Immediately after the aftermath of the attacks, the United States Government decided to respond militarily, and began to prepare its armed forces to overthrow the Taliban regime it believed was harboring Al-Qaeda. Before the United States attacked, it offered an official to surrender Osama Bin laden before taking any action. The Taliban said that they would turn Osama Bin laden in to the United States if the U.S. can prove that the attacks were done only by him. They needed official proof before they can turn him in. Soon after, the United States and its allies invaded Afghanistan, and together with the Afghan Northern Alliance removed the Taliban government in the war of Afghanistan.
As a result from the United States using their armed forces, Al-Qaeda training camps were destroyed and the plan made by the Taliban were disrupted. In September 2004, the U.S. Government commission investigating the September 11 attacks officially concluded that the attacks were conceived and implemented by Al-Qaeda operatives. In October 2004, bin Laden appeared to claim responsibility for the attacks in a videotape released through "Al Jazeera", saying he was inspired by Israeli attacks on high-rises in the 1982 invasion of Lebanon. By the end of 2004, the U.S. Government proclaimed that two-thirds of the senior Al-Qaeda members from 2001 had been captured and interrogated by the CIA.
Ventura stated: "How could this building just implode into its own footprint five hours later? That's my first question. The 9/11 Commission didn't even devote one page to that in their big volume of investigation." He also states that the Twin Towers appeared to be pulverized by the dust, that they fell at virtually free-fall speed, and that no other massive steel-framed buildings had ever collapsed in this manner due to the fire before. On May 8, 2009, when asked by Sean Hannity of Fox News, how George W. Bush could have avoided the attacks of September 11, 2001. Ventura answered, "Well, you pay attention to memos on August 6th that tell you exactly what Osama Bin Laden is going to do." 
Seventeen sailors were killed and thirty-nine others were injured in the explosion. The injured sailors were taken to the United States Army's "Landstuhl Regional Medical Center" near Ramstein, Germany and later, back to the United States. The attack was the deadliest against a U.S. naval vessel since the Iraqui attack on the USS Stark. This issue was taken to the court and the U.S. Government claimed that Al Qaeda could not have done this without the help of the Sudanese Government. On Jule 25, 2007, the court ordered the Sudanese government to pay $8 million dollars to the family of the seventeen sailors who died. To save the thirty-nine that were injured, Marines flew in towards the ship to get the surviving sailors out. 
In response to the bombings, U.S. President Bill Clinton ordered for Operation Infinite Reach, a series of cruise missile strikes on targets in Sudan and Afghanistan on August 20, 1998, announcing the planned strike on a primetime address on television. Investigations were conducted about the embassy bombings by the FBI and Kenyan and Tanzanian authorities. A list of suspects were made and the men were charged for the involvement in the bombings. The embassies were heavily damaged and the one in Nairobi, Kenya had to be rebuilt. In a telephone message relayed by his ally, Ayman Zawahiri, the fugitive leader of Egypt's Jihad organization, Osama Bin Laden warned: "The war has just started and the Americans should wait for an answer. Tell the Americans that we aren't afraid of bombardment, threats and acts of aggression. We suffered and survived Soviet bombings for 10 years in Afghanistan and we are ready for more sacrifices."
Military and civilian personnel running up and down the hallways yelling for people to get out and be able to save lives. About 2,600 people working in the Pentagon near the impact site. The fact that alot of people were able to survive this, shows that the Pentagon was built well. Because there were tunnels built under the Pentagon, the fire department was able to go through the tunnels and put the fire out and be able to save a couple of people here and there. Large groups of military and emergency room doctors were waiting for survivors to be brought out of the building. Parts of the airplane were thrown on the perimeter of the building and evidence flags were put on the different parts. The FBI and detectives were walking around conducting their investigation. The military was also waiting outside with body bags to pick up those who didnt make it. 
The bomb instantly cut off the main electrical line, knocking out the emergency lighting system. The bomb also caused smoke to rise up to about the 93rd floor of both the towers, including the stairwells. With the smoke blocking the stairwells, it was hard for evacuation to happen efficiently and quickly. Hundreds of people were trapped in the elevators, including a group of 17 kindergardeners on their way down to the South Tower's obversation deck. They were trapped between the 35th and 36th floor for about five hours. Although many people were injured and a couple died in the bombing of 1993, the towers did not collapse but the garage was damaged pretty badly. If the van was parked a little closer to the World Trade Center's concrete foundations, his plan would have succeeded. He eventually escaped back to Pakistan a few hours after the bombing.
What many people do not know is that After the September 11 attacks, Osama Bin Laden issued a statement on tape that had nothing to do with the attacks on America and that such actions were against the teachings of Islam. Americans were prevented from accessing this information because the United States was told that Osama Bin Laden could possible have an embedded "secret code" in the tape that would let others know about the terrorist cells and it might make others target more American cities. Most people thought that this tape was fake but till this day, we still do not know.
To make it more clearer, this is exactly what Osama himself said over the tape. "I was not involved in the September 11 attacks in the United States nor did I have knowledge of the attacks. There exists a government within a government within the United States. The United States should try to trace the perpetrators of these attacks within itself; to the people who want to make the present century a century of conflict between Islam and Christianity. That secret government must be asked as to who carried out the attacks... The American system is totally in control of the Jews, whose first priority is Israel, not the United States."
This really shocked the American people because everyone was convinced that this was done by Osama Bin Laden or that he had some connections to those who planned this attack on the United States. Till this day, people are not sure about who was involved in the September 11 attacks but all we know is that the U.S. Government is blaming Al Qaeda which is a network made by Osama Bin Laden which makes him the leader of these people who supposedly planned the attacks. But what many people dont know is that the Bush and Bin Laden family been having relations for over 20 years now. Another thing that was extremely shocking and makes the people think is that how is it that two days after the September 11 attacks, when U.S. air traffic was tightly restricted, 140 Saudis, many of them working for Osama Bin Laden, were permitted to leave the country without getting questioned by the United States intelligence? Just to get more into the September 11 attacks, it was the most devastating attack the U.S. has gone through. The attack began at about 8:45 in the morning. A series of terrorist attacks destroyed the twin towers of the World Trade Center and severely damaged the Pentagon. The disaster was so devastating and huge that in New York we have yet, two days later, only guess about how many thousands of people perished when the WTC towers collapsed. Commercial airliners were hijacked and flown directly into the three buildings. The first planed crashed into the North tower at 8:45, and about 18 minutes later the second airliner hit the South Tower. At about 9:40, a third airliner crashed into the Pentagon. At about 9:58, the South Tower collapsed, followed by the North Tower at 10:28.
Al Qaeda has attacked civilian and military targets in various countries, the most known being the September 11 attacks in 2001. These actions were followed by the U.S. government launching the War on Terrorism. Between three thousand and four thousand members of the network have been captured, and many thousands more killed on the front in Afghanistan. The characteristic techniques include suicide attacks and simultaneous bombings of different targets. These people agreed to be loyal to Osama Bin Laden and do what is told of them even if it means that it would take their life away. The way the network runs things was described as "centralization of decision and decentralization of execution." Al Qaeda has also became geographically isolated from the rest of the world because of their beliefs. 