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Cameron: My Wife Was Missing in NY on 9/11

Prime minister recounts frantic effort to contact wife

(Newser) - David Cameron says he knows all too well how millions of Americans felt on September 11, 2001. His wife, Samantha, then pregnant with their first child, had flown into New York the day before and he spent 5 frantic hours back in Britain trying to contact her, recalled the British...

9/11 Families Say Iran Helped Plan Attacks

Lawsuit accuses Tehran and Hezbollah of aiding al-Qaeda

(Newser) - Lawyers representing 9/11 families are asking a federal judge to find Iran culpable in the Sept. 11 attacks, saying new evidence shows Iranian officials had advance word and even helped train the hijackers. The lawyers said Iran and the Lebanese group Hezbollah entered into a terrorist alliance with al-Qaeda in...

United Apologizes for Reusing 9/11 Flight Numbers

United Airlines flight numbers 93 and 175 will no longer be recycled

(Newser) - United Airlines is apologizing after briefly restarting use of flight numbers of two of the doomed planes hijacked on Sept. 11, 2001. Flight numbers 93 and 175 have been removed from the airline's computer system after a United flight attendants' union objected to the reuse. The flight numbers probably...

NY Reps: Give 9/11 Victims bin Laden Reward Money

Anthony Weiner and Jerry Nadler introduce bill

(Newser) - If no one is going to collect the federal government's Osama bin Laden reward money, two New York congressmen want bin Laden's victims to get it. “If the bounty isn’t paid," then “families and groups who helped deal with survivors of 9/11” should benefit,...

Al-Qaeda Planned 9/11/11 Rail Attacks

Osama bin Laden plotted terror attacks from hideout, seized files reveal

(Newser) - Al-Qaeda leaders discussed attacking America's rail network on the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, according to American officials who have seen the first batch of documents from Osama bin Laden's hideout. The documents reveal that bin Laden, who many experts believed had become merely an inspirational...

Condoleezza: Saddam Was a Threat

'With or without mature weapons of mass destruction'

(Newser) - Saddam Hussein “was a threat” to the US, Condoleezza Rice told Lawrence O’Donnell on MSNBC last night. While O’Donnell held that “Iraq had nothing to do with September 11th,” The former secretary of state argued that “after September 11th, of course you look at...

Obama Will Help 9/11 Teen Meet Justin Bieber

Payton Wall's father died in World Trade Center

(Newser) - The leader of the free world has a phone call to make to a certain teen idol. President Obama today promised a teen whose father died inside the World Trade Center that he'd help her meet Justin Bieber, reports DNAinfo . "He told us he knows Justin," said...

Rob Lowe: I Flew on 9/11 Terrorists’ Dry Run

Actor was on DC-to-LA practice flight, noticed nothing awry

(Newser) - While Rob Lowe was playing Sam Seaborn on the West Wing, he found himself in a real-life DC drama—albeit unwittingly. Lowe often took the same flight from DC to LA, and 11 days before the Sept. 11 attacks, he ended up flying on a "dry run" with the...

WikiLeaks Reveals al-Qaeda Bigwigs' Location on 9/11

Docs unveil bin Laden hideouts, tension within group

(Newser) - On 9/11, the bulk of al-Qaeda’s leadership was gathered in a single place: Karachi, Pakistan. One key figure was in a hospital following a tonsillectomy; another was preparing for a biological weapons program; and Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was with other leaders in a safe house, watching the attacks on...

FBI to Screen 9/11 Responders Against Terror List

Names of cops, firefighters to be compared to watch list

(Newser) - Police, firefighters, construction workers, and anyone else covered by the 9/11 responders bill will be warned that their names must be compared to the FBI's terrorist watch list before they can receive benefits, according to a letter obtained by the Huffington Post . The requirement was added by GOP Rep....

9/11 Families: Do Not Bury Remains at Museum

Some families insist they were not consulted

(Newser) - More than 9,000 pieces of human remains from the World Trade Center attacks remain unidentified and unclaimed—but some relatives of the 9/11 victims aren't happy with their proposed final resting place, the AP reports. The plan is to house the remains seven stories underground at the National September...

Muslim Rep Breaks Down at King Hearing

Peter King defiant, says radical Islam must be investigated

(Newser) - Peter King’s hearings on the radicalization of American Muslims got off to an emotional start today, when Rep. Keith Ellison—the first Muslim American elected to Congress—broke down in recounting the story of a Muslim paramedic who died while responding to the 9/11 attacks and was later, according...

Chilling NYPD Video Bares 9/11 Horror Up Close

New footage obtained though FOIA

(Newser) - Just released video from a New York police helicopter reveals the horror of the terror attack on the World Trade Center as it happens. The 17-minute footage shows incredibly close footage of black smoke billowing from the towers in the biggest terror attack ever on US soil. "Holy shit,...

Feds Hunt Possible 5th 9/11 Terrorist Cell
 Feds Hunt Possible 
 5th 9/11 Terrorist Cell 



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Feb 2, 2011 7:51 AM CST

Feds Hunt Possible 5th 9/11 Terrorist Cell

Suspected terrorists got away, WikiLeaks reveals

(Newser) - The FBI is looking for a team of suspected terrorists that may have been involved in the 9/11 attacks but got away, newly released WikiLeaks documents reveal. The three Qatari men flew from London to New York three weeks before the attacks, conducted surveillance on the targets and other locations...

Jon Stewart Appointed to 9/11 Memorial Board

Advocacy wins funnyman place with Ground Zero foundation

(Newser) - Jon Stewart's push to get Congress to pass a 9/11 first responders health care bill has won him a place on the board of the foundation building the 9/11 museum and memorial at Ground Zero. The foundation's president hailed the Daily Show host's passionate advocacy—which included devoting an entire...

Ground Zero Flag Raised for Youngest Tucson Victim

Christina Taylor Green, born on 9/11, is mourned

(Newser) - The family of the youngest victim of the mass shooting in Arizona held hands and paused in a moment of silence today under the large American flag recovered from Ground Zero after the 9/11 attacks, and later escorted the 9-year-old's small brown casket into the church. Several hundred other mourners,...

Senate Passes Bill to Aid 9/11 First Responders
Congress Passes Bill
for 9/11 First Responders
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Dec 22, 2010 5:04 PM CST

Congress Passes Bill for 9/11 First Responders

Republicans drop opposition in the Senate

(Newser) - The clout of Jon Stewart : Congress today approved the bill to provide health care for 9/11 first responders and sent it to President Obama for his signature. The House passed the measure late this afternoon (206-60) after the Senate did so earlier in the day, reports AP . The big breakthrough...

Stewart: GOP Has Lost Custody of 9/11

Daily Show host slams senators for blocking bill aiding first responders

(Newser) - If the Republican Party is going to block a bill offering medical help to 9/11 first responders , it should stop exploiting 9/11 for political ends, Jon Stewart complains. Senate Republicans are also blocking the DREAM Act and Don't Ask Don't Tell repeal , but "since when does the Republican Party...

More Than 10K Settle Suits Over Ground Zero Dust

Just 500 refused settlement offer

(Newser) - More than 10,000 people have joined a legal settlement that will pay hundreds of millions of dollars to Ground Zero workers exposed to toxic World Trade Center dust. The near-universal acceptance of the deal was announced by a court today. It will mean an end to most litigation over...

We Didn't Always Flip Out Over Terrorism

Before 9/11, we handled this better

(Newser) - Imagine this: Muslim terrorists hijack a jet and hold it hostage for two weeks. Simultaneously, a bomb blows up a 747 in midair, killing 300-plus people. Months later, a US airliner is bombed over Greece. Five months after that, terrorists kill 20 aboard a US plane in Pakistan. All of...

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