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10/07/2001
Bombing Campaign Begins ó
U.S. and Britain begin airstrikes against Taliban government installations and Al Qaeda training camps in Afghanistan. For the first several days, the strikes are intensive, but their effectiveness is questioned. The training camps had already been largely abandoned, and much of the Taliban infrastructure targeted by the strikes had been destroyed by -
9/11/2001
September 11 2001 was win Osama bin laden had hijacked 3 airplanes and crashed 2 into the twin towers and 1 into a field which we think was going for the pentagon. 18 minutes after the first plane hit the second Boeing 767 united airlines flight 175 appeared and hit the second tower.
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9/14/2001
Congress passes resolution authorizing President Bush "to use all necessary and appropriate force" against the perpetrators of the Sept. 11 attacks, their sponsors, and those who protected them.
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9/25/2001
operation enduring freedomDefense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld announces that the military action against terrorism will be called "Operation Enduring Freedom."
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10/14/2001
Beginning the Ground War, Special Forces Arrive in Afghanistan
In Operation Rhino--a highly publicized nighttime raid--Army Rangers and Delta Force operatives strike a Taliban compound in Khandahar and an airfield south of the city, and then promptly withdraw.
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Patriot act
October 26, 2001 President Bush signs into law the USA Patriot Act, which greatly expands domestic law enforcement capacity to conduct surveillance and wiretaps, increases presidential powers during a terrorist attack and tightens federal oversight of financial activities. Concerns soon arise over restriction of civil liberties. Video-http://tinyurl.com/mcu375v -
Bush elected president
Bust was elected 2001
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Bush elected president
Bust was elected 2001
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Battle of tarrin kowt
The Taliban sends a convoy of 1,000 soldiers north from Kandahar towards Tarin Kowt, where Karzai is based with his few dozen fighters and Special Forces ODA 574. For four hours U.S. warplanes attack the Taliban convoy, with assistance from Special Forces soldiers on the ground. The Taliban eventually retreat back to Kandahar. -
Guantanamo Prisoners
January 18, 2002 President Bush refuses to give prisoner of war protection to terror detainees being held at the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. -
Axis of evil
January 29, 2002 In his State of the Union address, President Bush describes Iraq, Iran and North Korea as the “axis of evil. Video-http://tinyurl.com/kpreuce -
Clarke criticism
March 21, 2004 In an interview on CBS’ “60 Minutes,” former counterterrorism czar Richard Clarke accuses the Bush administration of ignoring the growing threat of terrorism before 9/11 and focusing too much on Iraq instead of al-Qaeda after the attacks.28 -
Niger report
March 1, 2002 The State Department’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research publishes a report entitled, “Niger: Sale of Uranium to Iraq Is Unlikely.” This agrees with the findings of former ambassador Joe Wilson that a supposed memorandum of understanding between Niger and Iraq showing a sale of yellowcake uranium to Iraq does not exist. -
Saddam and bin laden
September 25, 2002 President Bush declares, “You can’t distinguish between al-Qaeda and Saddam Hussein when you talk about the war on terror.” This link is questioned by many experts who point out that as a secularist, Saddam would be hated and considered an infidel by bin Laden and al-Qaeda. -
Uranian from Africa
January 28, 2003 In his State of the Union address, President Bush states, “the British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa.”13 This claim had already been proved false or at the least extremely exaggerated by both intelligence agencies and former ambassador Joe Wilson, who had personally investigated it. -
Un speech
February 5, 2003 In an attempt to garner international support, Secretary of State Colin Powell delivers a passionate speech to the United Nations in which he declares that Saddam has biological weapons and desires to produce nuclear weapons. Powell states that al-Qaeda “continues to have a deep interest in acquiring weapons of mass destruction. -
Patriot act 2
February 7, 2003 The Center for Public Integrity obtains and posts online a secret, draft copy of legislation being quietly developed within the Justice Department – the Domestic Security Enhancement Act of 2003, also known as the Patriot II Act – and some Americans worry that the government is using the guise of antiterrorism to infringe on personal freedoms. -
Iraq war begins
March 19, 2003Related Video: A Consequential Presidency Watch: A Consequential Presidency In an undertaking named Operation Iraqi Freedom, the United States invades Iraq. Its stated purposes are to disarm Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction (WMD), end Saddam Hussein’s regime and free the Iraqi people from a disreputable totalitarian.20 Roughly five years after the initial invasion, the Center for Public Integrity reports that senior Bush administration officials made “935 false statements” in the -
Commission report
The 9/11 Commission issues its final report. Much of the blame for the attacks is placed on the CIA and FBI for failing to anticipate or prevent them. The commission confirms a 2002 CBS report that the title of the president’s August 6, 2001, intelligence briefing was “Bin Laden Determined to Strike in U.S -
Iraqi elections
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Al Qahtani Abuse
June 12, 2005 Time magazine reports that Mohammed al-Qahtani, the so-called 20th Sept. 11 hijacker, was tortured during his time at Guantanamo Bay -
No torture
September 6, 2006Related Video: Stress and Duress Watch: Stress and Duress President Bush acknowledges the existence of secret CIA prisons outside the United States. He also states, I want to be absolutely clear with our people and the world: The United States does not torture. It’s against our laws, and it’s against our values. I have not authorized it, and I will not authorize it. -
Saddam executed
December 30, 2006 Saddam Hussein is executed. He had been convicted of crimes against humanity by an Iraqi tribunal in the deaths of 148 Iraqi Shi’a in 1982, in retaliation for an assassination attempt against him. -
The surge
January 10, 2007 President Bush announces a “troop surge” in Iraq, and the deployment of an additional 30,000 U.S. troops. -
CIA black site
August 6, 2007 Jane Mayer reports in The New Yorker on the CIA’s “black sites” and the abuse and psychological torture suffered by terror suspects. While the methods often get suspects to talk, the article cites CIA officials as doubtful of the reliability of the information obtained. Video-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuUQAoQnas8 -
Black water
November 14, 2007 An FBI investigation of the military contractor Blackwater and the shooting of 17 Iraqi civilians finds that at least 14 of the shootings were unjustified and “violated deadly-force rules in effect for security contractors in Iraq.”41 -
Shoe throwing
December 15, 2008 On a visit to Baghdad by President Bush, an Iraqi journalist hurls his shoe, an act of extreme disrespect in Iraq, at the president during a news conference. Video-http://tinyurl.com/m3qd9w5 -
Obama inauguration
January 20, 2009 Barack Obama is sworn in as the 44th president and as the first African American president in American history. He strives to stabilize the economy and pass a comprehensive health care package while simultaneously de-escalating the war in Iraq and boosting troop levels in Afghanistan by 30,000 service members. Video-http://tinyurl.com/ld4reo7 -
Executive orders
January 22, 2009 President Obama issues three executive orders. The first is an order to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility within a year, the second bans torture and requires the Army Field Manual be used for all interrogations, and the third orders creation of an interagency task force to review all detention and interrogation procedures.47 The president later signs an order barring the use of funds to transfer prisoners from Guantanamo to the United States or other foreign countries. -
Bin laden killed
May 1, 2011 In a late night speech, President Obama announces that Osama bin Laden, mastermind of the attacks on 9/11, was killed by Navy SEALs during a raid on his compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
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Secret prisons
November 2, 2005Related Video: Uncovering CIA Prisons Watch: Uncovering CIA Prisons Dana Priest reports in The Washington Post that the CIA is hiding and interrogating al-Qaeda terror suspects in a secret prison system in as many as eight countries.33 Considering the abuses at Abu Ghraib, many are concerned about possible torture and abuse that could be occurring at these secret prisons. -
Bin laddan escapes
December 16, 2001 After a two-week assault on the caves led by Afghan soldiers, Bin Laden escapes.
