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==Documented Islamist Admissions of Responsibility for the September 11 Attacks Bin Laden / Al Qaeda==
==Documented Islamist Admissions of Responsibility for the September 11 Attacks Bin Laden / Al Qaeda==
Multiple contemporaneous and retrospective sources document [[Osama bin Laden]]’s statements concerning his role in the September 11, 2001 attacks. In a 2004 report, CBC News described bin Laden as claiming responsibility for the attacks, while The Tuscaloosa News reported in 2007 on an admission attributed to him.<ref>{{cite news |date=2004-10-29 |title=Bin Laden claims responsibility for 9/11 |work=CBC News |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/bin-laden-claims-responsibility-for-9-11-1.513654 |access-date=2026-08-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=2007-03-15 |title=Bin Laden chief confesses to 9/11 attacks |work=The Tuscaloosa News |url=https://www.tuscaloosanews.com/stories/news/2007/mar/15/bin-laden-chief-confesses-to-911-attacks/27704321007/ |access-date=2026-08-09}}</ref> A 2024 United Press International retrospective likewise described the October 29, 2004 video as an admission that bin Laden had ordered the attacks, while a 2025 Defense Visual Information Distribution Service report discussed an al-Qaeda operative's admission concerning the planning of 9/11.<ref>{{cite news |last=Haynes |first=Daniel |date=2024-10-29 |title=On This Day: Osama bin Laden admits ordering Sept. 11 attacks in video |work=United Press International |url=https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2024/10/29/On-This-Day-Osama-bin-Laden-admits-ordering-Sept-11-attacks-in-video/6601730163735/ |access-date=2026-08-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Defense Visual Information Distribution Service |date=2025-04-07 |title=Al Qaeda operative admits to masterminding 9/11 attacks |work=DVIDS |url=https://www.dvidshub.net/news/531238/al-qaeda-operative-admits-masterminding-9-11-attacks |access-date=2026-08-09}}</ref>
Multiple contemporaneous and retrospective sources document [[Osama bin Laden]]’s statements concerning his role in the September 11, 2001 attacks. In a 2004 report, CBC News described bin Laden as claiming responsibility for the attacks, while The Tuscaloosa News reported in 2007 on an admission attributed to him.<ref>{{cite news |date=2004-10-29 |title=Bin Laden claims responsibility for 9/11 |work=CBC News |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/bin-laden-claims-responsibility-for-9-11-1.513654 |access-date=2026-08-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=2007-03-15 |title=Bin Laden chief confesses to 9/11 attacks |work=The Tuscaloosa News |url=https://www.tuscaloosanews.com/stories/news/2007/mar/15/bin-laden-chief-confesses-to-911-attacks/27704321007/ |access-date=2026-08-09}}</ref> A 2024 United Press International retrospective likewise described the October 29, 2004 video as an admission that bin Laden had ordered the attacks, while a 2025 Defense Visual Information Distribution Service report discussed an al-Qaeda operative's admission concerning the planning of 9/11.<ref>{{cite news |last=Haynes |first=Daniel |date=2024-10-29 |title=On This Day: Osama bin Laden admits ordering Sept. 11 attacks in video |work=United Press International |url=https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2024/10/29/On-This-Day-Osama-bin-Laden-admits-ordering-Sept-11-attacks-in-video/6601730163735/ |access-date=2026-08-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Defense Visual Information Distribution Service |date=2025-04-07 |title=Al Qaeda operative admits to masterminding 9/11 attacks |work=DVIDS |url=https://www.dvidshub.net/news/531238/al-qaeda-operative-admits-masterminding-9-11-attacks |access-date=2026-08-09}}</ref>
==="'Why We Fight America' The Entire Earth Must Be Subjected to Islam"===
In June 2002, Al-Qa'ida Spokesman Explains September 11.
Al-Qa'ida spokesman Suleiman Abu Gheith: 'Why We Fight America' The Entire Earth Must Be Subjected to Islam.<ref>Babbin, J., Gingrich, N. (2007). ''In the Words of Our Enemies''. United States: Regnery Publishing, [https://books.google.com/books?id=lFgXyFPCUmIC&pg=PA63 p.63]
</ref><ref>Weimann, G. (2006). ''Terror on the internet: the new arena, the new challenges''. Washington: United States Institute of Peace Press, [https://books.google.com/books?id=19iCbNOoYmIC&pg=PA68&dq=%22The+Entire+Earth+Must+Be+Subjected+to+Islam%22 p.68]
</ref><ref>Smith, S. T. (2003). ''Surviving Aggressive People: Practical Violence Prevention Skills for the Workplace and the Street''. United States: Sentient Publications, [https://books.google.com/books?id=VBeTGVpYJQgC&pg=PA224&dq=%22The+Entire+Earth+Must+Be+Subjected+to+Islam%22 p. 224]</ref>
==Consequences of the attacks on U.S. policy==
==Consequences of the attacks on U.S. policy==