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11440893482George W. Bush43rd president of the US who began a campaign against terrorism in 2001.0
11440904760TalibanA group of fundamentalist Muslims who took control of Afghanistan's government.1
11440916487AfghanistanA mountainous landlocked country in central Asia controlled by the Taliban and supported the terrorist organization al Qaeda.2
11440959614Osama Bin LadenFounder of al Qaeda, the terrorist network responsible for the attacks of September 11, 2001, and other attacks.3
11440978490Al QaedaA network of Islamic terrorist organizations, led by Osama bin Laden, that carried out attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon in 2001.4
11441064671Flight 93The hijacked plane that crashed in an open field in Shanksville, Penn. when passengers attempted to gain control of the plane.5
11441067923World Trade CenterThis location was one of the targets hit during the 9/11 attack.6
11441074930PentagonThe United States military control center attacked on 9/11.7
11441121197Iraq WarA war fought to end Saddam Hussein's influence in Iraq and disarm them of WMD's.8
11441133101weapons of mass destructionBiological, chemical, or nuclear weapons that can cause a massive number of deaths in a single use.9
11441153916Barack ObamaThe first African American president of the US, responsible for removing troops from Iraq and killing of Osama bin Laden.10
11441197539ISISIslamic State of Iraq and Syria came to power when the United States left the Iraq War.11
11441222104Seal Team 6The group of soldiers credited with the killing of Osama bin Laden.12
11441258565Saddam HusseinWas a dictator in Iraq who refused to let the UN into Iraq in order to check if the country was secretly holding weapons of mass destruction.13
11441289048TerrorismTargeting random people who are usually civilians with violence for a political purpose.14

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