I watched the twin towers burn. Now the US is repeating its worst mistakes in Iran
Twenty-five years of invasions and unconditional support for Israel have deepened the grievances behind 9/11 and left America less secure US and Israeli flags lie amid shattered glass at a school in Lamerd, Iran, damaged in a strike on 28 February 2026, pictured on 12 September (Majid Asgaripour/WANA via Reuters) Twenty-five years ago, I stood in my office on the 24th floor of the Italian mission to the UN in New York, watching smoke pour from the twin towers of the World Trade Center in…
Where: Egypt, Israel, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, United States, Washington, New York, Oslo
Exact coordinates
egypt: 26.820, 30.800
israel: 31.050, 34.850
iran: 32.430, 53.690
iraq: 33.220, 43.680
afghanistan: 33.930, 67.710
united states: 37.090, -95.710
washington: 38.910, -77.040
new york: 40.710, -74.010
oslo: 59.910, 10.750
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