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Bush's speech before the 5th anniversary of 9/11

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Sep 9,2006





Good morning. This


Monday, our Nation will mark the 5th anniversary of the attacks of


September the 11th, 2001. On this solemn occasion, Americans will


observe a day of prayer and remembrance, and Laura and I will


travel to New York City, Pennsylvania, and the Pentagon to take


part in memorial ceremonies. Our Nation honors the memory of every


person we lost on that day of terror, and we pray that the Almighty


will continue to comfort the families who had so much taken away


from them.


On this anniversary,


we also remember the brutality of the enemy who struck our country


and renew our resolve to defeat this enemy and secure a future of


peace and freedom.


So this week I've


given a series of speeches about the nature of our enemy, the


stakes of the struggle, and the progress we have made during the


past five years. On Tuesday in Washington, I described in the


terrorists own words what they believe, what they hope to


accomplish, and how they intend to accomplish it. We know what the


terrorists intend, because they have told us. They hope to


establish a totalitarian Islamic empire across the Middle East,


which they call a Caliphate, where all would be ruled according to


their hateful ideology.


Osama bin Laden has


called the 9/11 attacks, "A great step towards the unity of Muslims


and establishing the righteous [Caliphate]." Al Qaeda and its


allies reject any possibility of coexistence with those they call


"infidels." Hear the words of Osama bin Laden: "Death is better


than living on this earth with the unbelievers amongst us." We must


take the words of these extremists seriously, and we must act


decisively to stop them from achieving their evil aims.


On Wednesday at the


White House, I described for the first time a CIA program we


established after 9/11 to detain and question key terrorist leaders


and operatives, so we can prevent new terrorist attacks. This


program has been invaluable to the security of America and its


allies, and helped us identify and capture men who our intelligence


community believes were key architects of the September the 11th


attacks.


Information from


terrorists held by the CIA also helped us uncover an al Qaeda


cell's efforts to obtainbiological weapons, identify individuals


sent by al Qaeda to case targets for attacks in the United States,


stop the planned strike on a U.S. Marine base in Djibouti, prevent


an attack on the U.S. consulate in Karachi, and help break up a


plot to hijack passenger planes and fly them into Heathrow Airport


or the Canary Wharf in London.


Information from the


terrorists in CIA custody has also played a role in the capture or


questioning of nearly every senior al Qaeda member or associate


detained by the U.S. and its allies since this program began. Were


it not for this program, our intelligencecommunity believes that


al Qaeda and its allies would have succeeded in launching another


attack against the American homeland. We have largely completed our


questioning of these men, and now it is time that they are tried


for their crimes.


So this week I


announced that the men we believe orchestrated the 9/11 attacks had


been transferred to Guantanamo Bay. And I called on Congress to


pass legislation creating military commissions to try suspected


terrorists for war crimes. As soon as Congress acts to authorize


these military commissions, we will prosecute these men and send a


clear message to those who kill Americans: No matter how long it


takes, we will find you and bring you to justice.


As we bring


terrorists to justice, we're acting to secure the homeland. On


Thursday in Atlanta, I delivered a progress report on the steps we


have taken since 9/11 to protect the American people and win the


war on terror. We are safer today because we've acted to address


the gaps in security, intelligence, and information sharing that


the terrorists exploited in the 9/11 attacks. No one can say for


sure that we would have prevented the attacks had these reforms


been in place in 2001 -- yet, we can say that terrorists would have


found it harder to plan and finance their operations, harder to


slip into our country undetected, and harder to board the planes,


take control of the cockpits, and succeed in striking their


targets.


America still faces


determined enemies. And in the long run, defeating these enemies


requires more than improved security at home and military action


abroad. We must also offer a hopefulalternative to the terrorists'


hateful ideology. So America is taking the side of democratic


leaders and reformers and supporting the voices of tolerance and


moderation across the Middle East. By advancing freedom and


democracy as the great alternative to repression and radicalism,


and by supporting young democracies like Iraq, we are helping to


bring a brighter future to this region -- and that will make


America and the world more secure.


The war on terror


will be long and difficult, and more tough days lie ahead. Yet, we


can have confidence in the final outcome, because we know what


America can achieve when our Nation acts with resolve and clear


purpose. With vigilance, determination and courage, we will defeat


the enemies of freedom, and we will leave behind a more peaceful


world for our children and our grandchildren.


Thank you for


listening.





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