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The 9/11 Attack
Ask your parents what they remember about this terrible day! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvj6zdWLUuk' >Where Were You When the World Stopped Turning?</a>On September 11, 2001, a group called Al Queda carried out attacks involving four planes, the World Trade Center in New York city, and the Pentagon in Washington D.C. 3000 people died at the hands of these people. -
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The War on Terror
America still has troops in many of the places where the US fought the War on Terror, but there are no events following that still are classified as the War on Terror.
For more info on our relationship with the Middle East before 9/11, follow this link.
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Bush announces goal
President Bush says finding Osama Bin Ladin is number one goal after 9/11. What would you do as a leader after an event like 9/11? -
War breaks out
America begins airstrikes on Kabul, Afganistan. -
The Patriot Act is passed
Congress passes a law allowing the government to better investigate terrorism.
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Operation Iraqi Freedom
For more on this
US planes begin air strikes in Bagdad -
Saddam Hussein Captured
Former Iraqi President captured. -
The Surge
President Bush announces that he will send 20,000 more troops to fight in the War on Terror.
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Obama adds troops
30,000 more soldiers sent to Afganistan by President Barrack Obama -
Osama Bin Laden killed
Osama Bin Laden, one of the minds behind 9/11, is captured and killed, and the nation rejoices!