War on Terror

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Global War on Terror
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Date	September 11, 2001 – Present
Location	Clays of Iraqball, Afghanistanball, Somaliaball, Libyaball, Syriaball, Yemenball, Pakistanball, Nigeriaball, Sudanball and Egyptball
Causes	11 September 2001 terrorist attacks from Al-Qaedaball, destroying both Twin Towers in New York Cityball, damaging part of the Pentagon in Virginiaball near DCball and causing a fire in a field in the middle of Pennsylvaniaball.
Status	Ongoing Weakening of ISISball Resurgence of Talibanball and Al-Qaedaball
Belligerents
Main Countryballs/The Big 5 of UNball: USAball UKball Franceball Chinaball Russiaball Rest of NATOball Albaniaball Belgiumball Bulgariaball Canadaball Croatiaball Czech Republicball Denmarkball Estoniaball Germanyball Greeceball Hungaryball Icelandball Italyball Latviaball Lithuaniaball Luxembourgball Montenegroball North Macedoniaball Netherlandsball Norwayball Polandball Portugalball Romaniaball Slovakiaball Sloveniaball Spainball Turkeyball Non-NATO Members: Afghanistanball Somalilandball Iraqball Pakistanball Rojavaball Ukraineball Kuwaitball Israelcube Palestineball Mexicoball Syriaball Australiaball Jordanball Philippinesball Switzerlandball Iraqi Kurdistanball South Koreaball New Zealandball Irelandball Indiaball Saudi Arabiaball Egyptball Yemenball Japanball Vietnamball Iranball Swedenball Finlandball Austriaball Mozambiqueball Other Countryballs: Abkhaziaball Mauritaniaball South Ossetiaball Belarusball Turkmenistanball Kosovoball Azerbaijanball Indonesiaball Mongoliaball Colombiaball Djiboutiball Taiwanball Ugandaball Maliball Libyaball Bahrainball Bosnia and Herzegovinaball Qatarball Bangladeshball Transnistriaball Togoball Laosball Serbiaball Tongaball Kenyaball Georgiaball NepalRawr Tajikistanball Myanmarball South Africaball Panamaball Nigerball Nicaraguaball Sierra Leoneball Chadball Thailandball Tringapore Northern Cyprusball Tunisiaball Seychellesball Moroccoball Malaysiaball Republic of the Congoball Democratic Republic of Congoball Rwandaball Kyrgyzstanball Algeriaball Dominican Republicball Kazakhbrick Armeniaball Cameroonball Uzbekistanball Cyprusball Sri Lankaball Artsakhball Maltaball Ethiopiaball Omanball Nigeriaball Lebanonball El Salvadorball Beninball Moldovaball Andorraball Bruneiball UAEball Hondurasball Ghanaball Burkina Fasoball Cambodiaball Burundiball Liechtensteinball Senegalball Western Saharaball Possible Allies: North Koreaball Somaliaball South Sudanball Organizations: UNball NATOball EUball Former Allies:—————————— Afghan Interim Administrationball Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistanball Libyan Arab Jamahiriyaball Ba'athist Iraqball
Main targets: ISISball Al-Qaedaball Talibanball Hamasball Caucasus Emirateball (Evolved from Caucasian Frontball) East Turkestan Islamic Movementball Somali Pirates Former targets: Islamic Courts Unionball Caucasian Frontball
Commanders
Current Joe Biden (Since 2021) • Donald Trump (since 2016, Until 2021) Queen Elizabeth II • Boris Johnson (since 2019) Emmanuel Macron (Since 2017) Vladimir Putin (until 2008, since 2012) Ashraf Ghani (Since 2014) () Queen Elizabeth II • Justin Trudeau (since 2015) Mamnoon Hussain (Since 2013) Ram Nath Kovind (Since 2017) Xi Jinping (Since 2013) Mohamed Ould Ghazouani (Since 2019) Felipe VI (Since 2014) Philippe I (Since 2013) Alexander Lukashenko Fuad Masum (Since 2014) Bashar al-Assad Salman (Since 2015) Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi (Since 2012) Abdel Fattah el-Sisi (Since 2014) Fayez al-Sarraj (Since 2016) Beji Caid Essebsi (Since 2014) Nuhammadu Buhari (Since 2015) Scott Morrison (Since 2018) Jacinda Arden (Since 2017) Uhuru Kenyatta (Since 2013) Mahamadou Issoufou (Since 2011) Mohammed VI Jair Bolsorano (Since 2019) Harald V • Erna Solsberg (Since 2013) Ali Khamenei Jokowi Widodo (Since 2014) Idriss Deby (Since 1990, Until 2021) Andrzej Duda (Since 2015) Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (Since 2014) Mario Draghi (Since 2021) Macky Sall (Since 2012) Volodymyr Zelensky (Since 2019) Angela Merkel (Since 2005) Benjamin Netahayu (Since 2009) Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo (Since 2017) Paul Biya Roch Marc Christian Kaboré (Since 2015) Rodrigo Duterte (Since 2016)
Current Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (2013-2019) Abu Ibrahim Al Qurashi (Since 2019) Ayman al-Zawahiri (Since 2011) Hibatullah Akhundzada (Since 2016)
Strength
55,917,481+
150,300?
Casualties
33,000
88,600
Notes
Al-Qaeda and ISIS has weakened but The Taliban has taken their place.

The War on Terror (also known as Global War on Terrorism) refers to the international military campaign lead by USAball to combat against Al-Qaedaball after a deadly terrorist attack on USAball's clay. The War on Terror has seriously affected many countries in the world, most notably in the Middle East, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and some parts of North Africa. While initially targeting specific terrorist groups, the war later expanded to include regimes supporting the terrorists (but not necessarily actually being terrorist), Iraq (despite actively hating terrorists) and pirates in Africa...for some reason.

The September 11 Attacks (11th September 2001)

The War on Terror was sparked off by the September 11 attacks, the deadliest terror attack in history. On that fateful day, nineteen men affiliated with al-Qaeda hijacked four airliners bound for California. The first plane, American Airlines Flight 11, was flown into the North Tower of the World Trade Centre while the second plane, United Airlines Flight 175 was flown into the South Tower of the WTC about 17 minutes after. Everybody on the two planes, including the hijackers, perished, but the terrorists had achieved their goal. After burning and smoking for slightly less than an hour, the South Tower collapsed. About 30 minutes or so later, the North Tower also crumbled down to the ground, smashing into the 7 WTC Building and collapsing that too. The third plane, American Airlines Flight 77, was flown into the Pentagon, the heart of the US Military. The West Side of the Pentagon was heavily damaged, but the building, being more structurally stable and significantly flatter than the WTC Towers, did not collapse. The final plane, United Airlines Flight 93 was headed for Washington D.C. to strike an unknown target(believed to be the White House or the Capitol) when the passengers revolted against the hijackers, forcing them to crash the plane harmlessly into a field in Pennsylvania, with all lives on board lost. The attacks saw a total of 2977 casualties and made it the worst terrorist attack in history. The USA basically went into a standstill after these attacks. Following the attacks, the government allowed for a military attack against any and all responsibility or involved somehow in the attacks. The War on Terror had begun about a month later, on 7th October 2001.

First Military Operations

On 4th October, three days before the war officially started, NATO launched Operation Active Endeavor, backed up by many NATO countries and some others like Russia and Israel, to monitor the Mediterranean and the Straits of Gibraltar. As of 2009, over 100,000 ships have been monitored and over 100 actually boarded by NATO troops. This operation cut off all routes in the Mediterranean that terrorists could use to transport equipment or supplies to other terrorists.

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