Merkel: Leaving Afghanistan Could Spark 2nd 9/11

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Source: UPI

BERLIN, April 22 (UPI) -- Pulling out of Afghanistan too soon could lead to a terrorist attack more devastating than 9/11, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday.

"The international community has pledged to work together in Afghanistan, that can only be ended by mutual agreement," she said in a speech before Germany's lower house of Parliament. "To do otherwise -- I am convinced -- would have consequences far more devastating than the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001."

About 3,000 people died Sept. 11, 2001, when four U.S. jetliners were hijacked. Two were crashed into the twin towers at New York's World Trade Center and another was smashed into the Pentagon outside Washington. The fourth crashed in Pennsylvania when passengers tried to take control from the hijackers.

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