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WAR ON TERROR

WAR ON TERROR. War on Terror. Objectives: Protect Citizens & Allies Break up terror cells in US Disrupt international terror networks. War on Terror.

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WAR ON TERROR

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  1. WAR ON TERROR

  2. War on Terror • Objectives: • Protect Citizens & Allies • Break up terror cells in US • Disrupt international terror networks

  3. War on Terror • In an address to the United States Congress after the 9/11 attacks, President Bush declared that the U.S. would "make no distinction between the terrorists who committed these acts and those who harbor them," a statement that was followed by the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan.

  4. Bush Doctrine • Allows for Pre-emptive strikes • Hit them before they can attack us; take the fight to them • “You’re either with us or against us” • Bush’s statement to the world upon engaging in the War on Terror • No Neutrality

  5. War in Afghanistan • Why did we go to war? • To arrest those al-Qaeda members (Osama bin Laden) responsible for the Sept. 11 Attacks

  6. War in Afghanistan • Taliban: refers to the name of the government in power during the Sept. 11 attacks • Islamic Fundamentalism: strict interpretation of the Koran; reject modern society; no rights for females

  7. War in Afghanistan • Official Name = Operation Enduring Freedom • Begins on October 7, 2001 – US bombs Taliban targets/bases related to al-Qaeda in Tora Bora Mountains

  8. War in Afghanistan

  9. War in Afghanistan Timeline of Events • Dec. 7 2001: Taliban gives up control; temporary government set up • Oct. 2004: 1st pres. elections are held; HamidKarzaiis elected (still current president) • 2010: Taliban continues its guerilla war against US; President Obama sends in 17,000 more US troops (troop surge) • Very slow moving because of Improvised Explosive Devices

  10. Osama bin Laden dead • May 2, 2011: Osama bin Laden shot & killed in private residence in Abbotabad, Pakistan • US Navy Seals (Seal 6) & CIA involved in operation • Body was buried at sea shortly thereafter • Al-Qaeda acknowledged death and vowed retaliation

  11. Operation Iraqi Freedom • Why did we go to war? • Believed Iraq had WMDs • Colin Powell sent to UN with “evidence” to present case • Human Rights abuses • Spread Democracy/Freedom to other countries *Some US officials claimed Saddam Hussein had a connection with al-Qaeda – no connection ever proven

  12. Operation Iraqi Freedom

  13. No French Support!!!

  14. War in Iraq Timeline of Events • January 2003: UN weapons inspectors say Iraq is not cooperating with weapons searches • February: UN says no WMD have been found • March 17, 2003: G.W. Bush warns Saddam to leave or face the U.S. military

  15. War in Iraq Timeline of Events • Operation Iraqi Freedom (March 19th-May 1st) – “Shock & Awe” • June 2003 Bush promises info on WMD • July 2004 Senate investigation says pre-war information about WMD was wrong/overstated • Dec. 30, 2006: Saddam hanged

  16. “Shock & Awe”

  17. Saddam Hussein Captured

  18. USA PATRIOT ACT

  19. USA Patriot Act • Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act

  20. The Act increases the ability of law enforcement agencies to search telephone, e-mail communications, medical, financial, and libraryrecords • Eases restrictions on foreign intelligence gathering within the United States

  21. Expands the Secretary of the Treasury’s authority to regulate financial transactions, particularly those involving foreign individuals and organizations • Enhances law enforcement and immigration authorities in detaining and deporting immigrants suspected of terrorism-related acts.

  22. Guantanamo Bay • Located in…Cuba • Detention facility used for prisoners captured in Afghanistan • Considered very controversial… • Alleged cruel interrogation techniques • US can hold prisoners indefinitely if believed they were involved in terrorism of any kind…they are not POWs but “Enemy Combatants.” There is no law against holding enemy combatants

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