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Complete 911 Timeline

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  1. October 2002: Mandatory Terrorist Preparation Plans for US Chemical Plants Blocked by Congressional Republicans
  2. October 2002: State Department Restarts Propaganda Activities
  3. October 2002-June 2003: Spanish Police Monitor House Where Madrid Bombers Will Later Build Bombs
  4. (October 2002-October 2005): NIST Adjusts Input Data so Computer Simulations of WTC Result in Collapses
  5. October 2002-October 2005: NIST Tries to Estimate Speed of Aircraft Impacting WTC
  6. October 2002: British Counterterrorism Officials Discuss Possible Terrorist Attack against London Underground
  7. October 2003 or After: Detainee Allegedly Sees Cameras in Cells and Interrogation Rooms
  8. October 2003: CIA Only Provides 9/11 Commission with ‘Non-Specific’ Information about Detainee Interrogations, Fails to Mention Videotapes
  9. October 2003: Informant Hears Madrid Bombers Pledge to Become Martyrs; Is Immediately Withdrawn from Monitoring Them
  10. (After 10:03 a.m.) September11, 2001: Russia Cancels Air Force Exercise in Response to Attacks in the US
  11. Late October 2003: 9/11 Commission’s Tour of NEADS Facility Suspended over Discrepancies
  12. October 2003: Members of 9/11 Commission Meet with ISI
  13. October 2004: Radical Imam Abu Hamza Buys and Sells London Properties While in Prison, despite Frozen Assets
  14. October-November 2004: Bin Laden Sends Letter to Al-Qaeda Leader Al-Libbi; US Intelligence Learns of This in 2005
  15. October 2004: Harper’s Magazine Cover Story Slams 9/11 Commission Report
  16. October 2004: Prominent British-Based Radical Islamist Group Disbands, but Continues under New Names
  17. October 2004: Presidential Candidates Debate Tora Bora Battle; Evidence Supports Kerry’s Position
  18. October 2005: CIA Report Concludes There Never Was Any Hussein-Al-Zarqawi Link
  19. (Shortly Before October 2006): FBI Says It Is Unsure Who Perpetrated 9/11
  20. October 2006: Al-Qaeda Hamburg Cell Member Zammar Discovered by Chance in Secret Syrian Custody
  21. November 1979: Bin Laden Brother Tied to Terror Act
  22. October 2010: Hamburg 9/11 Cell Member Bahaji Revealed to Be Working with Al-Qaeda Propaganda Team; US Still Doesn’t Put Him on Wanted List
  23. October 14-Late November, 2000: Investigation Into USSColeBombing Is Thwarted
  24. Late October 2001: UAE Confused over Hijacker Bank Accounts
  25. (Late October 2001): FBI Hires Translator with Ties to Group under Federal Investigation
  26. Early October 2001: FBI Translation Center Hires Turkish Man Who Is Not Proficient in English
  27. October 27-November 2001: Zammar Arrested in Morocco
  28. October 1980: Osama’s Oldest Brother Allegedly Involved in ‘October Surprise’
  29. October 1984: CIA Director Secretly Visits Afghan Training Camps; He Urges Spread of Violence into Soviet Union
  30. October 1990: Bin Laden Allegedly Helps Install Pakistani Leader Nawaz Sharif
  31. October 1990: US Imposes Sanctions on Pakistan
  32. Late October 1990-October 1992: ’Blind Sheikh’ Able to Repeatedly Leave and Reenter US Despite Being on Watch List
  33. October, 1992: UN Investigator Says Bosnian Muslims Are ‘Threatened with Extermination’
  34. (October 1993-November 2001): Florida Cell Supports Global Jihad, Is Monitored by FBI
  35. October 1993: FBI Records Hamas Leaders Plotting in US but Take No Action
  36. October 1994-2001: Media Reports Point to Links Between Hamas and Texas Charities
  37. October 1994: US Gives Very Early Support to Taliban
  38. October 1995: FBI and CIA Investigating Bin Laden’s Personal Secretary
  39. October 1995: FBI Begins Investigating Bin Laden; CIA Already Monitoring Him
  40. Shortly Before October 1995: FBI Learns KSM Traveling to Sudan and Qatar
  41. October 1996-Late 2001: Arms Dealer Aligns with Taliban and ISI
  42. October 1996: Phoenix FBI Agent Has First Suspicions of Local Flight Students
  43. October 1996-Late April 1999: Hani Hanjour Associates with FBI Suspects
  44. October 1996-December 1997: Hani Hanjour Twice Attends Scottsdale Flight School
  45. October 1996: Iranian Hijacking Plot Uncovered
  46. October 1996: Security Firm with Connections to Bush Family Acquires Security Contract for World Trade Center; Possible Security Breach Is Alleged
  47. November 1997: No Action Taken After Precise Warning of Embassy Attack
  48. October 1997: Brzezinski Highlights the Importance of Central Asia to Achieving World Domination
  49. October 1997: Ali Mohamed Details His Extensive Al-Qaeda Ties to US Officials But Still Is Not Arrested
  50. After October 1997: FBI Report Made of Stunning Ali Mohammed Confession, But FBI Takes No Action