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9/11 Terrorist Attack on the U.S.
Terrorist group Al-Qaeda attacked the towers of the World Trade Center in New York City and the pentagon in washington. -
War in Afghanistan begins
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Operation Active Endeavour Begins
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Operation Enduring Freedom – Philippines begins
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the Georgia Train and Equip Program begins
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Operation Enduring Freedom - Horn of Africa begins
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anti-war groups protest against war with Iraq
anti-war groups across the world organized public protests against war with Iraq. About 36 million people across the globe took part in almost 3,000 protests -
The Iraq War begins
President George W. Bush refers to it as "the central front in the War on Terror -
Saddam Hussein is found and captured by U.S. forces
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The Georgia Train and Equip Program ends
but military assistance to Georgia continued through the Georgia Sustainment and Stability Operations Program. -
U.S. government begins a series of attacks on targets in Pakistan using drones
The United States government begins a series of ongoing attacks on targets in northwest Pakistan using drones. These attacks sought to defeat the Taliban and Al-Qaeda militants who were thought to have found a safe haven in Pakistan -
the Operation Enduring Freedom – Trans Sahara begins
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Terrorist attack in London
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Became the "war with Al-Qaeda"
Newly elected Obama administration has stopped using the phrase "war on terror" John Brennan announces that the U.S. is "at war with al Qaeda", not involved in a "global war on terror" -
Osama Bin Laden is killed
killed in a raid by United States Naval Special Warfare Development Group on his residence in Pakistan
