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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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