Background History
- 1972: One World Trade Center completed.
- 1973: Two World Trade Center completed.
- c. 1988: Osama bin Laden founds al-Qaeda.
- 1993: World Trade Center bombing.
- 1995: Operation Bojinka is discovered by Manila police on a laptop computer in an apartment after a fire.
- 1996: The Taliban, a radical Islamic movement, takes control of Afghanistan.
- 1998: The 1998 U.S. embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania occur.
- 1999: Indian Airlines Flight 814 hijacked. One passenger dies while the others are released.
- 2000: The USS Cole is bombed in Yemen.
Read more about this topic: Timeline Of The September 11 Attacks
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