Taliban justifies 9/11 attack, blaming America's 'interventionist policies'

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Taliban justifies 9/11 attack, blaming America's 'interventionist policies' | FDD's Long War Journal
Thomas Joscelyn & Bill Roggio


    The Taliban justifies al Qaeda's attack on 9/11 as follows: "This heavy slap on their dark faces was the consequence of their interventionist policies and not our doing." This is said as video of UA Flight 175 slams into the World Trade Center. From Taliban video Umari Army (6). pic.twitter.com/nCLFWQ68pT
    — Bill Roggio (@billroggio) July 23, 2019

In a newly released video, the Taliban blames America for the 9/11 hijackings. The Taliban describes al Qaeda’s Sept. 11, 2001 attack on the US as “heavy slap on their dark faces,” claiming it “was the consequence of their interventionist policies and not our doing.”

This provocative message is included in “Umari Army (6),” a video that was produced by Al-Emara, the Taliban’s official media arm. It was released online and promoted by the Taliban’s spokesman earlier today.

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