{
  "id": 6690488,
  "title": "25 years 9/11: \"Violations of international law were a defining component of the war on terror\"",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/25-jahre-9-11-volkerrechtsverletzungen-waren-pragender-bestandteil",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-11T02:05:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/international/25-jahre-9-11-voelkerrechtsverletzungen-waren-praegend-im-antiterrorkrieg/100253040.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "On September 11, 2001, two planes crashed into the World Trade Center towers in New York, another into the Pentagon near Washington, and a fourth down in a Pennsylvania field, killing nearly 3000 people. The USA was attacked on its own soil for the first time since the Pearl Harbour attack in December 1941. The islamist network al-Qaida claimed responsibility for the attacks. The event marked a geopolitical turning point, prompting then-US President George W. Bush to launch the \"war on terror\", which led to numerous armed conflicts.",
  "summary": "The attacks of September 11, 2001, were a turning point, says political scientist and author Ronald Ofteringer. This is because the wars that followed undermined the international order.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}