9/11

or 9-11

[ nahyn-i-lev-uhn ]

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September 11, 2001: the day on which Islamic terrorists, believed to be part of the Al-Qaeda network, hijacked four commercial airplanes and crashed two of them into the World Trade Center in New York City and a third one into the Pentagon in Virginia: the fourth plane crashed into a field in rural Pennsylvania.

9-11

See September 11 attacks .

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Word History and Origins

Origin of 9/11¹

First recorded in 2000–05

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The Real ID Act, approved by Congress in 2005, was meant to improve security and minimize fraud in the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks by a establishing a nationwide standard for identification.

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He posits nothing short of an immigration “invasion” — in effect, a permanent 9/11 — that “has caused widespread chaos and suffering in our country over the last 4 years.”

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I hoped that during the next decade, the pendulum would swing back from 9/11 overreach and regain some semblance of equipoise.

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The Husseins are up against a wave of Islamophobia, triggered by the 9/11 attacks.

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Congress passed the Real ID Act in 2005 to improve security and minimize fraud in the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

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