Volume Three, Three Years of Facing the Wall, Chapter 14: The Fall of the World Trade Center
.Chapter 14
After a brief confusion, Zhang Yan immediately recovered from his sanity. Generally speaking, it is not suitable to make a phone call at this time, but on the other hand, the phone call at this time is definitely not an ordinary phone. The phone was called by Xiao Yunqi, and his voice was filled with uncontrollable shock: "Open the TV and watch Phoenix Station!"
When the TV turned on, Zhang Yan quickly adjusted to Phoenix TV. A shocking picture was revealed. The World Trade Center in the United States had turned into a pillar of smoke. Zhang Yan understood what was going on in an instant. This was the 9/11 incident. But for some reason, what happened last year actually happened this year. Could it be that his butterfly caused such a big storm?
In the TV screen, a reporter was broadcasting live with a nervous expression. Behind him was the World Trade Center with thick smoke. Just as Zhang Yan was watching the screen, a Boeing plane flew over slanted and hit another building. Another big explosion was shocking.
It was too late to know, and Zhang Yan covered his face with regret. If he had known earlier, he could find a way to release the news and let the people from another office building escape. But now! Zhang Yan shook his head, just looking at the smoke, and knew that there was no way to save people.
At this moment, the TV screen changed and switched to a person who jumped off the building. The World Trade Center was very high. The person kept rolling in the air until he was flooded by a thick smoke and then appeared under the smoke again. It seemed that he would never fall to the end. What kind of despair would make a person jump to death? Zhang Yan's heart was grabbed.
This person was not the first to jump off the building. There were many people jumping off the building next. Zhang Yan noticed that the roof of the North Building had been surrounded by a fire. Just imagine that jumping off the building might be the last way to get rid of it in that kind of flame hell. Zhang Yan couldn't bear to look on, but he had to keep watching. This feeling of powerlessness made him feel particularly uncomfortable.
In just half an hour, the north and south collapsed one after another. Zhang Yan didn't know if this meant the collapse of American hegemony. However, Zhang Yan was very clear about the fact that the US policy would change from then on. The anti-bandit suppression and terrorist attacks on terrorists were implemented and China's blockade was also weakened because of this policy. China ushered in a rare opportunity.
The next event development was similar to what Zhang Yan expected. After the incident, all flights to the United States and Canada were grounded. All British and foreign bases were increased to alert. All flights passing through downtown London were changed to bypass the downtown area.
The European Parliament conducted an emergency evacuation with NATO headquarters. NATO announced the launch of the fifth paragraph of NATO Central Region in 1949, announcing that if the terrorist attack is instructed by any country, it will be regarded as a military attack on the United States and therefore it is also considered a military attack on all NATO member states. This is the first time in NATO's history that the joint defense mechanism has been launched.
After the incident, the civil support of Western governments increased significantly. In the Arab world, many media published commentary articles, believing that the incident was initiated by Israelis, Jews, Zionists and even Americans themselves, with the purpose of arousing global hatred of Arabia. Some Arab Muslims also believe that the incident was initiated by Al Qaeda, aiming to retaliate against the United States Middle East policy.
The incident was unanimously condemned by the international community, with leaders of some countries that have traditionally taken less friendly to the United States, such as Libyan leader Gaddafi, Palestinian leader Arafat, Iranian President Khatami and the Taliban regime in Afghanistan all publicly condemned the incident and expressed sympathy for the American people. The only exception is Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, who commented that the incident was the consequence of American hegemony.
For China, it was a rare opportunity. The top terrorists were listed as terrorists. They became a dog of a family, and their previous masters ruthlessly abandoned them because they needed China's support. In addition, in order to obtain China's support, the United States had to make other concessions.
Before 1.1, China, military and diplomatic siege and interception had put huge pressure on China, and the theory of China's threat and resource tension were paramount. There were reasons for the objective primary and secondary environment of China's economy and military development, and there were also reasons for the United States to run naked to the world and look at who is the opponent in the world.
In this environment, China has endured the threat of US missiles and accepted US aircraft, which is a trend that without fighting, it is not enough to be able to make peace in the world. The rampant occurrence of the United States suddenly turned around and found that the personal safety under democratic supervision was attacked. After the disaster resistance and rescue, the victims had to put on their clothes and slimly penetrated into the courtyard of Afghanistan, overturned the jars and jars and pushed down the house. They also looked at the yard of the neighbor's house.
1.1 gave the United States the opportunity to strategically monitor Asia. It also allowed 1.1 to recognize the reality of the world, and the economy had a great development: military purchase, imitation, R&D, practical breakthroughs in all-round series. From top to bottom, from inside to outside, huge revolutionary changes have taken place in the wind of WTO and walked abroad. Originally, according to the American habits, we must find some trouble for China, but the occurrence of 1.1 forced the United States to deviate from its established policy and focus on counter-terrorism. Although the United States once again made a new China in 2004, if China was told too much truthfully, the significance of China over the past three years or only our later history can be evaluated...)
11 The impact on the United States is that the huge economic impact has had a significant and real-time impact. A large number of large investment companies located in the World Trade Center lost a large amount of property, employees and data. Many stock markets around the world were affected, and some, such as the London Stock Exchange, had to evacuate. The New York Stock Exchange did not reopen until the first Monday after the January 1st incident. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell on the first day of opening, among which the worst-stopping were tourism, insurance and aviation stocks. The prices of gasoline in the United States also rose sharply. At that time, the U.S. economy had slowed down, deepening the global economic depression.
Departments at all levels of the U.S. government launched an investigation into the incident. The U.S. government immediately secretly detained, arrested and interrogated at least 1,200 people, most of whom were Arab or Muslim men who were non-U.S. The U.S. Department of Justice also investigated 500 men from the Middle East.
The government later admitted that only one to 15 of them were related to al-Qaeda, but no one was involved in the 1.1 incident. However, 500 people were still imprisoned for violating immigration regulations, and 70 Israelis were detained for violating tourist visas. Congress passed an emergency grant of $40 billion, and about $20 billion was granted for airline subsidies. Several laws accused of infringing on personal freedom and facilitating the government's surveillance of people were also passed. On October 10, the FBI released a list of wanted orders for FBI terrorists.
Intelligence experts have produced a "short list" of suspect suspects - a list of all organizations with the ability and motivation to launch similar attacks. It is very certain that all hijackers are Arabs, none with an Afghan background; in addition, the careful planning, scale and no one acknowledged responsibility after the attacks are similar to the previous style of the Algeda organization. At the time of note, most hijackers were from Saudi Arabia, but the US government did not take any action against the country.
Although the Algeda group led by ** has never publicly stated responsibility for the incident, they publicly praised the incident and suggested that the organization had planned the entire incident behind the scenes. A spokesperson for the organization said in a video sent to Al Jazeera in Qatar (aired in October 2001), “Americans should know that more aircraft storms will not stop… In the Islamic world, there are thousands of young people who are eager to sacrifice, and their belief in dying is as strong as the belief in American life.”
Subsequently, the mastermind of the United States announced the document was the famous **. This rich Arab businessman immediately became the most well-known person. Of course, the Americans' rewards were also amazing, and there were not many money, but other benefits were enough to make people crazy. Zhang Yan originally thought that these things had little impact on him, but Zhang Yan went wrong this time, and Zhang Yan received a call from the name chairman and president of the Lightning Fund. The Lightning Fund was thawed. After four years of long waiting, Zhang Yan finally waited for the day when the Lightning Fund was thawed.
Chapter completed!