War
on Terror
The
War on Terror is an international military campaign led by the
United States and the United Kingdom with the support of other NATO and non-NATO countries.
Officially, the War on Terror label has not been used since Barack Obama came to office in 2009, but the war in Afghanistan continues.
The campaign was launched in 2001 with the US/UK invasion of
Afghanistan in response to the September 11 attacks. Since then,
other operations have commenced, the largest being the War in Iraq , beginning with a 2003 invasion. Originally, it was waged against
al- Qaeda and other terrorist organizations with the purpose of
eliminating them .
The phrase War on Terror was first used by former US President George W. Bush and other high-ranking US officials to denote a global military, political , legal and ideological struggle against organizations
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These categories are further divided into different types. For example, Germany's bombing of London and the U.S. atomic destruction of Hiroshima during World War II are called state terrorism. Nowadays, cyberterrorism becomes more and more common and in consideration the importance of IT today (for example if we watch how important have IT became in Estonia), it's dangerous for all of us. Since the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack in U.S., there have been so called War on Terror. The War on Terror is an international military campaign led by the United States and the United Kingdom with the support of other NATO and non-NATO countries. The campaign was started in 2001 with the US/UK invasion of Afghanistan in response to the September 11 attack. Since then, other operations have got started, the largest being the War in Iraq, beginning with a 2003 invasion. Originally, it was funded against al-Qaeda and other terrorist organizations with the purpose to depose them.
Miina Härma Gymnasium The Relations Between the USA and Iraq Student: Hendrik Rummel 10.b Teacher: Tiia Timma Tartu 2010 The Table of Contents 1. Introduction...........................................................................................................................2 2. History 2.1. Pre-1980s.............................................................................................................3 2.2. 1980s...................................................................................................................3 2.3. 1990s...................................................................................................................4 2.4. 2000s...................................................................................................................4
Private School of Audentes Links between English speaking countries and Estonia Author: Kristin Liiv Supervisor: Mari Martma Tallinn 2006 2 Table of contents Introduction..........................................................................................................................4 First links............................................................................................................................. 5 20th century..........................................................................................................................5 Recognition.......................................................................................................................... 9 Conclusions........................................................................................................................10 References.........................
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Homereading 4 Changing world Religions Islam Islam is a monotheistic Abrahamic religion originating with the teachings of Muhammad, a 7th century Arab religious and political figure. The word Islam means "submission", or the total surrender of oneself to God An adherent of Islam is known as a Muslim, meaning "one who submits (to God)". There are between 1.1 billion and 1.8 billion Muslims, making Islam the secondlargest religion in the world, after Christianity. Muslims believe that God revealed the Qur'an to Muhammad, God's final prophet, and regard the Qur'an and the Sunnah (words and deeds of Muhammad) as the fundamental sources of Islam.They do not regard Muhammad as the founder of a new religion, but as the restorer of the original monotheistic faith of Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and other prophets. Islamic tradition holds that Jews and Christians distorted the revelations
In World War II Japan bombed Pearl Harbors in 1941 and in 1945 America dropped two nuclear weapons on Hiroshima and Nagasaki which ended the war. In 1963 after John F. Kennedy death gave Martin Luther King his I Have a Dream speech which is a key factor that ended most of the racism in America. In 2001, 11th September Islamic terrorists crashed into the twin towers (WTC). Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda are thought responsible for the terror, but they still haven't caught bin Laden. Population As of February 2009, the United States has a total resident population of 306 million which is about 4, 5% of the Earth population. By 2050 it is expected to reach 439 million people. North of the America is fairly unpopulated compared with the coastal areas. The most people live in New York City (8.2 million), Los Angeles (3.8 million) and Chicago (2.8 million)
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