The War on Terror, also known as the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT) is a term which has been applied to an international military campaign that started after the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States. This resulted in an international military campaign to eliminate al-Qaeda and other militant organizations. The United States and many other NATO and non-NATO nations such as Pakistan participate in the conflict.The phrase "War on Terror" was first used by U.S. President George W. Bush on 20 September 2001. The Bush administration and the western media have since used the term to argue a global military, political, lawful, and conceptual struggle against both organizations designated as terrorist in nature and regimes accused of supporting them. It was originally used with a particular focus on Muslim countries associated with Islamic terrorism organizations, like al-Qaeda or like-minded organizations.Although the term is no longer officially used by the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama (which prefers the term Overseas Contingency Operation), it is still commonly used by politicians, in the media and in some official governmental aspects, as evident in the U.S. military's Global War on Terrorism Service Medal.
Combatant
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* Al-Qaeda
* Multi-National Force ? Iraq
* NATO?ISAF
* Northern Alliance
* Operation Enduring Freedom Allies
(* note: most contributing nations are included in the international operations)
International missions *:
Main targets:
NATO participants:
Non-NATO participants:
* 25px|link Combined Joint Task Force ? Horn of Africa
Commander
Abu Ayyub al-Masri
Abu Musab Abdel Wadoud
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
Admiral (United States)
Ahmad Shuja Pasha
Anwar al-Awlaki
Ayman al-Zawahiri
Baitullah Mehsud
General (United States)
Hakimullah Mehsud
Mohammed Omar
Moktar Ali Zubeyr
Mullah
Nasir al-Wuhayshi
Osama bin Laden
Zaheerul Islam
Date
2001-10-07
Status
*Destruction of al-Qaeda camps
*Drone strikes being conducted by CIA
*Execution of Saddam Hussein
*Fall of the Ba'ath Party government in Iraq
*Fall of the Taliban government in Afghanistan
*Free elections
*Killing of Osama bin Laden
*Large part of FATA under Taliban control
*OEF Caribbean and Central America
*OEF Horn of Africa
*OEF Philippines
*OEF Trans Sahara
*Ongoing insurgency
*Taliban insurgency
*War in North-West Pakistan
Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen
Iraq War (2003?2011):
Other:
War in Afghanistan (2001?present):
War in North-West Pakistan (2004?present):
*Shifting public support for the Pakistani government
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