War on Terror
The Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), or War on Terror, is a global military campaign that the United States started in 2001 in response to September 11 attacks. Some claims it has replaced the Cold War.[1][2] The main targets of the campaign were the al-Qaeda, the Taliban, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, and its allies. U.S President George W. Bush alleged claim that the countries like Iran, Iraq, and North Korea (also known as the Axis of Evil) is a direct threat to the United States and its allies.
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  Photographs, clockwise from top left: Aftermath of the September 11 attacks; U.S. servicemen boarding an aircraft at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan; a U.S. soldier and Afghan interpreter in Zabul Province, Afghanistan; explosion of an Iraqi car bomb in Baghdad. Map: Countries with major military operations of the war on terror. | |||||||
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Main countries:
 Palestinian Authority |
Main opponents: (until 2003)  Gaza Strip | ||||||
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 George W. Bush Barack Obama Donald Trump Joe Biden |
 Osama bin Laden X Ayman al-Zawahiri X Saddam Hussein   Mullah Omar
# Hassan Dahir Aweys Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi X | ||||||
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4.5–4.6 million+ people killed[a] (937,000+ direct deaths, 3.6–3.7 million indirect deaths)[b] At least 38 million people displaced[c] | |||||||
The Administration of former U.S. President Barack Obama used the term Overseas Contingency Operation.[3]
War On Terror Media
Letter from Barack Obama indicating appropriation of congressional funds for "Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism"
Campaign streamer awarded to units who have participated in Operation Enduring Freedom
U.S. Army soldier of the 10th Mountain Division in Nuristan Province, June 2007
An American soldier in Afghanistan's Khost Province
US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Richard B. Myers and joined by military representatives from 29 countries of the worldwide coalition on the war against terrorism, at The Pentagon, 11 March 2002
Map of countries contributing troops to ISAF as of 5 March 2010. Major contributors (over 1000 troops) in dark green, other contributors in light green, and former contributors in magenta.
US Special Forces soldier and infantrymen of the Philippine Army
A map of the conflict in northern Mali
A British C-130J Hercules aircraft launches flare countermeasures before being the first coalition aircraft to land on the newly reopened military runway at Baghdad International Airport.
Footage of leaked Apache gunship strike in Baghdad, July 2007
References
- ↑ Buzan, Barry. Will the 'Global War on Terrorism' Be the New Cold War?. International Affairs 82 (6) (November 2006). p. 1101–18. doi:10.1111/j.1468-2346.2006.00590.x.
- ↑ Tunander, Ola. War on Terror and Transformation of World Order. Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) (May 2004).
- ↑ Obama Scraps 'Global War on Terror' for 'Overseas Contingency Operation'.
- ↑
- Human Cost of Post-9/11 Wars: Direct War Deaths in Major War Zones, Afghanistan & Pakistan (Oct. 2001 – Aug. 2021); Iraq (March 2003 – Aug. 2021); Syria (Sept. 2014 – May 2021); Yemen (Oct. 2002–Aug. 2021) and Other Post-9/11 War Zones (in en). The Costs of War. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
- Berger, Miriam (15 May 2023). "Post-9/11 wars have contributed to some 4.5 million deaths, report suggests". The Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/15/war-on-terror-911-deaths-afghanistan-iraq/.
- Savell, Stephanie. How Death Outlives War: The Reverberating Impact of the Post-9/11 Wars on Human Health. Costs of War (15 May 2023)Watson Institute of International & Public Affairs.
- ↑
- Human Cost of Post-9/11 Wars: Direct War Deaths in Major War Zones, Afghanistan & Pakistan (Oct. 2001 – Aug. 2021); Iraq (March 2003 – Aug. 2021); Syria (Sept. 2014 – May 2021); Yemen (Oct. 2002–Aug. 2021) and Other Post-9/11 War Zones (in en). The Costs of War. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
- Berger, Miriam (15 May 2023). "Post-9/11 wars have contributed to some 4.5 million deaths, report suggests". The Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/15/war-on-terror-911-deaths-afghanistan-iraq/.
- Savell, Stephanie. How Death Outlives War: The Reverberating Impact of the Post-9/11 Wars on Human Health. Costs of War (15 May 2023)Watson Institute of International & Public Affairs.
- ↑
- Human Cost of Post-9/11 Wars: Direct War Deaths in Major War Zones, Afghanistan & Pakistan (Oct. 2001 – Aug. 2021); Iraq (March 2003 – Aug. 2021); Syria (Sept. 2014 – May 2021); Yemen (Oct. 2002–Aug. 2021) and Other Post-9/11 War Zones (in en). The Costs of War. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
- Berger, Miriam (15 May 2023). "Post-9/11 wars have contributed to some 4.5 million deaths, report suggests". The Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/15/war-on-terror-911-deaths-afghanistan-iraq/.
- Savell, Stephanie. How Death Outlives War: The Reverberating Impact of the Post-9/11 Wars on Human Health. Costs of War (15 May 2023)Watson Institute of International & Public Affairs.
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