Timeline of the War on Terror
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The War on Terror is the campaign launched by the United States of America in response to the September 11 attacks against organizations designated with terrorism.[1][2] The campaign, whose stated objective was eliminating international terrorism, began in 2001.[3] The following is a timeline of events linked to the War on Terror.
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[edit] 2001
- September 11 - the September 11, 2001 attacks in New York City, Washington D.C., and Shanksville, Pennsylvania, United States, killed 2,993 people.[4][5]
- September 18 and October 9 - 2001 anthrax attacks kill 5 and infect 17 others by anthrax spores in New York City, New York, Boca Raton, Florida, and Washington D.C. in the United States.[6]
- October 7 - the War in Afghanistan begins.[7]
- October 16 - Operation Active Endeavour officially begins.[8][9][10]
[edit] 2002
- January 15 - Operation Enduring Freedom – Philippines begins as part of Operation Enduring Freedom in the Southern Philippines.[11]
- February 27 - the Georgia Train and Equip Program begins.[12][13][14]
- October 7 - Operation Enduring Freedom - Horn of Africa begins.[15]
[edit] 2003
- January 3 to April 12 - 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.[16]
- February 5 - Colin Powell addressed a plenary session of the United Nations Security Council, stating categorically that Saddam Hussein was working to obtain key components to produce nuclear weapons.
- March 20 - the Iraq War begins. President George W. Bush refers to it as "the central front in the War on Terror".[17][18]
- December 13 - Saddam Hussein is found and captured by U.S. forces.[19]
[edit] 2004
- April 24 - The Georgia Train and Equip Program ends, but military assistance to Georgia continued through the Georgia Sustainment and Stability Operations Program.
- June 18 - 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.[20]
[edit] 2005
- July 7 - the 1st London bombings kill 52 people and injure 700 more.[21][22][23]
[edit] 2007
- February 6 - the Operation Enduring Freedom – Trans Sahara begins.[24]
[edit] 2011
- May 2 - Osama bin Laden is killed in a raid by United States special forces troops on his residence in Pakistan.[25]
[edit] Notes
- ^ Combs, Cindy C.; Slann, Martin (2007). Encyclopedia of Terrorism. New York NY: Infobase Publishing. pp. 417–424. ISBN 0-8160-6277-3.
- ^ "Homeland Security: War on Terror Timeline". http://www.iwar.org.uk/homesec/resources/war-on-terror/timeline.pdf. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
- ^ "Presidential Address to the Nation" (Press release). The White House. October 7, 2001. http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2001/10/print/20011007-8.html.
- ^ "War Casualties Pass 9/11 Death Toll". CBS News. September 22, 2006. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/09/22/terror/main2035427.shtml. Retrieved September 24, 2008.
- ^ Brzezinski, Zbigniew (25 March 2007). "Terrorized by 'War on Terror'". The Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/23/AR2007032301613.html. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
- ^ Lines, Andy; Rock, Lucy (13 October 2001). "War On Terror: ANTHRAX ATTACK IN NEW YORK; NBC woman tests positive amid germ blitz fear.". The Free Library (The Mirror). http://www.thefreelibrary.com/War+On+Terror:+ANTHRAX+ATTACK+IN+NEW+YORK%3B+NBC+woman+tests+positive...-a079100393. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
- ^ Bowman, Karlyn (24 July 2008). "America and the War on Terror". American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research. http://www.aei.org/docLib/20050805_terror0805.pdf. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
- ^ "NATO welcomes Russian offer to contribute to expanded anti-terror patrols in Mediterranean". Istanbul, Turkey: AP Worldstream. 28 June 2004. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-95932371.html. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
- ^ Whitmore, Brian (28 March 2004). "NATO faces challenges as it retools for the war on terror". Mons, Belgium: The Boston Globe. http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2004/03/28/nato_faces_challenges_as_it_retools_for_the_war_on_terror/. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
- ^ Josar, David (27 September 2003). "Jones: EUCOM war role could increase". Stuttgart, Germany: Stars and Stripes. http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=17734. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
- ^ Brookes, Peter. "Flashpoint: No bungle in the jungle". Armed Fources Journal. http://www.armedforcesjournal.com/2007/09/2926516. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
- ^ "Why side with Sakaashvili?". Oxford Analytica. 22 November 2008. http://www.oxan.com/worldnextweek/2008-11-20/WhysideWithSakaashvili.aspx. Retrieved 4 April 2010.
- ^ Benjamin, Daniel (April 2005). "2". America and the World in the Age of Terror (1 ed.). Center for Strategic & International Studies. pp. 37–46. ISBN 0892064528. http://www.amazon.com/dp/0892064528. Retrieved 4 April 2010.
- ^ Wheeler, Kurtis; Stillings, Kris (2006). "In the Republic of Georgia: Cooperative engagement in the war on terror". Marine Corps Gazette. http://www.faqs.org/abstracts/Military-and-naval-science/In-the-Republic-of-Georgia-Cooperative-engagement-in-the-war-on-terror.html. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
- ^ "Intelligence Center offers MTTs on cultural awareness, intel topics". Infantry Magazine. May-June 2008. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0IAV/is_3_97/ai_n27966901/. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
- ^ Callinicos, Alex (19 March 2005). "Anti-war protests do make a difference". Socialist Worker (1943). http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/article.php?article_id=6067. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
- ^ Bush, George W. (9 September 2003). "A Central Front in the War on Terror, From the President's speech to the Nation". http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2003/09/20030909.html. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
- ^ Bush, George W. (21 August 2006). "Press Conference by the President; White House Conference Center Briefing Room". Washington DC, United States. http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2006/08/20060821.html. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
- ^ "Saddam Captured 'Like a Rat' in Raid – Fox News". Fox News. 21 October 2011. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,105706,00.html.
- ^ The CIA's Silent War in Pakistan, TIME, 2009-06-01
- ^ Cole, Juan (8 July 2005). "The time of revenge has come". Salon. http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/07/08/blowback/index.html. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
- ^ Croft, Stuart (2 October 2006). Culture, Crisis and America's War on Terror. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. pp. 232–234. ISBN 0521687330. http://www.amazon.com/dp/0521687330. Retrieved 4 April 2010.
- ^ Wade, Marianne; Maljevic, Almir (18 November 2009). A War on Terror? (1 ed.). New York, NY: Springer. pp. 336. ISBN 0387892907. http://www.amazon.com/dp/0387892907. Retrieved 4 April 2010.
- ^ "Operation Enduring Freedom – Trans Sahara (OEF-TS)". GlobalSecurity.org. http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/oef-ts.htm. Retrieved 2007-02-06.
- ^ "Osama Bin Laden Death Prompts Networks to Break Into Programming". The Hollywood Reporter. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/osama-bin-laden-death-prompts-183967.
December 15. War in Iraq is officially over.
[edit] References
- "Homeland Security: War on Terror Timeline". http://www.iwar.org.uk/homesec/resources/war-on-terror/timeline.pdf. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
- Smith, Preston G. (28 February 2003). Encyclopedia of World Terrorism. M.E. Sharpe. pp. 600. ISBN 1563248077. http://www.amazon.com/gp/search?index=books&linkCode=qs&keywords=1563248077.
- Thompson, Paul (2004). The Terror Timeline. New York, NY: HarperCollins. ISBN 0060783389. http://www.amazon.com/Terror-Timeline-Comprehensive-Chronicle-11/dp/0060783389.
