Shortly after midnight on September 12 , 2001 , Philippines local time ( approximately four hours after the September 11 , 2001 attacks in the US ) , Fischer was interviewed live by Pablo Mercado on the Baguio City station of the Bombo Radyo network . Fischer stated that he was happy that the airliner attacks had happened , while expressing his view on United States and Israeli foreign policy , saying " I applaud the act . Look , nobody gets ... that the US and Israel have been slaughtering the Palestinians ... for years . " He also said " The horrible behavior that the US is committing all over the world ... This just shows you , that what goes around , comes around even for the United States . " Fischer also referenced the movie '' Seven Days in May '' and said he hoped for a military coup d'état in the US , " I hope the country will be taken over by the military — they 'll close down all the synagogues , arrest all the Jews , execute hundreds of thousands of Jewish ringleaders . " In response to Fischer 's statements about 9/11 , the US Chess Federation passed a motion to cancel his right to membership in the organization . Fischer 's right to become a member was reinstated in 2007
September 11 , 2001 attacks
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