CNN — Here is a look at Sunni extremist group Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). The Yemeni-based arm of al...
terrorism and counter-terrorism
CNN — Here’s a look at the rebuilding of Ground Zero in lower Manhattan and the memorial to the victims of the...
CNN — Here’s a look at the 9/11 Commission, whose report was released on July 22, 2004. The Commission was created to...
CNN — Here is a look at the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (VCF) and the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation...
CNN — Here’s some background information about the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court was created in 1978. It...
Dan Kitwood/Getty Images (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) CNN — Here’s a look at the 2006 terrorist plot to blow up US-bound...
Nineteen men hijacked four fuel-loaded US commercial airplanes bound for west coast destinations. A total of 2,977 people were killed in New York...
— 8:46 a.m. ET (approx.) – American Airlines Flight 11 (traveling from Boston to Los Angeles) strikes the North Tower of the World...
Getty Images/file A visitor walks along the Wall of Names during the ceremony marking the 10th anniversary of the crash of United Flight...
Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images CNN — Here is a look at terror alert systems in the United States. In 2011, the Department of...