The reaction to the September 11 attacks included criticism from world leaders, other political and religious representatives and international media, and various warnings and services around the world. The attacks were widely criticized by world governments, including those traditionally seen as hostile to the United States, such as Cuba, Iran, Libya and North Korea. However, in some cases, the celebration of the attacks was also reported, and several groups and individuals accused the United States of being a result of carrying out the attacks themselves.
Many countries introduced anti-terrorism laws and frozen business bank accounts and individuals suspected of having connections with al-Qaeda and its leader Osama bin Laden, the accused perpetrator of the attack.
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United States
Immediately after the attack, the Bush administration declared war on terrorism, with the stated aim of bringing Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda to justice and preventing the emergence of other terrorist networks. These objectives should be achieved by including economic and military sanctions against countries considered terrorist concealment and enhancement of global oversight and intelligence sharing. Within hours of the September 11 attacks, Defense Secretary Rumsfeld speculated about the possible involvement of Saddam Hussein and ordered his aides to make plans to attack Iraq; though unfounded, the association contributed to public acceptance of the 2003 invasion of Iraq. The second largest operation of the US Global War on Terrorism outside the United States, and most directly connected to terrorism, was the overthrow of Taliban rule from Afghanistan, by the US-led coalition.
Muslim Americans
In Joint Statement by the Muslim American Alliance, Muslim Council of America, Association of Muslim Scientists and Engineers, Association of Islamic Social Scientists, Council on American-Islamic Relations, North American Islamic Medical Association, Islamic Circle of North America, Islamic Society of North America, Ministry of Imam W. Deen Mohammed, Muslim American Society and Muslim Public Affairs Council, stated:
American Muslims really condemn the cruel and cowardly acts of terrorism against innocent civilians. We join all Americans to call for quick arrests and punishment of perpetrators. There is no political reason to be helped by such immoral acts.
Left Reactions
According to Leftist intellectual Michael Walzer, Leo Casey, Michael Kazin, James B. Rule, and Ann Snitow, writing in Dissent, one of the responses by Americans left behind for the September 11 attacks was to blame American actions including the Gulf War, Sanctions against Iraq, for Saudi Arabia, and support for Israel, for provoking the September 11 attacks. Walzer then describes the left response to 9/11 as a "radical failure."
American Christian controversial reaction
Two days after the attack, on the Christian television program The 700 Club, television evangelist Jerry Falwell called the incident a punishment from God and blamed "paganis", "abortion", "feminist" and "gay and lesbian" , claiming that they "help this happen". Mr. Pat Robertson agrees with the statement. Both evangelists were attacked from President George W. Bush for their remarks, and Falwell later apologized.
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International reaction
Almost all Muslim political and religious leaders condemn the attack. The leaders strongly denounce the attacks including Egyptian leaders (Hosni Mubarak), the Palestinian Authority (Yasser Arafat), Libya (Muammar Gaddafi), Syria (Bashar al-Assad), Iran (Mohamed Khatami) and Pakistan (Pervez Musharraf). The only exception is Iraq, when then president Saddam Hussein, said of the attack that "American cowboys are reaping the fruits of their crimes against humanity". Saddam then offered sympathy for the Americans who were killed in the attack.
A group of Palestinians filmed celebrating on the road to celebrate local news reports of attacks on the World Trade Center and the deaths of thousands of Americans. Fox News reports that in Ein el-Hilweh, Lebanon's largest Palestinian refugee camp, revelers fired guns into the air, with the same festive shots heard at Rashidiyeh camp near the southern city of Tire as well. Yasser Arafat and almost all the leaders of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) condemned the attacks and sought to denounce and discredit other Palestinian news and news reports that justify the attacks in America, with many newspapers, magazines, websites and wire services running public photographs Palestine celebration. The PNA claimed such celebrations did not represent Palestinian sentiment, and Information Minister Yasser Abed Rabbo said the PNA would not allow "some children" to "apply the Palestinian true face". In an effort to cancel further reporting, Ahmed Abdel Rahman, Arafat's cabinet secretary, said the Palestinian Authority could not "guarantee the life" of the Associated Press (AP) cameraman if the footage he recorded from the 9/11 celebration in Nablus was broadcast.. Rahman's statement prompted a formal protest from AP bureau chief Dan Perry. Palestinian Authority has muzzled coverage of Palestinian celebrations' (MIDDLE EAST NEWSLINE)
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James Bennet reported in the New York Times that while "most" cities in the West Bank are calm, some drivers in East Jerusalem honk in the celebration, he sees a man handed out celebrity candy. The big crowd is celebrated in Nablus from Palestine, shouting Bin Laden's Lover, attacking Tel Aviv! while Palestinian Authority personnel prevent photographers from taking photos. Annette KrÃÆ'¼ger Spitta from ARD's TV magazine (the German public broadcaster) Panorama stated that the tape did not air show that the roads surrounding the celebrations in Jerusalem are deserted. Furthermore, he stated that a man in a white shirt instigated children and gathered people to shoot. The report Panorama , dated September 20, 2001, cites Communication Professor Martin LÃÆ'¶ffelholz explaining that in the picture one sees jubilant Palestinian children and some adults but there is no indication that their pleasure is related to the attack.. The cheerful lady (Nawal Abdel Fatah) stated afterwards that she was offered a cake if she celebrated in front of the camera, and was frightened when she saw the photos on television afterward.
There were also rumors that the recording of several Palestinians celebrating the attack was a recording of the Palestinian reaction to the Iraq invasion of Kuwait in 1990. This rumor was proven wrong soon after, and CNN issued a statement for it. A poll conducted by the Fafo Foundation in the Palestinian Authority in 2005 found that 65% of respondents supported "Al Qaeda bombings in the US and Europe".
Non-governmental organizations
- Ã, The European Union: European foreign ministers scheduled a rare emergency meeting the following day of the attack to discuss a joint response, as officials expressed solidarity with the United States. External relations commissioner Chris Patten called the attack "the work of a madman."
- Ã, NATO holds an emergency meeting of alliance ambassadors in Brussels. The secretary-general, Lord Robertson, promised the United States that they could count on allies in North America and Europe for help and support, and promised that those responsible would not get away with it.
- Ã, The United Nations: Members of the UN Security Council condemn the attacks and adopt resolution 1368 (2001), by which they express readiness to take all necessary steps to respond to the September 11 attacks and to combat all forms of terrorism are in accordance with their Charter's responsibility. The Secretary-General of the United Nations, Kofi Annan, said: "We are all traumatized by this terrible tragedy."
Other Muslim organizations
- The renowned Muslim scholar Yusuf al-Qaradawi condemned the unwarranted attacks and killings of thousands of American civilians as "heinous crimes" and urged Muslims to donate blood to the victims. He did, however, criticize the policy of "US bias against Israel" and also called on Muslims to "concentrate on the enemy of direct occupation" within the Palestinian territories. Allegedly "Hizbullah spiritual mentor" and Lebanese Shiite cleric Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah condemned the attack.
- Ahmed Yassin, the spiritual leader of Hamas, stated: "We are not ready to move our struggle outside the occupied Palestinian land.We are not ready to open the international front, however we criticize the American position fair. "Yassin also stated:" Undoubtedly this is the result of the injustice of US practice against the weak in the world. "
- Hezbollah condemns civilian targets in the September 11 attacks.
Polls taken several years later by Saudi Arabia's Al Arabiya and Gallup have shown some support for the September 11 attacks on the Islamic world, with 38% believing that the attacks are not justified, while 36% believe they should be justified when the Saudis are surveyed in 2011. Another 2008 study, produced by Gallup, found that 7% of Muslim samples surveyed believed that the 9/11 attacks were "completely" justified.
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