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September 11 News.com - October 7, 2001 - American and British forces strike against Osama bin Laden and the Taliban in Afghanistan in retaliation for the September 11 attack on America.
On October 7, 2001 America Retaliates for the September 11 Attacks.
October 7, 2001 Archives, Newspaper Covers, Graphics, Maps
Major Speeches, Images, and International Reaction.
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MSNBC TV
Breaking News
The World Watches the Television as
Breaking News Interrupts Programming.

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CNN TV
Breaking News
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Syria - Cafe
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Iran - Family
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Israel - Store
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Bush TV Address
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NFL Game in
Philadelphia
Delayed for Bush.
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Moscow TV Store
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Canada TV Store
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NE Afghanistan
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China - TV Store
Click for a larger image. October 7th images of George W. Bush in the Treaty Room after his address. President George W. Bush Speaks to
America After the Strikes Begin.
Following is the text of the address made
from the Treaty Room in the White House
on October 7, 2001.
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On my orders, the United States military has begun strikes against al-Qa'eda terrorist training camps and
military installations of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan.

These carefully targeted actions are designed to disrupt the use of Afghanistan as a terrorist base of operations
and to attack the military capability of the Taliban regime.

We are joined in this operation by our staunch friend, Great Britain. Other close friends, including Canada,
Australia, Germany and France, have pledged forces as the operation unfolds.

More than 40 countries in the Middle East, Africa, Europe and across Asia have granted air transit or landing
rights. Many more have shared intelligence. We are supported by the collective will of the world.

More than two weeks ago, I gave Taliban leaders a series of clear and specific demands: Close terrorist
training camps. Hand over leaders of the al-Qa'eda network, and return all foreign nationals, including
American citizens unjustly detained in our country.

None of these demands were met. And now, the Taliban will pay a price.

By destroying camps and disrupting communications, we will make it more difficult for the terror network to
train new recruits and coordinate their evil plans.

Initially, the terrorists may burrow deeper into caves and other entrenched hiding places. Our military action
is also designed to clear the way for sustained, comprehensive and relentless operations to drive them out and
bring them to justice.

At the same time, the oppressed people of Afghanistan will know the generosity of America and our allies. As
we strike military targets, we will also drop food, medicine and supplies to the starving and suffering men and
women and children of Afghanistan.

The United States of America is a friend to the Afghan people, and we are the friends of almost a billion
worldwide who practice the Islamic faith.

The United States of America is an enemy of those who aid terrorists and of the barbaric criminals who profane
a great religion by committing murder in its name.

This military action is a part of our campaign against terrorism, another front in a war that has already been
joined through diplomacy, intelligence, the freezing of financial assets and the arrests of known terrorists by
law enforcement agents in 38 countries.

Given the nature and reach of our enemies, we will win this conflict by the patient accumulation of successes,
by meeting a series of challenges with determination and will and purpose.

Today we focus on Afghanistan, but the battle is broader. Every nation has a choice to make. In this conflict,
there is no neutral ground. If any government sponsors the outlaws and killers of innocence, they have
become outlaws and murderers themselves. And they will take that lonely path at their own peril.

I'm speaking to you today from the Treaty Room of the White House, a place where American presidents have
worked for peace.

We're a peaceful nation. Yet, as we have learned, so suddenly and so tragically, there can be no peace in a
world of sudden terror. In the face of today's new threat, the only way to pursue peace is to pursue those who
threaten it.

We did not ask for this mission, but we will fulfill it.

The name of today's military operation is Enduring Freedom. We defend not only our precious freedoms,
but also the freedom of people everywhere to live and raise their children free from fear.

I know many Americans feel fear today. And our government is taking strong precautions. All law enforcement
and intelligence agencies are working aggressively around America, around the world and around the clock.

At my request, many governors have activated the National Guard to strengthen airport security. We have
called up reserves to reinforce our military capability and strengthen the protection of our homeland.

In the months ahead, our patience will be one of our strengths — patience with the long waits that will result
from tighter security, patience and understanding that it will take time to achieve our goals, patience in all the
sacrifices that may come.

Today, those sacrifices are being made by members of our armed forces who now defend us so far from
home, and by their proud and worried families.

A commander in chief sends America's sons and daughters into battle in a foreign land only after the greatest
care and a lot of prayer.

We ask a lot of those who wear our uniform. We ask them to leave their loved ones, to travel great distances,
to risk injury, even to be prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice of their lives.

They are dedicated. They are honorable. They represent the best of our country, and we are grateful.

To all the men and women in our military, every sailor, every soldier, every airman, every Coast Guardsman,
every Marine, I say this: Your mission is defined. The objectives are clear. Your goal is just. You have my full
confidence, and you will have every tool you need to carry out your duty.

I recently received a touching letter that says a lot about the state of America in these difficult times, a letter
from a fourth-grade girl with a father in the military.

'As much as I don't want my dad to fight,' she wrote, 'I'm willing to give him to you.'

This is a precious gift. The greatest she could give. This young girl knows what America is all about.

Since Sept. 11, an entire generation of young Americans has gained new understanding of the value of
freedom and its cost and duty and its sacrifice.

The battle is now joined on many fronts.

We will not waiver, we will not tire, we will not falter, and we will not fail. Peace and freedom will prevail.

Thank you. May God continue to bless America.

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'War Has Begun'
ISRAEL
The World Reads the News of the October 7th
American Strikes in Special Coverage Newspapers.
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USA & INTERNATIONAL NEWSPAPERS
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Front Pages
UK Daily Papers
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'Strikeback'
INDIA
'War Has Started'
CUBA
'US Strikes Back'
SINGAPORE
'American Attack
Has Begun'
PALESTINE
'Attack'
GERMANY
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Atlanta Constitution
October 8, 2001
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New York Times
October 8, 2001
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Philadelphia
Daily News
October 8, 2001
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NY Daily News
October 8, 2001
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New York Post
October 8, 2001
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San Jose
Mercury-News
October 8, 2001
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Miami Herald
October 8, 2001
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Washington Post
October 8, 2001
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Seattle
Post-Intelligencer
October 8, 2001
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Philadelphia Inquirer
October 8, 2001
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El Nuevo - Miami
October 8, 2001
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Folha De S. Paulo/Brazil
October 8, 2001
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The Star
South Africa
October 8, 2001
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La Repubblica
Italy
October 8, 2001
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O Globo
Brazil
October 8, 2001
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Telegraph - Australia
October 8, 2001
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Scotsman-Scotland
October 8, 2001
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The Sun - UK
October 8, 2001
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Express - UK
October 7, 2001
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Express - UK
October 8, 2001
International Reaction to the October 7th American and British Strikes in Afghanistan.
International Newspaper Editorials & World Leaders Reaction.
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Editorial Excerpt from The Daily Star (Jordan)
"One does not have to be a militant to be angered by the fact that when the 'Israel Defense Forces' go on the offensive in the West Bank or Gaza, they do so with American-built warplanes, helicopters, bombs and missiles. Does this mean that reasonable people support the wholesale slaughter of civilians? No. But it does challenge Washington to prove bin Laden wrong by demonstrating its earnest desire to address the issues listed above and honoring its pledge that it has no intention of making war on Islam."
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Tomahawk Missile
Editorial Excerpt from The Guardian (United Kingdom)
"From the moment that the terrorists first struck nearly four weeks ago, it has been clear that a just response to that attack was likely to involve some form of military action by the United States. Now that moment has come and only a fool will not feel some fear. Tony Blair last night called it a moment of utmost gravity for the world. ... the most dangerous since the Cuban missile crisis of 1962."
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USS Carl Vinson
Editorial Excerpt from Iran News
"The scale of the U.S. attack on the already devastated Afghan cities is clear now, but the duration and the scope of the military campaign is still unclear. ... It would be understandable if Washington's military attack is based only on the principle of eye for an eye. But if, as President Bush insists, the aim is to eradicate terrorism and bring peace to all corners of the world, then an eye for eye is not the right principle to follow."
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USS Enterprise
Editorial Excerpt from The Times of India
"If New Delhi is increasingly suspicious of being left out of the loop in the US-led global war on terrorism, then British prime minister Tony Blair’s goodwill hunting mission to the subcontinent will have done little to soothe the nerves. "
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F18 Air Strikes
Editorial Excerpt from the Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)
"Mr. Bush and his principal ally, Britain's Tony Blair, deserve credit for pulling this uneasy, diverse coalition together. In his early months as President, Mr. Bush alarmed many friends of the United States by his tendency to take unilateral decisions and then expect them to agree. This time around, he and his aides have been at great pains to consult not just close allies, but also other influential governments, including some that have traditionally been deeply suspicious of US methods and motives. As a result, the Taliban and its dangerous guests are largely isolated."
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Helicopter Lands on
Aegis Destroyer
Parts of the Muslim World Erupt in Protests and Demonstrations Against the Air Strikes.
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Protests in Pakistan
in Support of the
Taliban and Osama
bin Laden.
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Oct. 7th Strike Target.
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Anti-US Protests Asia
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Protests in Pakistan
Include the Burning
of US Flags, and
Praise for Osama
bin Laden.
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Oct. 8th Strikes Kill 4
UN Demining Workers
in the Building Above.
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Protests in Pakistan
Become Violent.
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Protests in the
Streets of Baghdad
in Support of Iraq's
Sadam Hussein.
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Protests Erupt in
Muslim Countries in
Asia. Protesters
Above Are
Dispersed With
Water Cannons in
Jakarta, Indonesia.
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Al Qaeda on Arabic TV
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Anti-US Protests
and Flag Burning
in Baghdad, Iraq.
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Taliban Amb. is Defiant
International Leaders Speak Out After the American Air Strikes in Afghanistan.
In Their Own Words.
© CNN
"None of the leaders involved in this action want war. None of our nations want it. We are a peaceful people.
But we know that sometimes, to safeguard peace, we have to fight. Britain has learned that lesson many
times before in our history. We only do it if the cause is just." -- British Prime Minister Tony Blair

"We regret that diplomatic efforts to convince Taliban leadership to respond to the international demands did
not succeed ... Pakistan did whatever it could to convince the Taliban leadership of the gravity of the situation
and take the right decisions in the interest of the Afghan people. We also hope that the operations will end
soon and a concerted international effort will be undertaken to promote national reconciliation and help
Afghanistan with economic reconstruction." -- Pakistani government statement

"We see in the United States the leader of this campaign, and we shall not do anything that may frustrate or
endanger the campaign itself ... We feel part and parcel of this campaign, and, if it should be asked,
everything will be considered, seriously and positively." -- Israeli Defense Minister Shimon Peres,
speaking in an interview for CNN's Larry King Live.

"These brutal attacks are as horrendous, terrorist acts as any in the world. America has always chosen the
military approach .. the Afghans will rise against the new colonialist." -- Taliban Ambassador to Pakistan
Abdul Salam Zaeef

The attacks "were carried out without regard to world public opinion and particularly the Islamic countries.
These attacks will result in loss of life among civilians, and, therefore, they are not acceptable." -- Iranian
Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi


"What America did today is that it had targeted a country and people who are among the poorest in the world.
Anybody would condemn this attack, not because it's coming from America or because it's against Muslims and
a Muslim country -- but because it was done outside the framework of international law and because America
didn't present a convincing proof against those it accuses of terrorism." -- Iraqi government statement

"The fight against terrorism is a fight that is complex, difficult and that has to be played on several fronts. It is
not just a military fight ... for this action facing us, the French are united ... We are all united." -- French
President Jacques Chirac

We are part of an unprecedented coalition of nations that has come together to fight the threat of terrorism
... Canada will be part of this coalition every step of the way." -- Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien
Graphics & Maps of the Strike Targets in Afghanistan on October 7, 2001.
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© Reuters
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© Reuters
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© Dallas
Morning News
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Department of Defense
Satellite Image of
Terrorist Camp Before
and After Air Strikes.
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© Boston Globe
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© BBC
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© CNN
On October 7th Osama bin Laden Broadcasts a Taped Response to the Strikes.
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China - Street
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Japan - Store
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Emmy Awards
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Emmy Awards -
The Emmys Were
Postponed - Again.
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Moscow TV
Reflection
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Pakistan - Store
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Japan - Street
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