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FBI to Categorize Trans People As "Nihilistic Violent Extremist" Threat Group, Report Says (www.them.us)

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[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Look who was invaded after 9/11

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 days ago

Ultimately the US was... by its own cancerous military industrial complex.

[–] FlyingCircus@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Bin Laden set out to destroy America and he did. The terrorists have won the war on terror.

[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

True, but not relevant to 9/11. I have already said that I am not involved in the 11 September attacks in the United States. As a Muslim, I try my best to avoid telling a lie. I had no knowledge of these attacks, nor do I consider the killing of innocent women, children and other humans as an appreciable act. Islam strictly forbids causing harm to innocent women, children and other people. Such a practice is forbidden even in the course of a battle. It is the United States, which is perpetrating every maltreatment on women, children and common people of other faiths, particularly the followers of Islam. All that is going on in Palestine for the last 11 months is sufficient to call the wrath of God upon the United States and Israel.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 2 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

Oh, the guy who did it denied doing it. And never mind that he later bragged about it.

There's overwhelming evidence that Binladen and Zawahiri planned and executed the attack. The only unknown (at least to the public) is how much Saudi government (versus loose-cannon individual) involvement there was. And it's worth keeping in mind that the Saudi government is run like a poorly-organized family business, where the right hand seldom knows what the left hand is doing (though this is changing since MBS runs a tighter but far more oppressive ship).

[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago

There's overwhelming evidence that Binladen and Zawahiri planned and executed the attack.

I wouldn't say the evidence was overwhelming. The only direct evidence I've found is:-

the two referred to "an incident that would take place in America on, or around, September 11" and they discussed potential repercussions. In another conversation with an associate in Afghanistan, bin Laden discussed the "scale and effects of a forthcoming operation." These conversations did not specifically mention the World Trade Center or Pentagon, or other specifics

I'm happy to be more overwhelmed if you have links.