Taliban Condemn Attacks in U.S.
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Filed at 12:44 p.m. ET
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Afghanistan's hardline Taliban rulers condemned the devastating terrorist attacks in New York and Washington on Tuesday and rejected suggestions that Osama bin Laden could be behind them.
The Taliban's ambassador to neighboring Pakistan, Abdul Salam Zaeef, said bin Laden, the Saudi dissident who has been given asylum in this troubled nation, does not have the facilities needed to carry out such well-orchestrated attacks.
``It is premature to level allegations against a person who is not in a position to carry out such attacks,'' he said. ``It was a well-organized plan and Osama has no such facilities.''
U.N. sanctions are currently in place against Afghanistan to press the Taliban to hand over bin Laden for trial in connection with the 1998 bombings of two U.S. Embassies in East Africa that killed 224 people.
The Taliban, a religious militia, promotes a harsh brand of Islam in the roughly 95 percent of Afghanistan under its control.
By CBS.MarketWatch.com 6:39:00 PM BST Sep 11, 2001
NEW YORK (FTMW) - Here is a timeline of the events in what President Bush called an apparent terrorist attack on the United States in which hijacked jets were crashed into the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington.
8.45am - First plane crashes into the north tower of the World Trade Center
9.03am - Second plane crashes into the south tower of the WTC
American Airlines [US:AMR] later confirms that one plane involved in the crash was flight 11 from Boston to LA carrying 92 passengers, while the other was flight 77 from Washington to LA with 64 people on board - flight 11 is believed to be one of the planes that crashed into the WTC
9.21am - New York City Port Authority orders all bridges and tunnels in New York City closed
9.43am - First reports of a commercial airliner crashing into the Pentagon, completely destroying one side of the building
9.45am - White House evacuated
9.50am - All airports across the U.S. are shut down
10.07am - First tower of the WTC collapses
10.13am - The United Nations building is being evacuated
10.22am - State and Justice departments in Washington, World Bank are being evacuated
10.27am - North tower of the WTC collapses
10.30am - Reports emerge about a plane crash near Pittsburgh
United Airlines later confirms that flight 93, a Boeing 747 with 45 people on board crashed 80 miles outside of Pittsburgh, and that a second plane was involved in today's attacks
10.45am - All federal office buildings in Washington are being evacuated
10.54am - Israel evacuates all diplomatic missions
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Of course they did.
They are victims.
(/sarcasm)