Contemporary era · 2001
War on terror
The war on terror, officially the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), is a global military campaign initiated by the United States in response to the September 11 attacks in 2001. A global conflict spanning multiple wars, some researchers and political scientists have argued that it replaced the Cold War.
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- When
- 11 Sept 2001
- Where
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- Era
- Contemporary
People
Osama bin Laden1957 – 2011Founder of al-Qaeda (1957–2011)
Ayman al-Zawahiri1951 – 2022Al-Qaeda terrorist leader (1951–2022), Muslim jurist and theologian (Sunni), surgeon- Mohammed Omar1960 – 2013Afghan cleric who founded the Taliban (1960–2013)
Lloyd J. Austin IIIb. 1953United States 28th Secretary of Defense
Abdul Ghani Baradarb. 1963Co-founder and political leader of the Afghan Taliban
Before and after
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