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Sep 1, 2010 · The Seton Hall Center for Policy and Research created a timeline as a comprehensive research tool to study the United States’ Global War on Terror; the United States Detentions in the Guantanamo Bay Naval Station, and the United States Detention Policy at home and abroad.
- America Responds to 9/11
- War in Afghanistan Begins
- Iraq War Begins
- Saddam Hussein, Bin Laden Killed
• Sept. 11, 2001: Terrorists hijack four U.S. planes, crashing two into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in lower Manhattan, while a third hits the U.S. Pentagon minutes later. The fourth plane, targeted to hit the White House, crashes in a fieldnear Shanksville, Pennsylvania, after passengers attacked the terrorists. The death toll, not i...
• Oct. 7, 2001: Airstrikes by the United States and Great Britain are launched in Afghanistan at Taliban and al Qaeda training camps and targets. “What America is tasting now is only a copy of what we have tasted,” al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden says in a video statementreleased the same day. “Our Islamic nation has been tasting the same for more ...
• March 19, 2003: U.S. and coalition forces invade Iraqfollowing intelligence that the country and its dictator, Saddam Hussein, possessed or were developing weapons of mass destruction. • May 1, 2003: Bush delivers a speech aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln proclaiming, “Mission Accomplished,” saying that major combat efforts for the...
• Dec. 30, 2006: After being sentenced to death by hanging for war crimes and crimes against humanity, Saddam Hussein is executed in Baghdad. • June 30, 2009: Sgt. Bowe R. Bergdahl walks away from his post in Afghanistan and is kidnapped by the Taliban. Released in 2014, he is later dishonorably discharged. • Aug. 30, 2010: In an Oval Office addres...
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The four lessons in this unit explore Al-Qaeda’s attack on the United States on September 11, 2001, and the first days of the War on Terror. Students will examine a scholarly essay, an interview and voice recording, and political speeches.
From the creation of the CIA to the “War on Terror,” learn about the evolution of U.S. counterterrorism policies in this terrorism timeline.
Sep 11, 2001 · 2001 – 2004. How 9/11 Reshaped Foreign Policy. The events of September 11, 2001, set in motion sweeping changes to U.S. intelligence and counterterrorism practices, launched two major wars, and...
- James Mcbride
On September 20, in an address to a joint session of Congress, Bush declared war on terrorism, blamed al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden for the attacks, and demanded that the radical Islamic fundamentalists who ruled Afghanistan, the Taliban, turn bin Laden over or face attack by the United States.
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Dec 22, 2021 · The terror timeline : year by year, day by day, minute by minute : a comprehensive chronicle of the road to 9/11--- and America's response : Thompson, Paul, 1960- : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive.
