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War on terror
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9/11 terrorist attack
attacks in new york, washington, and pensylvania killing nearly 3000 people. -
War in Afghanistan begins
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Operation Active Endeavour begins
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Operation Enduring Freedom
Phillipines begin as part of operation enduring freedom in southern phillipines -
Georgia train and equip program begins
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Operation enduring freedom
Horn of Africa begins -
Plenary session
Colin Powell addressed a plenary session of the United Nations Security council, stating categorically that Saddam Hussein was working to obtain key components to produce nuclear weapons. -
Iran war begins
the Iran War begins. President George W. Bush refers to it as "the central front in the war on terror” -
Protests
Anti war groups across the world organized public protests against war with Iraq. About 36 million people across the globe took part in almost 3,000 protests. -
Saddam Hussein is found and captured by U.S. forces.
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Georgia train and equip program ends
The Georgia train and equip program ends, but military assistance to Georgia continued through the Georgia sustainment and Stability operations -
series of attacks in northwest pakistan
The U.S. government, led by the C.I.A’s special actives division, begins a series of ongoing attacks on targets in northwest Pakistan using drones. These attacks sought to defeat the Taliban and Al-Qaeda militants who were thought to have found a safe haven in Pakistan. -
the First London Bombings
the First London Bombings kill 52 people and injure 700 more -
the Operation Enduring Freedom
Trans Sahara begins -
Obama Announces we are at war with alqaeda
Newly elected Obama administration has stopped using the phrase "war on terror"; John Brennan announces that the U.S. is "at war with al Qaeda", not involved in a "global war on terror” -
Osama Bin Laden is killed
Osama Bin Laden is killed in a raid by U.S. Navy Seals at his residence in Pakistan.
