Notes on 9/11 and Osama bin Laden

Magnet fine arts / Osama bin Laden, a photo by trudeau on Flickr.

9/11 attacks -

- most 9/11 terrorists were Saudis in organization called al qaeda.
- most al qaeda money from Saudi Arabian sources.
- radicals / extremists
- al qaeda HQ in Afghanistan. Training camps.
- al qaeda cellular structure.
- Osama Bin Laden, a Saudi, inherited serious wealth.
- Taliban radical rulers of Afghan.
- Taliban treatment of women: burqa, no work, no school.
- Afghan. a quagmire.
- War in Iraq based on "faulty intelligence."

- WTC attack was actually a preventable action.
- 9/11: about 3000 dead.
- 4 survivors interviewed by Time.com:
http://www.time.com/time/beyond911/?hpt=hp_c2#featuredVideos