WH2 Module 12- War on Terrorism 2000's

Osama bin Laden

(1957-) Founder of al Qaeda, the terrorist network responsible for the attacks of September 11, 2001, and other attacks.

Operation Enduring Freedom

US invades afghanistan to eliminate taliban to destroy Al Qaeda

Battle of Tora Bora

Osama bin Laden cornered but escapes

Taliban and Al Qaeda

Middle Eastern terrorist groups developed under Osama Bin Laden; removed from power in Operation Enduring Freedom

Hamid Karzai

He became the head of the Afghanistan government in Kabul with the U.S. backing. He allows US to build oil + natural gas pipelines to bypass Iran

Axis of Evil Speech

(Iraq, Iran, North Korea), accused of harboring terrorist & developing weapons of mass destruction given by George W. Bush

Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld

Push for "regime change" in Iraq, threat that they were trying to acquire a nuclear weapon

Colin Powell

makes case at UN for war

Operation Iraqi Freedom (3/20/03)

President George W. Bush; the US invade the county of Iraq in 2003, to remove Saddam from power because of the fear of WMD.

USA Patriot Act

law passed due to 9/11 attacks; sought to prevent further terrorist attacks by allowing greater government access to electronic communications and other information; criticized by some as violating civil liberties

Guantanamo Bay

Military base granted to the US in Cuba which is now used as a prison

Abu Ghraib

One of Saddam's most notorious prisons for dissenters; when Americans took over, it became notorious for a place of torment and humiliation for detainees

Julian Assange

Wiki Leaks ,publishes secret information, new leaks, and classified info

Edward Snowden

An NSA contractor turned whistleblower, who released classified information relating to the United States' intelligence gathering both at home and abroad.