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• al-Qaeda is an international terrorist network.

• Osama bin Laden ran the al-Qaeda terrorist network.

• al-Qaeda was responsible for the 9/11 attacks.

al-Qaeda

US-led campaign against terrorist organizations

• George W Bush assembled a coalition to crackdown on terrorist groups.

• The US then went to war.• In 2002 Bush declared

North Korea, Iraq, and Iran ‘an axis of evil’ He pressed the united nations to act on Iraq especially.

COST OF THE WAR

• $976,806,795,348 is the amount of money used for the war as of right now.

• More money is being used every second

• $714,545,881,990 is the cost of the Iraq war as of right now.

• $262,261,325,934 is the cost of the Afghanistan war as of right now.

Conception of the Doctrine of War on Terror

• The real architect is Benjamin Netanyahu.

• He is an author of a few books on terrorism.

• He is the real father of the War on Terror doctrine.

• He also has been promoting his War on Terror doctrine in his speeches.

Netanyahu speech• The Palestinians are to

blame for the conflict in the Middle East.

• The Palestinian terrorists deliberately attack civilians.

• The Israelis are responding in self-defense.

9/11

• Two planes flew into the World Trade Center.• Another plane flew into the pentagon.• Causing large scale destruction and deaths of some

6,000 people.• It was a big day for all the news stations.• The first immediate targets were al-Qaeda.

Reactions to the 9/11 Attacks

• Everyone was pretty upset wit the 9/11 attacks.

• The united states declared was war soon after the attacks.

• Lots of people went to NYC to help search for people in all the mess.

The World Court of Justice

• The purpose of the World Court of Justice is to resolution of disputes between individuals.

• Also groups of individuals and specifically between individuals and established national governments on the basis of truth, honesty and justice.

• To protect all people from violence and injustice done to them by others and specifically by established national governments.

• To set standards of objectivity, impartiality, and judicial reasoning for the presently existing legal systems.

President Bush • In 2002 declared North Korea,

Iraq, and Iran ‘an axis of evil’ and pressed the United Nations to act.

• In March 2003, US forces supported by UK troops launched the Iraq War.

• The Saddam Hussein's regime collapsed the following month.

• Despite such major campaigns, violent terrorist incidents continued around the world.