Thursday - September 11, 2008
9/11 anniversary: we must never forget. The Telegraph, 9/11/2008
9/11 anniversary: we must never forget
Last Updated: 1:01pm BST 11/09/2008
The Daily TelegraphSeven years ago today the world watched in horror as one of the worst terrorist outrages imaginable was played out in front of our eyes on television. The images will never be forgotten, and nor should the extraordinary unity of opinion that they provoked.
Many who had been critical of America’s foreign policy or who were sceptical about the threat posed by Islamist fanatics had to accept that their murderous intent knew no bounds. There was a resurgent faith in the value of democracy, liberty and enlightened religion that the west epitomised.
An explosion rips through the South Tower of the World Trade Towers after the hijacked United Airlines Flight 175 crashed into it September 11 2001
9/11 proved that a small number of terrorists can cause mass destruction.Seven years on, and not least because of the way America bungled the post-Saddam development of Iraq, voices are being raised that the terrorist threat is really not so bad and that it is all being exaggerated for political reasons. As the US government prepares to move troops from Iraq to Afghanistan to confront a resurgent al-Qaeda threat, those voices will get louder.
As 9/11 showed, it does not take a lot of people, or a great deal of sophistication, to cause carnage on a devastating scale. The destruction of four aircraft, two of the world’s iconic buildings and part of the Pentagon required fewer than 20 zealots, all prepared to kill themselves in the name of their religion, several months of flying lessons and some airline tickets. The terrorists did not even disguise their own identities and had conspired for months below the radar of western intelligence.
As reported in this newspaper on Monday, Western security sources believe Islamists based in northern Pakistan, in the lawless tribal areas of Waziristan, are using the political chaos there to continue plotting against the West. Their aim is to obtain a nuclear device or make a radioactive ‘dirty’ bomb for use against a Western target. Those who believe such warnings are scaremongering must consider the events in this country in recent years – not just the suicide bombers on July 7, but other conspiracies that were intent on mass murder.
Dihren Barot, an al-Qaeda ‘sleeper’ living in north London, last year admitted planning to use a low-level radioactive dirty bomb in the UK that would have caused widespread panic and chaos, even if it had not been particularly large.
The Islamists’ hatred of the West and its values encourages them to pursue ever more dramatic attacks. Sept 11, unfortunately, is not for them the apogee of terrorist achievement but a benchmark for greater destruction. The fanatics may be small in number, but it only takes a few to get through to cause death, misery and mayhem.
If anyone still doubts that, let them imagine what it must have been like starting work on the upper floors of the World Trade Centre,
Posted by Drew458 on 09/11/2008 at 08:33 AM
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