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A NATO multinational fleet (namely the United States, the United Kingdom, Italy, France, and the Netherlands) during Operation Enduring Freedom in the Oman Sea. In four descending columns, from left to right: Maestrale, De Grasse; USS John C. Stennis, Charles de Gaulle, Surcouf; USS Port Royal, HMS Ocean, USS John F. Kennedy, HNLMS Van Amstel; and Durand de la Penne
Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) was the official name used by the U.S. government for both the first stage (2001–2014) of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) and the larger-scale Global War on Terrorism. On 7 October 2001, in response to the September 11 attacks, President George W. Bush announced that airstrikes against Al-Qaeda and the ...
The war on terror, officially the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), [3] is a global counterterrorist military campaign initiated by the United States following the September 11 attacks of 2001, and is the most recent global conflict spanning multiple wars. Some researchers and political scientists have argued that it replaced the Cold War. [4] [5]
Newer estimates place the total death toll at 650,000 to 850,000. [ 88 ] 148 of the Union dead were U.S. Marines. [ 92 ][ 93 ]ca.^Civil War April 2, 2012, Doctor David Hacker after extensive research offered new casualty rates higher by 20%; his work has been accepted by the academic community and is represented here.
The ‘war on terror’ allowed far-right extremism to flourish at home. “In the wake of the 9/11 attacks, the rise of violent jihadism reshaped American politics in ways that created fertile ...
September 21–24. The Westgate shopping mall attack in Nairobi, Kenya, carried out by al-Shabaab, kills 67 and injures 175. November 1. A U.S. drone strike in the village of Dande Darpakhel in North Waziristan, Pakistan, killed Hakimullah Mehsud, the leader of the TTP.
Operation Freedom's Sentinel (OFS) was the official name used by the U.S. government for the mission succeeding Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) in continuation of the War in Afghanistan as part of the larger Global War on Terrorism. Operation Freedom's Sentinel was part of the NATO -led Resolute Support Mission, which began on January 1, 2015.
U.S. Space Force [ 29 ] U.S. Coast Guard [ 30 ] Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR) is the United States military's operational name for the international war against the Islamic State (IS or ISIL), [ 100 ] including both a campaign in Iraq and a campaign in Syria, with a closely related campaign in Libya.