The WTC was attacked in ‘93 by people affiliated with Bin Laden and there were numerous attacks on US interests leading up to 2001. In 2000, the USS Cole was a

The WTC was attacked in ‘93 by people affiliated with Bin Laden and there were numerous attacks on US interests leading up to 2001. In 2000, the USS Cole was attacked, for example, with a string of embassy bombings throughout the 90s.