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All United Kingdom military bases increased their level of security awareness. Civilian air traffic over central London was rerouted around the city's airspace and all flights to the United States and Canada were suspended.
The European Parliament at Berlemont , United Nations headquarters in New York, and NATO headquarters in Brussels were evacuated.
NATO activated Article V of the North Atlantic Treaty of 1949, declaring that if the terrorist attack received support by any state, it was an armed attack against the United States and hence was to be considered an armed attack against all the NATO member states. This is the first time in NATO's history that the collective defense obligation in the treaty has been activated.The Prime Minister of Australia, John Howard, was on an official trip and was staying at a hotel not far from the Pentagon. As a precautionary measure, he was evacuated to a bunker inside the Australian embassy and subsequently moved to the ambassador's residence. He originally was going to address a joint session of U.S. Congress on Wednesday; the joint session address was cancelled but he sat in the gallery of the US house and was acknowledged from there. He was originally to return to Australia by commercial jet; but due to the closure of US airspace he was unable to return by those means. As a result he was flown by the US Air Force to Honolulu, from which he returned to Australia by a special QantasQantas is Australia's oldest and largest airline, and the world's third oldest airline (after KLM and Avianca). Its IATA designator is QF. History The company was founded on 16 November 1920 as " Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Limited", flight (Qantas was given a special dispensation from the closure of US airspace to take the PM and his party back to Australia.) Upon returning to Australia, Prime Minister Howard announced that Australia considered Article IV of the ANZUSThe Australia, New Zealand, United States Security Treaty (ANZUS) was concluded at San Francisco on September 1, 1951, and entered into force on April 29, 1952. The treaty bound the signatories to recognize that an armed attack in the Pacific area on any treaty to be applicable to the terrorist attack on the United States.
Massive swings in opinion polls in Western countries after the attack favored incumbent leaders and governments. In Australia, such a swing was the major factor in the return of the previously unpopular Howard government in the November 20012001 is a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar), and also: The International Year of the Volunteer The United Nations Year of Dialogue Among Civilizations Events January January 1 A black monolith measuring approximately nine feet tall ap election.
Tens of thousands of Afghans attempt to flee the country following the attack, fearing attack in response by the United StatesMilitary response The United States government has announced its intentions to engage in a protracted war against terrorists and states which aid terrorists in response to the attack. The first target was the Taliban government in Afghanistan, because the. Pakistan closed its border with Afghanistan on September 17September 17 is the 260th day of the year (261st in leap years). There are 105 days remaining. Events 1176 Battle of Myriokephalon 1394 King Charles VI of France orders all Jews expelled from France 1462 Battle of Swiecin, called also Battle of Zarnowiec,. However, it is already host to two million refugees from the twenty years of war in AfghanistanAfghanistan ( Dari/ Pashtu: Afgnistn is a country in Central Asia. It is bordered by Iran in the west, Pakistan in the south and east, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan in the north, and China in the easternmost part of the country. It is among the.