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A group of well trained and well prepared Islamic extremests hijacked four regularly scheduled airliners that were flying from the east coast to the west coast of the US to ensure that each would have a maximum load of fuel. Once these airlines were in the air, enroute to their destination, the hijackers killed the flight crews and took over the planes, diverting them to predetermined targets.

  • American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175 took off from Boston, scheduled to fly to Los Angeles. The hijackers flew the planes to New York City at the southern end of Manhattan Island, where the twin towers of the World Trade Center stood and flew the planes into the buildings.
  • American Airlines Flight 77 took off from Dulles Airport in Dulles Virginia, scheduled to fly to Los Angeles. When the hijackers took control of the plane, they flew it to the headquarters of the US Department of Defense building called The Pentagon, located in Arlington County Virginia and flew it straight into the building.
  • United Airlines Flight 93 took off from Newark New Jersey. The plane had reached the air over Ohio by the time the hijackers were able to divert its flight path, attempting to reach an unnamed target in Washington DC, the US capital. The plane was taken down by passengers who had become aware of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. This fourth plane crashed in an open field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.

These targets were specifically chosen as the ultimate symbols of the evils of the country called the United States; the headquarters of economic oppression, the World Trade Center; the headquarters of military oppression, The Pentagon; and the suspected target, the White House or the Capital building in Washington DC, the headquarters of political oppression.

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