 Nharireyomurindi yaSeptember 11, 2001, nhengo 19 dzeAl-Qaeda dzakatora ndege ina dzevapfuuri nechokuchamhembe kwakadziva kumabvazuva kweUnited States munhevedzano yezviito zvechigandanga zvakabatanidzwa. Ndege mbiri dzakapunzikira muWorld Trade Center muNew York City, yechitatu muPentagon muArlington County, kuVirginia, uye yechina pasina chinangwa mumunda uri pedyo neShanksville, kuPennsylvania. Kurwiswa kwacho kwakauraya vanhu 2 996 kusanganisira 19 vakapamba ndege, kwakaparadza Twin Towers, uye vakakuvadza rutivi rwokumadokero rwePentagon. Nokukurumidza pashure pa 911, The New York Times yakabudisa nhau ichitaura kuti hofisi yeNew York yeCIA yakaparadzwa pashure pokurwiswa. Maererano nenzvimbo dzeCIA dzisina kutaurwa mazita adzo, apo vanopindura nokukurumidza, vashandi vehondo nevazvipiri vakanga vachiita nhamburiko dzokuponesa panzvimbo yeWorld Trade Center, boka chairo reCIA rakanga richitsvaka matongo nokuda kwemifananidzo yose iri miviri yemapepa namapepa ezvinyorwa zvakavanzika. Ikoku kwakaitwa mukuwirirana nenzira dzakarovedzwa zvakanaka dzokuwana nadzo magwaro dzakaiswa munzvimbo pashure pokutora kweIran Embassy yeUnited States muTehran muna 1979. Kunyange zvazvo kwakanga kusati kwavimbiswa kana sangano rakakwanisa kuwana mashoko akavanzika, zvinozivikanwa kuti vamiririri vose vakanga varipo zuva iroro vakatiza chivako chacho vakachengeteka. 