Pippy Wrote:But no one has been formally charged with the attack. So if it was this legendary Al Queda, or Osama Bin Laden, why does Wikipedia attribute the attack to these groups but no formal charges have been laid, nor conviction of these crimes?Erm...yes they have. Al-qaeda have been formally named as the group responsible, and Osama Bin Laden has warrants for his arrest in Spain, USA, and Libya. Not only that, but Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was captured, charged, and is currently being convicted of the crimes.
Perhaps you aren't that tuned into law Pippy, but for a conviction you have to actually have a person stand trial. You can charge someone without a trial, as bin Laden has been, and as Khalid Sheikh Mohammed has been, (as well as other Al-qaeda operatives). You may further ask, why it has taken this long to bring something to trial? Well, the thing about our justice system is that everyone deserves a "fair trial". Evidence must be collected, brought together, and the defendant has to prepare a defence.
This evidence includes a hard-drive captured at the same time as Khalid Mohammed, which contains:
- information about the four airplanes hijacked on 11 September 2001 including code names, airline company, flight number, target, pilot name and background information, and names of the hijackers
- photographs of 19 individuals identified as the 11 September 2001 hijackers
- a document that listed the pilot license fees for Mohammad Atta and biographies for some of the 11 September 2001 hijackers.
- images of passports and an image of Mohammad Atta.
- transcripts of chat sessions belonging to at least one of the 11 September 2001 hijackers.
- three letters from Osama bin Laden
- spreadsheets that describe money assistance to families of known al Qaeda members
- a letter to the United Arab Emirates threatening attack if their government continued to help the United States
- a document that summarized operational procedures and training requirements of an al Qaeda cell
- a list of killed and wounded al Qaeda militants.
Of course, all this evidence alone points to some involvement, but I'm sure you and your conspiracy riddled brain will come up with some excuse for it.
As to why they did it? We support some of their enemies, and they see us as enemies, interfering with foreign politics in ways we shouldn't. They aren't like bad guys on TV because unfortunately for us, and contrary to what you "believe", these people actually exist and they hold a deep hatred for our countries. They've attacked us numerous times to prove how determined they are.
