求一篇关于“美国9.11事件”的英文资料

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Answer 1

The September 11, 2001, attacks (often referred to as 9/11—pronounced "nine eleven") consisted of a series of coordinated suicide terrorist[1] attacks upon the United States, predominantly targeting civilians, carried out on Tuesday, September 11, 2001.

That morning, 19 terrorists[2] affiliated with al-Qaeda[3] hijacked four commercial passenger jet airliners. Each team of hijackers included a trained pilot. Two planes (United Airlines Flight 175 and American Airlines Flight 11) crashed into the World Trade Center in New York City, one plane into each tower (One and Two). Both towers collapsed within two hours. The pilot of the third team crashed American Airlines Flight 77 into the Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia. Passengers and members of the flight crew on the fourth aircraft (United Airlines Flight 93) attempted to retake control of their plane from the hijackers; that plane crashed into a field near the town of Shanksville in rural Somerset County, Pennsylvania. As well as the 19 hijackers, a confirmed 2,973 people died and another 24 are missing but presumed killed as a result of these attacks.

九一一袭击事件，简称“九一一事件”或“九一一”，是2001年9月11日发生在美国本土，通过劫持多架民航飞机冲撞摩天高楼的自杀式恐怖袭击。在事件中共有2,986人死亡，包括美国纽约地标性建筑世界贸易中心双塔在内的6座建筑被完全摧毁，其它23座高层建筑遭到破坏，美国国防部总部所在地五角大楼也受到袭击，美国经济同样遭到严重打击。该事件也导致了此后国际范围内的反恐行动，包括了阿富汗战争和伊拉克战争以及针对恐怖组织及相关国家越来越大的压力。

这次事件是自1944年10月日本向美国抛下“风船炸弹”以来美国本土第二次遭受来自空中的袭击，也是继珍珠港事件后，历史上第二次外国势力对美国本土造成惨重伤亡的袭击，事件中死亡的总人数已经超过珍珠港事件中的2,400人。

Answer 2

"9.11" report, destructive force limited

After more than a yearlong investigation, the Sept. 11 commission finally released the report. Since the process and some conclusions have been leaked out beforehand, now the report is no more than a rattle and cackle, resembling a bomb ignited far away from the stage of the US presidential election.

Its impact on the presidential election in the United States, on Bush and Kerry, whether it's an ill or good omen is represented in the following three aspects.

Could the "9.11" incident be avoided?

Soon after the "9.11" tragedy, the Bush administration established the Department of Homeland Security for internal battle against terrorism.

However, the coordination and cooperation in the intelligence circle was far from adequate. The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), National Security Agency, Information Agency under the Department of Defense, passed the buck to each other, and thus failed to meet the needs of the US anti-terrorism battle.

The chaos in intelligence is only an epitome of the internal conflicts of the Bush administration. The varied notes and voices in the administration are rare to see, and the fact is an extension of a situation in which"capable ministers support for a weak president" when Bush was moved to the White House. The "9.11" report indicates, if the US coordination in security system was supportive and capable in response, the "9.11" incident could, to some extent, have been prevented (not might be"avoided").

However, Sept. 11 commission is a fifty-fifty composition of the Republic and Democratic, and the report is brought to daylight out of the compromise between the two parties. Conflicts have been defused in the process of rows and for evidence collection, therefore, the firepower of the report is truly limited.

US political operation is like a big machine, and the Congress's launching investigation is a vivid indication of the running machine. Just like the impeachment against Bill Clinton, well-informed people all know that it was impossible to chase the president out of the White House. However, the process since started must be carried to finish. The investigation on "9.11" incident is just similar to the confetti in the election year, from time to time, stirring up waves, but no more than waves.

For Bush administration, a good or ill omen

What makes Bush administration feel relieved, after all, is the report dividing the responsibilities of Clinton and Bush administrations for the "9.11"event to forty-sixty. However, the report once again have drawn the people's attention from the turmoil in Iraq back to the homeland (the contribution also includes reprimand on al Qaeda-supporting Iranian terrorists' attack on the United States).

A juncture for restructuring the US intelligence circle?

The "9.11" report will become a suggestion on the legislation, thus helping the commencement of the law-making program to restructure the US intelligence circle. However, due to the elections in the State Department and the White House, the program can only be substantially started after the election year.

In that sense, the impact of the report lags behind, and its profound influence to be effected on the domestic politics of the United States can only be in the future. After the "9.11"event, common anti-terrorist hatred dominated the United States, the Congress loosened its hold in the White House, and even degraded into a servant of the White House. The establishment of the Sept. 11 commission can be regarded as a bounce of the State Department.

The release of the report is supposed to indicate that, the State Department, as a head in the constitutional division of power, is reluctant to evade historical responsibility, and shoulder bigger duty when it comes to matters concerning the long-term order and stability of the United States.

Therefore, the report is neither against the White House, even less likely for opposing president election nor against the Bush administration, instead, it is a compromise of the two parties and a soothing dosage by the US ruling class to the taxpayers. Over-imagination may end in vain.

By People's Daily Online

参考资料：http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200407/23/eng20040723_150610.html