September 11, 2001 attacks
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Etymology
From the date September 11 written in numbers according the format used in the United States, which puts the month before the day.
Noun
- An event comparable to 9/11.
- 2005 , Peter H. Merkl, The Rift Between America And Old Europe: The Distracted Eagle, Routledge, page 73.
- Eleven million Spaniards responded to "their 9/11" by demonstrating in the rain against terrorism and their government's policies.
- 2006, The Agehttp://www.theage.com.au/news/World/Moussaoui-says-he-wants-more-911s/2006/04/14/1144521487238.html
- Moussaoui says he wants more 9/11s
- 2006, Michael Weissenstein, "Nations respond to their '9/11s'"http://www.iiss.org/whats-new/iiss-in-the-press/press-coverage-2006/september-2006/nations-respond-to-their-911s/
- But experts who have studied these other "9/11s" say some offer important revelations, by comparison, about how America responded to its own.
- 2007, David E. Long, Bernard Reich, Mark Gasiorowski, The Government and Politics of the Middle East and North Africa.
- Jordanians referred to this horrific event as "their 9-11 ".
- 2005 , Peter H. Merkl, The Rift Between America And Old Europe: The Distracted Eagle, Routledge, page 73.
See also
- Wikipedia article on 9/11
- http://sep11memories.org/wiki/In_Memoriam formerly the WMF 9/11 memorial