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The fate of Afghanistan after a 20-year war led by the United States means that the West's resolve is now perceived as weak by major adversaries such as Russia, British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said on Thursday.
Biden announces complete troop withdrawal from Afghanistan PTI Washington | Updated on × Says, pull-out decision was not a tough one; never thought US was in Afghanistan to unify that country US President Joe Biden has announced that all American troops would be withdrawn from Afghanistan by September 11 this year, thus bringing to end the country’s longest war, spanning across two decades. "US troops, as well as forces deployed by our NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) Allies and operational partners, will be out of Afghanistan before we mark the 20th anniversary of that heinous attack on September 11 (2001),” said Biden during a televised address to the nation from the White House on Wednesday.
US News: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Monday that Congress will establish an independent, September 11-style commission to look into the deadly insurrection
a goose chase. here is part of the reason why they are saying that. the timing may not work out. the routings how the people were to get to the u.s. may not make sense. the u.s. search has plane's manifests, they have been searching plane manifested going back to last december through this august to anybody who might be setting off warning bells, quote, nothing is turning up. that doesn't mean they will not continue to look. you have seen the security measures that have been taken around the country, especially new york and d.c. to prevent any kind of attack or protect against it. in the meantime, the f.b.i. is turning over every rock, looking over every rock to try to find anything that would make sense with this threat. you remember the information came from what we were told was a credible c.i.a. informant overseas who has been reliable in the past who provided this information about three would-be
general petraeus told me they had the drone strikes that have taken out a lot of their mid-level management. al-qaeda 1.0 lacks like it's on his death trost but then there is al-qaeda 2.0. that is the franchise in somalia, yemen, other parts of the world and they are trying to jockey for the legacy to be the heirs of bin laden. then al-qaeda 3.0 which is what we worry about now. >> gregg: americans are feeling pretty good. it's been ten years, no attacks. are you that confident? >> we have gotten pretty darn good at a couple of things. we have traced down the money. we stopped money flows. without the money, they can't have the organization and the timeline to do a big september 11 attack. we have gotten the nypd state-of-the-art. we also i think amazingly got all of america is ready to see something and say something. to me, though, the real worry is will they go in to the next phase and do something like a dirty bomb.
today, reminder of the aftereffects of 9/11, are hardly over. we have reports they arrested former inmate at guantanamo bay, captured in the same raid that killed another former gitmo detainee. connor powell is streaming live from cable with the latest. >> reporter: it's not exactly clear if he is member of al-qaeda but he was arrested last week in afghanistan. the suspicion of organizing attacks of coalition forces in eastern afghanistan. while al-qaeda ability to attack afghanistan in the united states has been diminished in recent years, the american troops in afghanistan are worried about another attack on the homelan homeland. >> ten years of war, thousands of americans served in afghanistan. more than 1700 paid the ultimate sacrifice. for many, the attacks of
september 11. in new york city, ceremony held on st. patrick's cathedral to honor the 343 firemen who perished. flags representing each lost hero will march in the ceremony in a procession in attendance, mayor bloomberg and archbishop timothy dolan. back here at ground zero, today's memorial really has begun. blag draped in front of what was formally known as the freedom tower that stands 1,776 feet tall. the large flag was unveiled an hour ago. under the music of choir singers, singing to the freedom of this country, to the freedom and liberty that new yorkers enjoy every day. and honoring the heros who tied on that day. tomorrow will be an emotional day for many here in new york. that ceremony that will begin in ground zero marks for 8:30 in the morning regardless of a credible or non-creditable
of americans saying in terms of the security that increased security measures specifically at airports september 11th are appropriate. just 22% think the government is overreacting with 11% say authorities have not gone far enough. what is your thoughts on that? >> i think it's a bit of an overreaction, there is no need to search grandmothers and frisk little kids, but i think it should be privatized. airlines should be handling the security measures, not the tsa. it should be privatized. >> we've been safe and nothing happened. this is responsibility, these terrorists have evolved and gone from shoe bombs to body bombs, wlidz, they think of something else. >> where they have gotten weapons, whenever it comes out in the news we don't know when this happens but i have heard of situations where they have
attackers, maybe coming through dubai or europe to carry out an attack near the anniversary of 9/11. that has set off all these security measures. somebody in the intelligence community said. reason you heard about the threat is because it was linked to 9/11. we wanted to get information out there. we wanted america to be on alert and keep their eyes out for anything suspicious. that is the only reason that this became so public. but again the headline right now gregg, according to a senior u.s. official who is intelligence briefings today, this plot is looking less and less credible and looking more and more like a goose chase but still they are working this 24/7. >> gregg: thanks. >> heather: that would be good news. we are seen serious police activity at ground zero as new york city prepares to open the national september 11th memorial to the public.