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The attack on the twins towers.
Two airliners are hijacked and crash into the World Trade Centre. The attacks are co-ordinated by Al-Qaeda, a radical Islamic group based in Afghanistan. Al-Quaeda was against America's involvement in the middle east in the twentieth century. -
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The war on terror
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Bush is given consent
Congress alows President George W.Bush to use "all necessary and appropriate force against those nations, organizations, or persons who are determined to have planned, authorized, committed, or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001, or harbored such organizations or persons, in order to prevent any future acts of international terrorism against the United States by such nations, organizations or persons." -
United States threat to the Taliban
A Pakistani delegation lead by General Mahmood, gives the Taliban an choice: hand over Osama Bin Laden, or face a military attack by the United States. -
The UN demands Osama Bin Laden to be handed over.
The United Nation's security council demands to the Taliban that "surrender bin Laden to the appropriate authorities and close terrorist training camps." -
The war in Afganistan starts.
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The war in the middle east
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CIA starts drone attacks
The Central Intelligence Agency starts drone attacks on Al-Qaeda in Yemen. -
Addressing the UN Security Council
Colin Powell addresses a UN Security Council, stating Saddam Hussein was working to obtain key components to build nuclear weapons. -
The Iraq War begins
President Bush refers to it as "the central front on the War on Terror" -
Saddam Hussein captured by the United States
Saddam Hussein, a dictator in Iraq, was accused by George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair for "holding weapons of mass destruction and working with terrorists". On December 13, he was captured. -
War in North Pakistan begins.
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The US government starts drone attacks in Pakistan.
These attacks are aimed to attack Taliban and Al-Qaeda militants that have used Pakistan as a refuge. -
The Georgia Sustainment and Stability Operations Program begins.
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The War in Somalia.
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Islamic Insurgents begin taking parts of Somalia.
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War in Somalia begins.
United States troops backed Ethiopian troops to support the transitional government against Islamist militants. -
Saddam Hussien is hanged at Camp Justice
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Barack Obama is elected President of the United States.
George W. Bush is elected out of office. Obama promises to withdraw soldiers out of Iraq and to treat the war differently. -
The War in Somalia ends after Ethiopian troops leave
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The phase "war on terror" is stopped being used by the Obama adminstration.
The adminstation says it is fighting a war with Al-Qaeda and not a global war on terror. -
Osama killed!
Osama bin Laden, the man who coordinated the 9/11 attacks on the world trade centre, is killed by United States Naval Special Warfare Development Group on his residence in Abbottabad, Pakistan. -
Soldiers are withdrawn from Iraq- ending the Iraq War.
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Summary
Even today, the United States and its allies continue to fight terrorism in the middle east. Throughout the years, many militia groups have been created and have fought against the Western nations for several purposes such as religion or to build their own dictatorships. On this day, ISIS, an Islamic extremist group, attacked several locations in Paris killing 139 people. This shows that terrorism from the middle east never ends.
