On September 11, three planes flown by al-Qaeda operatives hit three important landmarks—the World Trade Center buildings in New York and the Pentagon in Washington DC. By the day’s end, President George W. Bush had instructed Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld to develop a plan to attack al-Qaeda forces in Afghanistan. Less than a month after the surprise attacks, Bush ordered the initiation of Operation Enduring Freedom. Australia, the United Kingdom, and France assisted. Just a few days after the al-Qaeda attack on the United States, the president directed the secretary of defense to start thinking about ways to oust Saddam Hussein’s regime. Some eighteen months later, Bush authorized the invasion of Iraq.
Keywords
- International Atomic Energy Agency
- Foreign Policy
- Security Council
- Mass Destruction
- Bush Administration
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