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9/11 did not change the world – it was already on the path to decades of conflict

By Paul Rogers, Professor of Peace Studies, University of Bradford

The 9/11 attacks in New York and Washington were visceral in their impact. In less than three hours, the twin towers of the World Trade Center were reduced to a mountain of twisted metal and rubble, killing more than 2,700 people, while hundreds more were killed at the Pentagon. All three were destroyed by men armed with nothing more than parcel knives hijacking fuel-laden passenger aircraft.

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