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September 11 (9/11) Attacks: On September 11, 2001, individuals affiliated
with al-Qaeda perpetrated four coordinated simultaneous terrorist attacks on the United States. The terrorists hijacked four airplanes and flew them into military and civilian targets, killing more than 3,000 people. Two attacks in New York targeted and destroyed the main buildings of World Trade Center, and the attack near Washington was against the Pentagon. Following the attacks, the United States declared a “war on terrorism.” An Americaled military coalition began ‘Operation Enduring Freedom’ in October 2001 with heavy air strikes in Afghanistan, where the Taliban was harboring al-Qaeda militants. The War in Afghanistan was followed by a brief war fought by American and British forces in Iraq in 2003, because it was believed that weapons of mass destruction were being housed in Iraq. The Iraqi War was followed by a US-led occupation of Iraq. No weapons of mass destruction were found and Iraq was granted its sovere ignty shortly thereafter.