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9/11
On this day, four planes in the US airspace were hijacked and rerouted to crash into the World Trade Center, Twin Towers, the Pentagon. This kicked off a period if increased warfare in the war on terrorism. -
Bush Declares War
This is when Bush declared war on terror. -
Beginning of International Coalition against Terrorism
Many countries around the world pledge support for the US. This leads to many allies being made with the US in the war on terror. -
Bombing of Taliban government government begins
On this day, the US began bombing places that had suspected Taliban and al-Qaeda connections. -
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War In Afghanistan
This was fought in the search for Osama Bin Laden. The thought that the Taliban was harboring Bin Laden caused the US -
Operation Enduring Freedom
This was the strategy that congress made to combat the war on terror. For more information, click the other tab above. -
Taliban Execute Abdul Haq
On this day, the Taliban captured and killed Abdul Haq. Haq had been previously fighting in southern Afghanistan and attempted to create an anti-Taliban movement. He was also considered the main person in Afghanistan that could have created a strong government after the Taliban were removed. -
Pakistan Cuts Ties with Taliban
On this day, Pakistan closed the last Taliban embassy in the country. -
Bonn Conference
This is the conference that set up the interim government in Afghanistan. Hamid Karzai is elected leader of interim Afghanistan government. -
Bin Laden Caught Talking to Iraqi leaders
Audiotape of Bin Laden telling Iraqi forces to carry out suicide bombing on US. This is when the US associated Iraq with terrorism. -
US Invades Iraq
On this day, the US invades Iraq, a country believed to have ties to al-Qaeda and the Taliban. -
Saddam Hussein is Captured
On this day, Saddam Hussein was captured and brought to trial under the Iraqi interim government. -
Bin Laden Admits to 9/11 bombings
A video emerged in which Saddam Hussein admits to the attacks on September 11th. He also threatens new attacks on the US. -
Saddam Hussein is exeuted
Saddam Hussein, after being convicted, was executed on this day. -
Bin Laden killed
Bin Laden was killed in a US raid on his compound in Pakistan.