The U.S. Embassy in the Republic of Moldova released a statement on the occasion of the 5th anniversary of the commemoration of the September 11, 2001 attacks. According to the declaration, five years ago, nineteen terrorists killed more than three thousand innocent people. Nineteen men driven by hatred crashed airplanes into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. A fourth airplane bound for Washington, D.C., never reached its target, thanks to the heroic efforts of the passengers. The victims of the September 11th attack were citizens of more than 90 different countries and adherents of many faiths, including Christianity, Judaism and Islam. Terrorism affects all of us. It has brought tragedy, destruction, death and terrible grief to innocent people across the world, from Indonesia to Morocco, Spain, Jordan, England, India and Egypt. Since Osama Bin Laden declared war on America ten years ago, thousands of people of many nations, religions, races and beliefs have been murdered as a result of his instigation or incitement of acts of terror. For a generation of Americans, the images of the World Trade Center towers burning and collapsing had the same impact as the attack on Pearl Harbor did on their parents and grandparents. It was shocking, and it would never be forgotten. The fifth anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks is a reminder of the inhumanity of terrorist mass murderers whom the world must confront, and the shared challenge we face as an international community to confront an ideology that promotes hate, destruction and death. This anniversary is an appropriate occasion for the international community to reaffirm our unequivocal condemnation of all acts of terror. No faith condones the deliberate targeting and killing of innocent civilians, and no cause or grievance - no matter how legitimate – can ever justify it. Terrorism is an international scourge, and effective resistance to it must be multilateral. Terrorism is fed by lack of freedom and hope. It is generated in societies that cannot protect, feed or educate their people. To the extent that democratic nations join together to support freedom in Iraq and everywhere in the world where freedom does not exist, terrorism will decline. Moldova, along with many other nations, is a valued partner of the U.S. in this effort and we appreciate Moldova’s contribution to humanitarian efforts in Iraq, the U.S. Embassy’s Statement on the occasion of the 5th anniversary of the commemoration of the September 11, 2001 attacks affirms.