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Declare War
President declares war on Terrorism -
Twin towers attacked
Planes crashes into twin towers -
congress creates homeland security
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bush starts iraq war
troops sent to iraq -
Homeland Security created
Congress strats protection for the U.S. -
First death on anthrax
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train bombing
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War with al Quadea
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" -
Killed Terrorist
Osama bin Laden is killed in a raid by United States Naval Special Warfare Development Group on his residence in Pakistan -
Al Quadea
The United States government, led by the Central Intelligence Agency's Special Activities Division, begins a series of ongoing attacks on targets in northwest Pakistan using drones (unmanned aerial vehicles). These attacks sought to defeat the Taliban and Al-Qaeda militants who were thought to have found a safe haven in Pakistan