War on Terrorism

The "War on Terrorism" or "War on Terror" (in US foreign policy circles, the global war on terrorism or GWOT{{fn|1}} ) is a campaign by the United States and some of its allies to rid the world of terrorist groups and to end state sponsorship of terrorism. There is a de facto focus on stopping Islamist terrorism.

External links

;Official sites by governments and international organizations

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• Rewards for Justice - Most Wanted Terrorists
• Whitehouse FAQ about War on terrorism
• NATO and the scourge of terrorism
• UN action against terrorism
• Defence Science Board Task Force report

;General "war on terrorism" news

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• BBC News In Depth: Investigating al-Qaeda
• HavenWorks Terrorism News
• HavenWorks Military News
• CBS News War on terror coverage
• Cleveland Plain Dealer War on terrorism coverage
• FindLaw War on terrorism coverage
• The Washington Post War on terrorism coverage
• Alex Jones' popular underground news site, Prison Planet.

;Primary legal documents

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• Authorization For Use of Military Force Against September 11 terrorists (AUMF) US Public Law 107-40, September 18 2001, 115 Stat. 224

;Specific articles

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• "Pakistanis Arrest Qaeda Figure Seen as Planner of 9/11", The New York Times, March 2 2003

;Other

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• The Power of Nightmares; A three-part BBC documentary
• Richard Clarke Speech on Streaming Video; Speech by Richard Clarke, a former member of the National Security Council, US Department of State official, March 8 2005
• Get Your War On; Angry, satirical and political web-comic about "The War On Terrorism", stridently left-wing. (Wikipedia link: Get Your War On.)
• Bush Administration Renames ?War on Terror? for Second Time in a Week; Political satire about renaming of the War on terrorism