9/11 – was there an alternative response? Suppression of one’s own crimes is virtually ubiquitous among powerful states, at least those that are not defeated. Noam Chomsky Last Modified: 07 Sep 2011 15:13  Al Jazeera On another 9/11 – September 11, 1973 – the CIA launched a coup that overthrew democratically-elected Chilean president Salvador Allende and replaced More