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Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on April 10, 2025. (Getty Images)
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People walk up a ramp from FDR Drive as they evacuate from Lower Manhattan in the wake of the terrorist attacks in New York City on September 11, 2001. (Getty Images)
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An unidentified man with a face mask walks on an ash-covered street near Ground Zero after the collapse of the Twin Towers on September 11, 2001, in New York City. (Getty Images)
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President George W. Bush addresses the nation from the White House following the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11, 2001. (Getty Images)
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US Army soldiers are welcomed home at the National Guard Armory in Cape May Courthouse, New Jersey, on April 23, 2004. (US Air National Guard)
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An Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy warship struck by a US missile lies off the coast of Bandar Abbas, Iran, on September 9, 2026. (Getty Images)
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Sultan of Oman Haitham bin Tarik is seen during an official visit to Paris on June 29 2026. (Getty Images)
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James Barnett
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Michael Doran
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
