INVESTIGATION: The 9/11 suspect - part 1
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The Times
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🗓️ 15 September 2025
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Was there another man involved in plotting the 9/11 terrorist attacks that killed thousands in 2001? And why did British police, acting on the instructions of American law enforcement, let him go?
This is part one of a three-part special investigative series.
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