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highjackers from the al-qaeda group stole a total of three planes and crashed into both of the world trade centers in New York, the Pentagon and another into the pennsylvania fields.
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President George W. Bush says apprehending bin Laden is his top goal. “The most important thing is for us to find Osama bin Laden,” he says. “It is our No. 1 priority and we will not rest until we find him.”
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The war in Afghanistan begins,Shortly after the first U.S. missiles hit Kabul.
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U.S. soldiers start distributing leaflets in Afghanistan offering a $25 million reward for bin Laden, which is later raised to 27 million
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The Pentagon releases a video it claims shows bin Laden discussing the Sept. 11 attacks with guests at an al-Qaida dinner at a house in Kandahar, Afghanistan
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The U.S. invades Iraq
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Saddam Hussein is captured. He is brought to trial under the Iraqi interim government. On Nov. 5 2006, he is convicted of charges related to the 1982 killing of 148 Iraqi Shi’ites and was sentenced to death by hanging. Saddam is executed on Dec. 30, 2006.
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A recorded message attributed to bin Laden offers 10 kg of gold to anyone who kills the U.S. administrator in Iraq, Paul Bremer, or U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan
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Four explosions strike London’s public transportation system, killing more than 35 people and wounding at least 700.
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After more than a year of silence from bin Laden, a tape purportedly recorded by the al-Qaida leader warns that a new wave of terror attacks are in preparation
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An audiotape allegedly from bin Laden claims responsibility for an attempt to blow up a plane en route to Michigan on Christmas Day 2009, and it warns the U.S. of more attacks
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bin Laden is killed in a U.S. raid on his compound in Pakistan info found on http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/news/world/timeline-key-events-in-the-war-on-terror-1/nMrD7/