[Yasser Arafat]] also condemned the attacks, there were reports of celebrations of disputed size in the [[West Bank]], [[Gaza Strip]], and [[East Jerusalem]].<ref>{{cite news|date=September 12, 2001|title=In pictures: Atrocities' aftermath|language=en-GB|publisher=[[BBC News]]|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/1538664.stm|access-date=September 12, 2019|archive-date=July 26, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080726224706/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/1538664.stm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Porter|first=Patrick|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VE5yDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA139|title=Blunder: Britain's War in Iraq|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|year=2018|isbn=978-0-19-880796-4|page=139|access-date=September 12, 2019|archive-date=December 7, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231207114404/https://books.google.com/books?id=VE5yDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA139#v=onepage&q&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref> Palestinian leaders discredited news broadcasters that justified the attacks or showed celebrations,<ref name="fox1">{{cite news |url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,34187,00.html |publisher=Fox News |title=Arafat Horrified by Attacks, but Thousands of Palestinians Celebrate; Rest of World Outraged |date=September 12, 2001 |access-date=April 17, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080413170546/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,34187,00.html |archive-date=April 13, 2008 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref> and the Authority claimed such celebrations do not represent the Palestinians' sentiment, adding that it would not allow "a few kids" to "smear the real face of the Palestinians".<ref>Palestinian Authority has muzzled coverage of Palestinian celebrations' (Middle East Newsline)<br />'Israel to AP: Release film of Palestinian celebrations' (Jerusalem Post/The Associated Press)<br />'Bin-Laden Poster Seen at Gaza Rally' (The Associated Press).</ref><ref name="FOX_Quash">{{cite news |last=Donaldson |first=Catherine |url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,34346,00.html |title='Palestinian Officials Quash Pictures of Arab Celebrations' by Catherine Donaldson-Evans |publisher=Fox News |date=September 13, 2001 |access-date=September 11, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110505074246/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,34346,00.html |archive-date=May 5, 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref> Footage by CNN{{vague|date=May 2020}} and other news outlets were suggested by a report originating at a Brazilian university to be from 1991; this was later proven to be a false accusation, resulting in a statement being issued by CNN.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archives.cnn.com/2001/US/09/20/cnn.statement/|title=CNN statement about false claim it used old video – September 20, 2001|date=April 16, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080416104012/http://archives.cnn.com/2001/US/09/20/cnn.statement/|access-date=September 12, 2019|archive-date=April 16, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Palestinians Dancing in the Street|url=https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/false-footaging/|access-date=September 12, 2019|website=[[Snopes]]|date=March 9, 2008|language=en-US|archive-date=June 30, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220630180736/https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/false-footaging/|url-status=live}}</ref> As in the United States, the aftermath of the attacks saw tensions increase in other countries between Muslims and non-Muslims.<ref>{{cite news |title=Muslim community targets racial tension |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/1551868.stm |publisher=BBC News |date=September 19, 2001 |access-date=April 11, 2012 |archive-date=March 21, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321022930/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/1551868.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 1368]] condemned the attacks and expressed readiness to take all necessary steps to respond and combat all forms of terrorism in accordance with their [[Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter|Charter]].<ref name="SecCounc">{{cite web|title=Security Council Condemns, 'In Strongest Terms', Terrorist Attacks on the United States|publisher=United Nations|date=September 12, 2001|url=https://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2001/SC7143.doc.htm|access-date=September 11, 2006|quote=The Security Council today, following what it called yesterday's "horrifying terrorist attacks" in New York, Washington, D.C., and Pennsylvania, unequivocally condemned those acts, and expressed its deepest sympathy and condolences to the victims and their families and to the people and Government of the United States.|archive-date=September 9, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060909162055/http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2001/SC7143.doc.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> Numerous countries introduced anti-terrorism legislation and froze bank accounts they suspected of Al-Qaeda ties.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hamilton|first=Stuart|date=August 24, 2002|title=September 11, the Internet, and the effects on information provision in Libraries|url=http://archive.ifla.org/IV/ifla68/papers/156-079e.pdf|access-date=September 4, 2011|publisher=[[International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions]]|archive-date=September 11, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110911170808/http://archive.ifla.org/IV/ifla68/papers/156-079e.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=G8 counter-terrorism cooperation since September 11 backgrounder|url=http://www.g8.fr/evian/english/navigation/g8_documents/archives_from_previous_summits/kananaskis_summit_-_2002/g8_counter-terrorism_cooperation_since_september_11th_backgrounder.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927084019/http://www.g8.fr/evian/english/navigation/g8_documents/archives_from_previous_summits/kananaskis_summit_-_2002/g8_counter-terrorism_cooperation_since_september_11th_backgrounder.html|archive-date=September 27, 2011|access-date=September 4, 2011|publisher=[[Group of Eight]]}}</ref> Law enforcement and intelligence agencies in a number of countries arrested alleged terrorists.<ref>{{cite news |last=Walsh |first=Courtney C |title=Italian police explore Al Qaeda links in cyanide plot |website=The Christian Science Monitor |date=March 7, 2002 |url=http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0307/p07s02-woeu.html |access-date=September 4, 2011 |archive-date=September 9, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110909191322/http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0307/p07s02-woeu.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=SE Asia unites to smash militant cells |publisher=CNN |date=May 8, 2002 |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/asiapcf/southeast/05/07/seasia.terror.pact/ |access-date=September 4, 2011 |archive-date=August 15, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110815074324/http://edition.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/asiapcf/southeast/05/07/seasia.terror.pact/ |url-status=live }}</ref> British Prime Minister [[Tony Blair]] said Britain stood "shoulder to shoulder" with the United States.<ref>{{cite news |title=Blair's statement in full |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/1538551.stm |publisher=BBC News |date=September 11, 2001 |access-date=August 23, 2021 |archive-date=March 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220307034034/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/1538551.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> A few days later, Blair flew to Washington, D.C., to affirm British solidarity with the United States. In a speech to Congress nine days after the attacks, which Blair attended as a guest, President Bush declared "America has no truer friend than Great Britain".<ref>{{cite web|title=President Declares 'Freedom at War with Fear' |url=https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2001/09/20010920-8.html |publisher=The White House |access-date=August 25, 2016 |date=September 20, 2001 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080225062850/http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2001/09/20010920-8.html |archive-date=February 25, 2008 }}</ref> Subsequently, Prime Minister Blair embarked on two months of diplomacy to rally international support for military action; he held 54 meetings with world leaders and travelled more than 40,000 miles (60,000{{spaces}}km).<ref>{{cite news |title=Tony Blair's allegiance to George Bush laid bare |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/tony-blairs-corrosive-allegiance-to-george-bush-laid-bare-for-the-first-time-6668892.html |work=Evening Standard |location=London |date=October 27, 2007 |access-date=August 23, 2021 |archive-date=January 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210113071246/https://www.standard.co.uk/news/tony-blairs-corrosive-allegiance-to-george-bush-laid-bare-for-the-first-time-6668892.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The U.S. set up the [[Guantanamo Bay detention camp]] to hold inmates they defined as "[[illegal enemy combatants]]". The legitimacy of these detentions has been questioned by the [[European Union]] and human rights organizations.<ref>{{cite news |title=Euro MPs urge Guantanamo closure |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/5074216.stm |publisher=BBC News |date=June 13, 2006 |access-date=September 4, 2011 |archive-date=December 25, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225172515/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/5074216.stm%20 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Mendez |first=Juan E. |author-link=Juan E. Méndez |date=March 13, 2002 |title=Detainees in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; Request for Precautionary Measures, Inter-Am. C.H.R |url=http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/cases/guantanamo-2003.html |publisher=[[University of Minnesota]] |access-date=September 4, 2011 |archive-date=December 25, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225172520/http://hrlibrary.umn.edu/cases/guantanamo-2003.html%20 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=USA: Release or fair trials for all remaining Guantánamo detainees |url=https://www.amnesty.org/press-releases/2008/05/usa-release-or-fair-trials-all-remaining-guantc3a1namo-detainees-20080502/ |publisher=Amnesty International |date=May 2, 2008 |access-date=September 4, 2011 |archive-date=December 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231207114425/https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/press-release/2008/05/usa-release-or-fair-trials-all-remaining-guantc3a1namo-detainees-20080502/ |url-status=live }}</ref> On September 25, 2001, [[Iran]]'s [[List of Presidents of Iran#List of Presidents|fifth president]], [[Mohammad Khatami]], meeting British Foreign Secretary [[Jack Straw]], said: "Iran fully understands the feelings of the Americans about the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington on September 11". He said although the American administrations had been at best indifferent about terrorist operations in Iran (since 1979), the Iranians felt differently and had expressed their sympathetic feelings with bereaved Americans in the tragic incidents in the two cities. He also stated that "Nations should not be punished in place of terrorists".<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20020503200608/http://www.president.ir/cronicnews/1380/8007/800703/800703.htm P.I.R.I News Headlines (Tue 80/07/03 A.H.S)]. The Official Site of the Office of the President of Iran. [http://president.ir/en Official website of the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran]. September 25, 2001. Permanent Archived Link. The original page and URL are not available online now. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20010926214218/http://www.president.ir/ Website's Homepage at that time (Title: Presidency of The Islamic Republic of Iran, The Official Site)])</ref> According to [[Radio Farda]]'s website, when the news of the attacks was released, some Iranian citizens gathered in front of the Embassy of Switzerland in Tehran, which serves as the protecting power of the United States in Iran (U.S. interests-protecting office in Iran), to express their sympathy, and some of them lit candles as a symbol of mourning. This piece of news on Radio Farda's website also states that in 2011, on the anniversary of the attacks, the [[United States Department of State]] published a post on its blog, in which the Department thanked the Iranian people for their sympathy and stated that it would never forget Iranian people's kindness on those harsh days.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.radiofarda.com/content/f12_us_state_department_thanks_iranian_sympathy_with_sept_11_victims_in_2001/24324962.html |title=تشکر وزارت خارجه آمریکا از همدردی ایرانیان با قربانیان ۱۱ سپتامبر |language=fa |website=[[Radio Farda]] |date=September 11, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120121163708/http://www.radiofarda.com/content/f12_us_state_department_thanks_iranian_sympathy_with_sept_11_victims_in_2001/24324962.html |archive-date=January 21, 2012 |access-date=June 30, 2016 |url-status=live }} [https://translate.google.com/translate?&sl=fa&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.radiofarda.com%2Fcontent%2Ff12_us_state_department_thanks_iranian_sympathy_with_sept_11_victims_in_2001%2F24324962.html A mechanized Translation by Google Translate is available here] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210813021914/https://translate.google.com/translate?&sl=fa&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.radiofarda.com%2Fcontent%2Ff12_us_state_department_thanks_iranian_sympathy_with_sept_11_victims_in_2001%2F24324962.html |date=August 13, 2021 }}.</ref> After the attacks, both the President<ref>[http://en.isna.ir/news/8008-04338/Iran-s-President-Says-Muslims-Reject-bin-Laden-s-Islam "Iran's President Says Muslims Reject bin Laden's 'Islam'"]. [[Iranian Students News Agency]]. November 10, 2001 / 17:07. [https://web.archive.org/web/20160918154504/http://en.isna.ir/news/8008-04338/Iran-s-President-Says-Muslims-Reject-bin-Laden-s-Islam Permanent Archived Link]. Retrieved and archived on September 18, 2016, 15:45:04 UTC.</ref><ref>[http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3302180,00.html Ynetnews News – Khatami slams bin Laden, defends Hizbullah]. [[Ynetnews]]. November 9, 2006. [https://web.archive.org/web/20160908183108/http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3302180,00.html Permanent Archived Link]. Retrieved and archived on September 8, 2016; 18:31:08 UTC.</ref> and the Supreme Leader of Iran, condemned the attacks. The [[BBC]] and ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine published reports on holding candlelit vigils for the victims of Iranian citizens on their websites.<ref>{{cite news |last=Corera |first=Gordon |title=Iran's gulf of misunderstanding with US |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/5377914.stm |publisher=BBC News |date=September 25, 2006 |access-date=May 22, 2010 |archive-date=February 15, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090215064710/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/5377914.stm |url-status=live }} [https://web.archive.org/web/20160404184211/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5377914.stm Permanent Archived Link].</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20101115094604/http://www.time.com/time/europe/photoessays/vigil/2.html Iran mourns America's dead] ''Time''</ref> According to ''[[Politico#Politico Magazine|Politico Magazine]]'', following the attacks, [[Ali Khamenei]], the Supreme Leader of Iran, "suspended the usual '[[Death to America]]' chants at [[Jumu'ah|Friday prayers]]" temporarily.<ref name="Politico 2013-11-19">{{cite news |last=Slavin |first=Barbara |title=34 Years of Getting to No with Iran |url=https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2013/11/a-failure-to-communicate-100052.html |website=[[Politico|Politico Magazine]] |date=November 19, 2013 |access-date=July 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140129195150/http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2013/11/a-failure-to-communicate-100052.html |archive-date=January 29, 2014}}</ref> In September 2001, shortly after the attacks, some fans of [[AEK Athens F.C.|AEK Athens]] burned an Israeli flag and unsuccessfully tried to burn an American flag. Though the American flag did not catch fire, the fans booed during a [[moment of silence]] for victims of the attacks.<ref>{{cite news |title=Plus: Soccer; Fans in Athens Try To Burn U.S. Flag |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/23/sports/plus-soccer-fans-in-athens-try-to-burn-us-flag.html |issn=0362-4331 |work=The New York Times |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=September 23, 2001 |access-date=April 18, 2018 |archive-date=April 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180418093107/https://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/23/sports/plus-soccer-fans-in-athens-try-to-burn-us-flag.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). 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