Global Reflections Mark 25th Anniversary of September 11 Attacks
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- G1
- CNN Brasil
- Folha de S.Paulo
- Der Spiegel
- Deutsche Welle
- Frankfurter Allgemeine
- Infobae
- La Nacion
- Asahi Shimbun
- Kyodo News
- Zeteo
- Wall Street Journal
- France 24
- South China Morning Post
- The Indian Express
- Tempo English
- The Jerusalem Post
- NRC
- Dawn
- El Pais
- Neue Zuercher Zeitung
- Taipei Times
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- Centre
- Centre-right
- Right
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The world marks the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, which killed nearly 3,000 people in New York, Washington, D.C. and Pennsylvania. Orchestrated by Al-Qaeda, the attacks involved the hijacking of four commercial airplanes: two struck the World Trade Center towers, one hit the Pentagon, and a fourth crashed in a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, after passengers and crew fought back. The events led to the destruction of the Twin Towers and the first invocation of Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty. In the aftermath, the United States launched a global war on terror, including the invasion of Afghanistan and the 2003 invasion of Iraq. While some reports note that Al-Qaeda's core has weakened, others highlight that regional offshoots remain strong in Africa and Asia. Long term consequences include the creation of the Department of Homeland Security and the passage of the Patriot Act, which expanded government surveillance powers. Health officials report that nearly 10,000 people have died from diseases linked to the dust released during the collapse of the towers. Perspectives on the legacy of the response vary by political lean. Center-right sources emphasize the strategic goal of combating Islamist ideology and the initial national unity. Center and center-left sources often highlight the human cost and the failure of military force to eliminate terrorism. Left-leaning sources frame the response as an imperial overreach that damaged American moral standing and increased global violence. Some analysts argue that the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan contributed to a shift in the global balance of power, specifically aiding the rise of China.
How each side framed it
- Left
- Framed the aftermath as a period of imperial decline and a catalyst for global instability and surveillance.
- Centre-left
- Highlighted the persistence of terrorist threats and the failure of military responses to solve the problem.
- Centre
- Focused on factual summaries of the attacks and the long term health impacts of pollution.
- Centre-right
- Emphasized the necessity of combating Islamist ideology and the initial unity of the American people.
Sources
- Centre-left Asahi Shimbun: 25 years since 9/11 attacks: "The US made the mistake of responding to terrorism with military force"
- Centre CNN Brasil: Remember the September 11, 2001 attacks in the USA
- Centre-left Dawn: After Sept 11
- Centre-left Der Spiegel: 25 years September 11: 9/11 will always be a part of us
- Centre Deutsche Welle: 25 years after 9/11: Al-Qaeda weakened but not gone
- Centre-left El Pais: What has changed the world more: 9/11 or Donald Trump?
- Centre-left El Pais: The broken paths of 9/11
- Centre Folha de S.Paulo: Two wrongs do not make a right
- Centre Folha de S.Paulo: Cancer cases related to 9/11 grow in the USA 25 years after attacks
- Centre Folha de S.Paulo: World is even more dangerous 25 years after 9/11
- Centre France 24: Pollution: 25 years later, September 11 still kills
- Centre-right Frankfurter Allgemeine: F.A.Z. TEST OF STRENGTH: 25 years of 9/11: What the war on terror has cost
- Centre-right Frankfurter Allgemeine: 9/11: What happened on September 11, 2001?
- Centre-left G1: 'If it had fallen in my direction, I would have died': the story of the Brazilian who survived the first tower hit on September 11
- Centre-right Infobae: 25 years after 9/11: how literature turned the most televised attack in history into intimate stories of grief and anguish
- Centre Kyodo News: 25 yrs after 9/11, world is darker, more violent: U.S. historian
- Centre-right La Nacion: The shocking drone show in New York that recreated the Twin Towers with lights
- Centre-right La Nacion: A 25 year trauma: how the country that united after the 9-11 attacks ended up trapped in a toxic polarization
- Centre NRC: The hard reaction of US and allies to 9/11 has not made the world safer. On the contrary even
- Centre-right Neue Zuercher Zeitung: 9/11 and the days of horror: how the black autumn of 2001 shaped Switzerland
- Centre-right South China Morning Post: 25 years ago, America faces ‘darkest hour’ as 9/11 terror attacks unfold – SCMP archive
- Centre-left Taipei Times: The world that the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks did not make
- Centre-left Tempo English: 25 Years After 9/11: Al-Qaeda Weakened But Not Gone
- Centre The Indian Express: 25 years on, America’s response to 9/11 is its biggest self-inflicted hurt
- Centre-right The Jerusalem Post: On This Day: Remembering the September 11 terror attacks in New York, 25 years later
- Centre-right The Jerusalem Post: Cancer cases among 9/11 survivors surge nearly 25 years later - report
- Centre-right Wall Street Journal: Opinion | The 9/11 Lessons for Next Time
- Left Zeteo: The Burning Towers Foreshadowed a Burning World – Viet Thanh Nguyen on the 25 Years After 9/11
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