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The War on Terror (WoT), also known as the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), refers to the international military campaign that started after the September 11 attacks on the United States.
U.S. President George W. Bush first used the term "War on Terror" on 20 September 2001. The Bush administration and the western media have since used the term to argue a global military, political, legal, and conceptual struggle against both organizations designated terrorist and regimes accused of supporting them. It was originally used with a particular focus on countries associated with Islamic terrorism organizations including al-Qaeda and like-minded organizations.
In 2013, President Barack Obama announced that the United States was no longer pursuing a War on Terror, as the military focus should be on specific enemies rather than a tactic. He stated, "We must define our effort not as a boundless 'Global War on Terror', but rather as a series of persistent, targeted efforts to dismantle specific networks of violent extremists that threaten America."
A world war is a war involving many or most of the world's most powerful and populous countries. World wars span multiple countries on multiple continents, with battles fought in multiple theatres.
The term is applied to the two major international conflicts that occurred during the 20th century:
In terms of human technological history, the scale of these wars was enabled by the technological advances of the Second Industrial Revolution and resulting globalization that allowed global power projection and mass production of military hardware, but wars on such a scale have not been repeated due to the onset of the Atomic Age and the resulting danger of mutual assured destruction.
The term "World War" was coined speculatively in the early 20th century, some years before the First World War broke out, probably as a literal translation of the German word Weltkrieg. German writer August Wilhelm Otto Niemann had used the word in the title of his anti-British novel Der Weltkrieg: Deutsche Träume ("The World War: German Dreams") as early as 1904, published in English as The coming conquest of England. Also, the term was used as early as 1850 by Karl Marx in The Class Struggles in France, as well as his associate Friedrich Engels.Rasmus B. Anderson in 1889 describes an episode in Teutonic mythology as a world war (Swedish världskrig), justifying this description by a line in an Old Norse epic poem, Völuspá: folcvig fyrst i heimi (the first great war in the world). The Oxford English Dictionary cites the first known usage in the English language to a Scottish newspaper, the People's Journal in 1848: "A war amongst the great powers is now necessarily a world-war."
Public Domain: For Educational Purposes Only Remembering the famed Director Frank Capras ground breaking World War II film series, entitled Why We Fight, this new program is an original and innovative documentary produced for the United States Army Special Forces by Frank Capra Jr. and Cape Fear Filmworks, in association with EUE Screen Gems Studios. It was directed by filmmaker Mark Benjamin. One of the primary goals for the video project is to educate audiences about U.S. Army Special Forces roles in current and future fights. For over 50 years, U.S. Army Special Forces have conducted missions in support of the indirect approach, such as unconventional warfare and foreign internal defense. While Army Special Forces have also performed other core missions, such as direct action and spec...
Remembering the famed Director Frank Capras ground breaking World War II film series, entitled Why We Fight, this new program is an original and innovative documentary produced for the United States Army Special Forces by Frank Capra Jr. and Cape Fear Filmworks, in association with EUE Screen Gems Studios. It was directed by filmmaker Mark Benjamin. One of the primary goals for the video project is to educate audiences about U.S. Army Special Forces roles in current and future fights. For over 50 years, U.S. Army Special Forces have conducted missions in support of the indirect approach, such as unconventional warfare and foreign internal defense. While Army Special Forces have also performed other core missions, such as direct action and special reconnaissance, it is clearly the force ...
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Source: Perdana Global Peace Foundation The Global War on Terrorism is a Fabrication, A Big Lie Prominent academic and author Dr Michel Chossudovsky warned that the so-called war on terrorism is a front to propagate America’s global hegemony and create a New World Order. Dr Chossudovsky said terrorism is made in the US and that terrorists are not the product of the Muslim world. According to him, the US global war on terrorism was used to enact anti-terrorism laws that demonised Muslims in the Western world and created Islamophobia. Elaborating on his argument, Dr Chossudovsky said that NATO was responsible for recruiting members of the Islamic state while Israel is funding “global jihad elements inside Syria”. Dr Chossudovsky, who is also the founder of the Centre for Research and G...
Moreover, we must recognize that these threats don't arise in a vacuum. Most, though not all, of the terrorism we face is fueled by a common ideology -- a belief by some extremists that Islam is in conflict with the United States and the West, and that violence against Western targets, including civilians, is justified in pursuit of a larger cause. Of course, this ideology is based on a lie, for the United States is not at war with Islam; and this ideology is rejected by the vast majority of Muslims, who are the most frequent victims of terrorist acts. Nevertheless, this ideology persists, and in an age in which ideas and images can travel the globe in an instant, our response to terrorism cannot depend on military or law enforcement alone. We need all elements of national power to win a ...
A book launch party and signing of IPS fellow Phyllis Bennis’ latest Middle East primer, focused on ISIS and President Obama’s war, which is supposedly only against the violent extremists of ISIS, but is in fact being waged against whole populations in Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Libya and beyond. Event held July 27, 2015 at Busboys and Poets.
The United Nations has called the states to fight “a global and unprecedented threat to international peace and security” which is Islamic State (IS, ISIS/ISIL, Da’esh). All 15 members of the UN Security Council voted to adopt the French-proposed resolution. The resolution “calls upon member states that have the capacity to do so to take all necessary measures ... on the territory under the control of ISIL ... in Syria and Iraq.” The chief United Nations human rights agency, with the Obama administration’s apparent blessing, is creating a new “regional hub” for itself in Washington, to use as a center for organizing against the death penalty, among other things, and for affecting the legal frameworks, policies, and strategies of American counterterrorism. https://www.rt.com/news/322931-...
Talk by Phyllis Bennis author of "Understanding ISIS and the New Global War on Terror: A Primer" given February 2, 2016 at Town Hall Seattle.
Phyllis Bennis, fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies, discusses her latest book, “Understanding ISIS and the Global War on Terror, A Primer”. Thanks to KPFA Radio 94.1FM Berkeley Ca and Host Philip Maldari, the topics range from current political events, author interviews (usually non-fiction), world history, and science, to gardening. https://kpfa.org/
Listen to the full audiobook: http://copydl.space/mabk/30/en/B00PMCHC48/book The first three editions of A Quick and Dirty Guide to War not only provided essential tools for understanding wars and hot spots around the world, they delivered remarkably accurate projections on the outcomes of each conflict. War-game simulation specialists James F. Dunnigan and Austin Bay have revised their highly regarded analyses, bringing up to date not only the many conventional conflicts around the world today but the new battlegrounds that have emerged since the previous edition was published more than a decade ago the Global War on Terror, counterinsurgency struggles around the world and the latest frontier of modern combat: cyber war. This fourth edition takes up where the last edition left off and ana...
Get your free copy of this audiobook: http://copydl.space/mabk/30/en/B00PMCHC48/audiobook The first three editions of A Quick and Dirty Guide to War not only provided essential tools for understanding wars and hot spots around the world, they delivered remarkably accurate projections on the outcomes of each conflict. War-game simulation specialists James F. Dunnigan and Austin Bay have revised their highly regarded analyses, bringing up to date not only the many conventional conflicts around the world today but the new battlegrounds that have emerged since the previous edition was published more than a decade ago the Global War on Terror, counterinsurgency struggles around the world and the latest frontier of modern combat: cyber war. This fourth edition takes up where the last edition lef...
As we reach the 15th anniversary of 9/11, the establishment is attempting to derail 9/11 truth with disinformation about Saudi Arabia. But as Prof Michel Chossudovsky of Global Research points out, if we ever hope to derail the never-ending war on terror, we must be absolutely clear that neither Al Qaeda nor Saudi Arabia could have pulled off the attacks of that day.
no links, everything is very easy to find, very propaganda laced all around as well...even if the event was "real" it's staged by the powers that shouldn't be to reign in their NWO and "Global War on Terror" hoax. cnn propaganda link: http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/28/europe/turkey-istanbul-airport-attacks/index.html
ORLANDO ATTACKS AND TERRORISM My approach is simple: https://youtu.be/Tx_HHKVj3k0 Terrorism of the "Islamic" kind started POST the Afghan War against Russia / USSR in the 70s when the Americans and Pakistanis teamed up to spread violent Islam in Afghan men and children to counter "faithless" Russians. That problem was solved, the Taliban grew and grew, evolved to Al Qaeda and similar values in ISIS/ISIL - the result is a catastrophy for humanity. The solution is simple, OWN UP the modification of Islam and tell them that WHILE Islam like ALL other religions is susceptable to hate and violence by quotign some verses, this DOCTORED effort of textbooks teaching kids how to count using guns compounded the problem. So now the Taliban / AL Qaeda / ISIS / ISIL MUST KNOW that the Islam they ...
Australia's War On Terror Documentary - Documentary Channel The War on Terror (WOT), likewise known as the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), describes the global tactical project that started after the 11 September 2001 terrorist strikes on the United States. The United States led a coalition of various other NATO and non-NATO nations in the campaign to damage al-Qaeda and various other militant fanatic companies. UNITED STATE President George W. Bush first made use of the term "War on Terror" on 20 September 2001. The Bush administration and the western media have since made use of the term to say a global military, political, lawful, and conceptual resist both companies marked terrorist and regimens accused of sustaining them. It was initially used with a certain concentrate on Muslim co...
http://thefilmarchive.org/ February 15, 2007 Today, President Bush Discussed Our Progress In Afghanistan, The Challenges We Still Face There, And The Strategy We Are Pursuing To Defeat Our Enemies And Achieve Our Objectives. The Administration recently completed a top-to-bottom review of its Afghanistan strategy. America Has A Clear Goal In Afghanistan. We will help the people of Afghanistan defeat the terrorists, and establish a stable, moderate, and democratic state that respects the rights of its citizens, governs its territory effectively, and is a reliable ally in the War on Terror. The President Is Asking Congress For $11.8 Billion Over The Next Two Years To Help President Karzai Defeat Our Common Enemies And Help The Afghan People Build A Free And Successful Nation. The President...
http://thefilmarchive.org/ April 19, 2007 On December 9, 2008, President Bush visited the United States Military Academy and discussed the ways he and his Administration have retooled the U.S. military over the past eight years. Following the attacks of 9/11, President Bush strengthened and reshaped our approach to national security. To harden our defense, President Bush: Created the Department of Homeland Security; Provided national security professionals with vital new tools like the Patriot Act and a program to monitor terrorist communications; Reorganized the intelligence community to better meet the needs of the war on terror; Deployed aggressive financial measures to freeze terrorist assets; and Launched diplomatic initiatives to pressure adversaries and attract new partners to ou...
U.S. President Barack Obama was awarded the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize after spending his first year in office overseeing the expansion of the CIA's drone assassinations program in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia and elsewhere. This week, French President François Hollande was awarded UNESCO's Peace Prize for bringing 'peace and stability' to Africa, following two months of French bombing campaigns and ground troop invasions of several West African countries, notably Mali. This was necessary, Hollande told French citizens, to protect their homeland from attack by "terrorists". Last week, another three UK Muslims were accused of planning a "mass suicide bomb plot" that would have been "worse than 7/7″, according to hysterical British police and mainstream media. In the U.S., the FBI has ...
Richard Norman Perle (born September 16, 1941) is an American political advisor, consultant, and lobbyist who began his career in government as a senior staff member to Senator Henry "Scoop" Jackson on the Senate Armed Services Committee in the 1970s.[2] Later he was heavily involved with the Reagan administration and served as the assistant Secretary of Defense and also worked on the Defense Policy Board Advisory Committee from 1987 to 2004. He was Chairman of the Board in 2001 under the Bush Administration but eventually resigned in 2003 due to conflict of interests. He is a member of several think-tanks including the Hudson Institute, the Washington Institute for Near East Policy (WINEP) Board of Advisors, the Center for Security Policy (CSP), the American Enterprise Institute for Publ...
Have We Been Betrayed and Deceived by the Global "War on Terror"? An educational speaking event that was held at the Victoria Jubilee Hall in Walkerton, ON on Sunday, April the 26th 2015. 3:40 Barrie Zwicker Introduction 15:50 Geoff ONeill 49:00 Graeme MacQueen 1:24:30 Amy MacPherson Featuring : - Professor Graeme MacQueen - PhD in Religious Studies from Harvard, founding director of McMaster University's Centre for Peace Studies, author of "The 2001 Anthrax Deception - the Case for a Domestic Conspiracy" who raised the question of whether it is a War on Terror or a War on Democracy. Using examples from 2001 south of the border and more recently in Canada, professor MacQueen provided evidence and offered alternative motives behind the "terrorist" attacks and subsequent legislation w...