Here's the English translation of the provided text: "Gory Giant: World's Top Terrorist Laden"

Author: Contemporary World Publishing House
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Publishing Date: 2001-10-01
Features: On the morning of September 11, 2001, the early autumn in New York was sunny with a clear blue sky. It was an ordinary autumn day in New York, but on this ordinary day, the United States suffered the most attack in its history. At 8:48 AM (Eastern Time), a Boeing 767 passenger plane crashed into the South Tower (Building 1) of the World Trade Center, a symbol of the U.S. economy. Eighteen minutes later, the second hijacked plane struck the waist of the World Trade Center Building 2. At that moment, the thoughts of more than 50,000 employees from around the world, 164 passengers and crew members on the two planes, and 800+ global elite companies that had just begun their work in the smoke, fire, and screams. The scene that unfolded was like a disaster film from Hollywood, far removed from America’s war scenes. Half an hour later, the World Trade Center’s Buildings 1 and 2 collapsed into a fiery inferno, erasing a world economic hub from the face of the earth. Immediately after, the Pentagon, the headquarters of the U.S. Department of Defense and the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was struck by another plane, damaging one of its corners. Subsequently, the U.S. government and Department of Defense responded swiftly, the Pentagon declared a high-level national security alert and airspace closure, marking the first time in U.S. history that all national airports were shut down. The U.S. suffered a terrorist attack, and countries like the UK, Japan, and France also tightened national security. Within hours of the event, the U.S. stock exchanges, including the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq, closed. European stock markets plummeted, with London’s stock market falling by 280 points, Frankfurt’s by 323 points, and Tokyo’s stock market also closed. Analysts believe that this event will further burden the already fragile U.S. economy, causing investors to lose confidence in the dollar. The event came to be known as the "21st-century Pearl Harbor." Who was behind this terrorist attack? President George W. Bush, speaking to the media from the South Lawn of the White House, clearly stated that Bin Laden and his followers were responsible for the terrorist attacks on September 11. On September 21, President Bush delivered a war address, explaining the purpose of the war and the sacrifices the U.S. might make. On September 19, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld ordered the U.S. military to launch "Operation Infinite Justice." The U.S. Congress vowed to win the "war on terrorism," a war of the 21st century, against the world’s top terrorist, Bin Laden, and his accomplices, with no hesitation. However, on the 16th, Saudi dissident billionaire Bin Laden issued a statement, denying responsibility for the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, D.C., and claimed that the U.S. has "many enemies" and always blames him when attacked. Whether the U.S. government’s accusations or Bin Laden’s statement are true can only be proven by facts. But through this book, we can at least learn about the life of this "bloodthirsty tycoon" and the heinous crimes he has committed. Osama bin Laden—a son of a Saudi Arabian construction tycoon who studied economics and management at university—was neither interested in business nor politics at his youth. Starting at the age of 20, he ruthlessly used his family’s $5 billion assets to build a modern terrorist network known as al-Qaeda, for which he was stripped of his Saudi citizenship. Since the 1990s, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency has accused him of involvement in over 10 major terrorist incidents, including: the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center in New York; the 1993 ambush of U.S. special forces in Somalia, resulting in 13 deaths, 78 injuries, and the loss of 5 helicopters; the 1995 car bombing in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; and the 1996 bombing that killed 9 U.S. soldiers in Khobar, Saudi Arabia. In 1998, the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania were bombed simultaneously, causing over 5,700 casualties—a catastrophic disaster. Bin Laden was only 44 years old. At the age of 22, he led a small team to fight in the Afghan war against the well-equipped Soviet forces for 10 years, proving his battlefield experience. The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency and Israeli intelligence agencies have repeatedly tried to hunt him down at great cost, but they have always failed to catch this terrorist giant hiding in the caves of Afghanistan. To many, Bin Laden is a devil, and an enigma of the century. Once, Bin Laden declared that the war between him and the U.S. had just begun. His next step would be to attack U.S. military bases and civilian aircraft around the world. In his eyes, there was no difference between U.S. soldiers and civilians, as he argued that the U.S. had not distinguished between Japanese soldiers and civilians when it dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. In November 1998, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency funded four assassins to infiltrate the heart of Afghanistan to kill Bin Laden. However, the four assassins failed to carry out their mission and were all killed near Bin Laden’s residence. Undeterred, the CIA refused to give up. So, what form will the next operation after the "9·11 incident" take? The world is watching this terrifying "cat-and-mouse game" unfold. If the U.S. succeeds in eliminating Bin Laden this time, it is certain to be turned into a blockbuster movie that will shock the world.