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Re: Confirmed at 18:00 BST
Posted By: Zarniwoop, on host 213.122.143.242
Date: Tuesday, September 11, 2001, at 10:12:23
In Reply To: Confirmed at 18:00 BST posted by Zarniwoop on Tuesday, September 11, 2001, at 10:08:40:

> > > > Both towers of the World Trade Centre have collapsed, having been hit by hijacked planes from Logan Airport.
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> > > > The Pentagon has been hit by another plane. It is still ablaze, and part of it has collapsed.
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> > > > Another plane has crashed outside Pittsburgh, reportedly heading for Camp David.
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> > > > A car bomb has exploded outside the State Department.
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> > > > President George W. Bush has returned to Washington DC.
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> > > > The NYSE, LSE, Canary Wharf, and the White House have been/were evacuated.
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> > > > All US and Canadian airports are closed to traffic - Canada is taking all diverted transatlantic flights.
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> > > > Yasser Arafat and the Taliban have both denied all responsibility, and registered their shock.
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> > > > Prime Minister Tony Blair is safely back at 10 Downing Street.
> > > >
> > > > More to follow. Please do not respond to this message - keep the thread clear.
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> The US has closed its borders.
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> The London Underground is not running. The New York subway is. The US Treasury (and all other federal buildings) were evacuated. Sears Tower is/was evacuated.
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> Bush and Blair will make staements soon.
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> The Queen has sent a message of condolence.
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> Another building is on the verge of collapse. The building near the collapsed World Trade Centre towers was hit and damaged by falling debris. (CNN)
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> Palestinian citizens were supposedly 'dancing in the streets'.
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> Saddam Hussein is being blamed - the military precision of the attack.

BUSH: Freedom has been attacked by a coward. It will be defended. Full resources being put into search + rescue. US will hunt down and punish those responsible.

Israel has sent S+R personnel to US, and recalled its diplomats.

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