War on Terror (The Eagle Looks to the Right)

The War on Terror, also called the Global War on Terrorism, is an international campaign led by the United States and NATO in the aftermath of September 11, 2001 attacks on American soil. While many consider it to have started on 9/11, it officially started on September 29, 2001 when the United States and its allies invaded the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan to topple the Taliban government. The Taliban was suspected of harboring Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin-Laden, who was responsible for the 9/11 attacks.

Although Afghanistan was the primary target by Coalition forces, the War on Terror expanded to Yemen, Pakistan, the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Egypt, Libya, Algeria, Tunisia, and the Gulf of Aden - all which have Islamic terrorist groups of pirates. In 2003, the United States and the United Kingdom invaded Iraq on the suspicion of WMDs. Prior to this, Iraq was suspected to be responsible for the 9/11 attacks. While no WMDs were found, it was confirmed that Saddam Hussein had used VX Nerve Gas during the Kurdish Genocide of the 1990s. Saddam Hussein was captured by Delta Force operators in December 2003, but the insurgency continued on. The insurgency prompted several allied nations to back up the U.S. and form the Multinational Force to bring stability to Iraq.