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The cascading consequences of 9/11 for America and the Middle East

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The cascading consequences of 9/11 for America and the Middle East

GZERO Media · Sep 9, 2026, 2:11 PM UTC

“This will devastate America and the region!” I howled as I watched the second plane slam into the Twin Towers in New York from my distant Beirut living room. Osama bin Laden was killed in 2011, a decade after the September 11th attacks, and al-Qaeda’s core leadership was dismantled. But my fears were not misplaced.…