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  • INSIDE 9/11

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Plans to attack the World Trade Centre with hijacked passenger planes were found on a lap top six years before the tragedy. Police seized the laptop - it belonged to the terrorist who carried out the 1993 World Trade Centre bombing. But the plot was not prevented. Why?

Now for the first time the incredible story of 9/11 can be told. Beginning with the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, we trace the deadly timeline leading up to the events of the fateful day: how the terrorists embedded themselves in US society, and the scores of warnings that were overlooked by the FBI and CIA. See how opportunities for US intelligence to kill Osama bin Laden were abandoned at the eleventh hour, and why an FBI memo alerting the White House to the presence of possible Islamic terrorists training as pilots on US soil, was not acted upon.

Ramzi Yousef, the bomber who tried to take down the Twin Towers in 1993, vowed to FBI agents that he would return to finish the job. His uncle, Kaleed Sheikh Muhammed, a US college graduate, was the brains behind the 2001 attacks. Why weren't they stopped?

For the first time get the full, unbelievable, story.

EPISODE GUIDE

  • Inside 9/11: Osama Rising
    The first episode begins to trace the road to 9/11. This hour's arc begins with Soviet Afghanistan, 1979 and leaves off in al Qaeda's Afghanistan, 1996, following the movements of Ramzi Yousef and Osama Bin Laden.
  • Inside 9/11: Countdown to Terror
    Seemingly random and isolated events begin to form a tapestry of what will become known as 9/11. The 1993 World Trade Center bombing, the African Embassy bombings, the USS Cole bombing - all orchestrated by an obscure Saudi millionaire that few Americans have even heard of.
  • Inside 9/11: Zero Hour
    Zero Hour gives a detailed and moving account of what exactly happened on the tragic day of September 11th.
  • Inside 9/11: End Game
    Two commercial airliners have crashed into the Twin Towers, a third team of hijackers descends on the Pentagon. The magnitude of the destruction comes into focus, leaving Americans traumatized and rescue teams overwhelmed. U.S. intelligence have already identified al Qaeda’s culpability in the tragedy.
  • Inside 9/11: Inside 9/11: The War Continues
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