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WORLD WAR ON TERRORISM NEWS
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The War on Terrorism (also known as the War Against
Terror and War on Terror) is an umbrella term coined by the Bush administration
to refer to the various military, political, and legal actions taken to "curb
the spread of terrorism" following the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World
Trade Center. Both the phrase ?War on Terrorism? and the policies it denotes
have been a source of ongoing controversy, as critics argue it has been used to
justify unilateral preemptive war, human rights abuses, and other violations of
international law.
Terrorist organizations carried out attacks on the U.S. and its allies
throughout the latter part of the 20th century, prompting occasional military
responses. Following the 1998 embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania, United
States President Bill Clinton launched Operation Infinite Reach, a bombing
campaign in Sudan and Afghanistan against targets associated with al-Qaeda.
These targets included a civilian pharmaceutical plant in Sudan that produced
90% of the region's malaria drugs. In October of 2000 the USS Cole bombing
occurred, followed by the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. The latter
attacks created an immediate demand throughout the United States for a decisive
response. It has, however, been argued that the "decisive response" has caused
still more deaths through the killing of civilians. The Bush administration's
use of the War on Terrorism to justify the invasion of Iraq has been
particularly controversial, as the link asserted between al-Qaeda and Saddam
Hussein was subsequently disproved.
There are two notable absences in the war on terror, that of Russia and China,
who are not officially working with the United States and its allies.
Countries in which Islamist terrorist
attacks have occurred
on or after September 11, 2001 - June 2007
Main participating countries/entities
No one knows for sure!
War on Terrorism
U.S. Soldiers boarding a CH-47 Chinook helicopter in
Afghanistan during Operation Anaconda in the Shahi-Kot Valley and Arma
Mountains southeast of Zormat.
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