Operation Enduring Freedom

Operation Enduring Freedom

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• Operation Enduring Freedom – The invasion of Afghanistan in response to the attacks on 9/11/01.

• Date – 10/5/01 to present day. (20)

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9/11/01

• 3,000 Americans Killed()

• Over 6,000 injured()

•Over 2,800 Americans Killed.(21)

•Over 6,000 injured.(22)

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America’s Demands to the Taliban

• “Deliver to the U.S. all of the leaders of al-Qaeda

• Release all imprisoned foreign nationals

• Close immediately every terrorist training camp

• Hand over every terrorist and their supporters to appropriate authorities

• Give the United States full access to terrorist training camps for inspection”.(23)

• October 7th, 2001 – Taliban refuses demands, offers to try Osama in Islamic court.(23)

• America outraged, beings bombing terrorist forces.(23)

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Fighting Style of the al Qaeda's • al Qaeda often dress in civilian cloths.(9)

• Use mentally impaired women and children as remote suicide bombs.(9)

• Young boys report sodomy/torture, forced to commit heinous acts such as beheadings.(9)

• Suicide Bombings often target civilians and schools (9)

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The Battle of Tora Bora

•Tora Bora – Network of tunnels in the white mountains in eastern Afghanistan.(8)

•Around 220 terrorist casualties. (10)

•52 captured. (10)

•No American casualties. (27) (2)

October 2004

• “Hamid Karzai becomes the first democratically-elected leader of Afghanistan”.(13)

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Support for Operation Enduring Freedom

• Support came from over 50 countries. (24)

• Including: Germany, UK, China, France, Egypt, France, Ireland and Italy. (24)

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Results• New schools and mosques built. (26)

• Millions in aid distributed. (25)

• Estimated 30,000 insurgents killed to date. (5)

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Recent News• Obama sends 30,000 troops to Afghanistan. (3)

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•Obama schedules to bring the boys back home by 2011. (3)

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21. nymag.com/news/articles/wtc/1year/numbers.htm

References

22. wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_were_injured_in_the_September_11_2001_attacks

23. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Enduring_Freedom

24. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Enduring_Freedom_-_Afghanistan:_Allies

25. telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/6630574/China-pumping-millions-into-Afghanistan.html

26. state.gov/p/sca/ci/af/

27. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Tora_Bora