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11.9.2001 |
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"America and our friends and
allies join with all those who want peace and security in the
world, and we stand together to win the war against terrorism." "I was dismayed
by news of the despicable terrorist attacks on the World Trade
Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington in which so
many people have lost their lives.The German people stand at the
side of the United States of America in this difficult hour." Today, the United States, joined by nations throughout the world, is engaged in a sustained effort to identify and destroy a global network of terrorists. This worldwide campaign against terror has many faces, some highly visible, others not: In Afghanistan, U.S. forces, with coalition support, are conducting military operations to root out and destroy the al Qaeda terror network and its Taliban supporters. International relief agencies, with U.S. assistance,
are providing food, medicine, and shelter for Afghan refugees
who have endured the humanitarian disaster over which the Taliban
have presided. Law enforcement agencies are identifying and
arresting suspected terrorists, and governments are freezing the
financial assets of terrorists and their supporters. In the United States and around
the world, families gather to mourn for the dead of September
11, and to care for the families bereft of sons and daughters,
brothers and sisters, mothers and fathers. At the World Trade Center and the
Pentagon, workers continue to clear wreckage and begin the process
of rebuilding. Yet out of this pain and loss,
we can already see a renewed determination to find the perpetrators
of these acts and to defend the values of humanity, diversity,
and freedom that unite the world community. How did we reach this
time of sorrow and resolve, pain and hope? |
