Operation Enduring Freedom
- 2. Operation Enduring Freedom – The invasion of Afghanistan in response to the attacks on 9/11/01.Date – 10/5/01 to present day. (20)(4)
- 3. 9/11/013,000 Americans Killed()Over 6,000 injured()Over 2,800 Americans Killed.(21)
- 5. America’s Demands to the Taliban“Deliver to the U.S. all of the leaders of al-QaedaRelease all imprisoned foreign nationals Close immediately every terrorist training campHand over every terrorist and their supporters to appropriate authorities Give the United States full access to terrorist training camps for inspection”.(23)
- 6. October 7th, 2001 – Taliban refuses demands, offers to try Osama in Islamic court.(23)America outraged, beings bombing terrorist forces.(23)(11)
- 7. 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)(12)(11)(15)
- 8. The Battle of Tora BoraTora Bora – Network of tunnels in the white mountains in eastern Afghanistan.(8)
- 9. Around 220 terrorist casualties. (10)
- 11. No American casualties. (27)(2)
- 12. October 2004“HamidKarzai becomes the first democratically-elected leader of Afghanistan”.(13)(13)
- 13. Support for Operation Enduring FreedomSupport came from over 50 countries. (24)Including: Germany, UK, China, France, Egypt, France, Irelandand Italy. (24)(7)
- 14. ResultsNew schools and mosques built. (26) Millions in aid distributed. (25)Estimated 30,000 insurgents killed to date. (5)(1)(14)
- 15. Recent NewsObama sends 30,000 troops to Afghanistan. (3)Obama schedules to bring the boys back home by 2011.(3)(19)(17)(17)(18)
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