On this day, the United States, the only superpower in the world today, suffered the worst terrorist attack in human history. Since 8: 05 am1,a series of terrorist attacks have taken place in new york, Washington and other places. The World Trade Center in New York, the Pentagon where the US Department of Defense is located, was violently hit by Boeing 757 and 767 planes hijacked by terrorists. The twin towers of the World Trade Center collapsed, leaving more than 3,000 people dead and missing. The "September 1 1" incident was called the second "Pearl Harbor Incident" in American history by the US government.
As a landmark building in new york, two buildings of World Trade Center 1 10 floors bear the brunt. At 8: 051local time, a plane crashed into a building in the World Trade Center. The building exploded immediately, and smoke billowed from the top. 18 minutes later, while the local TV station was broadcasting live, a small plane crashed into another building of the World Trade Center at high speed and accurately from the opposite direction. The building exploded immediately. A huge black hole appeared at the top of the two Gemini buildings in the World Trade Center. Shortly after the World Trade Center was hit, the Pentagon of the US Department of Defense was also attacked. A plane crashed into the Pentagon, where the US Department of Defense is located, at 9: 47 am, and caused a fire. Meanwhile, a car bomb exploded outside the State Council, USA.
Due to the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, new york Stock Exchange, Nasdaq Market, Chicago Board of Trade and Chicago Mercantile Exchange all stopped trading. At 9: 32 am EDT, the US stock market was closed, and the foreign exchange market also fluctuated greatly. Affected by this, European stock markets suffered heavy losses, and soon, Latin American stock markets all stopped trading.
After a series of incidents, the United States entered a state of alert. The government ordered all airports to be temporarily closed, planes grounded, the Wall Street stock market closed, and the White House and the Ministry of National Defense personnel evacuated. US President Bush issued a statement saying that this was an obvious terrorist attack against the United States. Bush vowed to trace the matter to the end, severely punish criminals and launch a global war on terrorism. World leaders also quickly made speeches, severely condemning this terrorist attack and expressing sympathy for the American people. The United States believes that exiled Saudi tycoon bin Laden and his al-Qaeda organization planned and organized the "9. 1 1" incident, demanding that the Taliban regime that sheltered him immediately hand it over, but it was rejected. Thus, the United States launched a war against Afghanistan on June 7, 10.
After the "9. 1 1" incident, the anti-terrorism struggle gradually became white-hot and deadlocked. On the one hand, the United States organized an international anti-terrorism United front and won the war in Afghanistan. The Taliban military organization in Afghanistan was hit hard, and bin Laden's al-Qaeda lair was destroyed. On the other hand, international terrorist forces are more rampant. After the United States launched the Iraq war, international terrorist forces set off a new wave of retaliatory terrorist attacks in Russia, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Pakistan, India and Iraq.
After the "9. 1 1" incident, major powers have adjusted their security strategies to varying degrees, which has led to the synchronous development of international anti-terrorism cooperation and traditional military competition, and the uncertainties in the international security situation have increased significantly. Diplomatically, anti-terrorism has become an important adhesive in international relations at this stage, especially in relations between major powers. However, while the United States is committed to fighting terrorism, it has not neglected to guard against potential strategic competitors. It tried to establish a so-called new empire, which aggravated the tension and uncertainty of the international situation.