War on Terrorism facts for kids

In support of the global war on terrorism.

The War on Terrorism or War on Terror is a campaign that the United States and some of its allies started to remove terrorist groups and to punish the states that sponsor terrorism. The former United States President Bush's argument was that the countries like North Korea, Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, and Libya were a direct threat to the United States and its allies. The term was typically used with a particular focus on militant Islamists and al-Qaeda.

The Administration of former US President Barack Obama used the term Overseas Contingency Operation.

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  link]] [[Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa

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  U.S. Army soldier of the 10th Mountain Division in Nuristan Province, June 2007

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  A British C-130J Hercules aircraft launches flare countermeasures before being the first coalition aircraft to land on the newly reopened military runway at Baghdad International Airport

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  U.S. Special Forces soldier and infantrymen of the Philippine Army

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  Political Map: the Kashmir region districts

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  The United Kingdom is the second largest contributor of troops in Afghanistan

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  A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement helicopter patrols the airspace over New York City

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In Spanish: Guerra contra el terrorismo para niños