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. The campaign, whose stated objective was eliminating international terrorism, began in 2001.
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See also
List of Islamist terrorist attacks
References
Further reading
"Homeland Security: War on Terror Timeline" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 28, 2010. Retrieved April 3, 2010.
Smith, Preston G. (February 28, 2003). Encyclopedia of World Terrorism. M.E. Sharpe. pp. 600.
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