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How many Americans were killed when al-Qaeda attacked US embassies in 1998?
12
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What operation did Bill Clinton start to retaliate for the 1998 embassy attacks?
Operation Infinite Reach
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How much of Sudan's medicines were produced by a pharmaceutical plant Clinton's operation bombed?
around 50%
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How many al-Qaeda operatives hijacked planes on 9/11?
19
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How many planes were hijacked on 9/11?
four
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Where were the 9/11 planes originally going?
California
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Which al-Qaeda cell were the 9/11 hijackers members of?
Hamburg
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How soon after planes crashed into them did the WTC towers collapse?
within two hours
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What law was signed on Sep 14, 2001?
Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Terrorists
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Who did the AUMF authorize the US military attacking?
those responsible for the attacks on 11 September 2001
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What law did Congress refer to as a basic for the AUMF?
section 5(b) of the War Powers Resolution
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When was the War Powers Resolution passed?
1973
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When did the US invade Afghanistan?
October 2001
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Who helped the US invade Afghanistan?
UK and coalition allies
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What was the goal of the US invading Afghanistan?
oust the Taliban regime
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When did the US begin airstrikes on Afghanistan?
7 October 2001
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Where did bin Laden escape to in Dec 2001?
Pakistan
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Where did the Taliban regroup in 2002?
western Pakistan
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In what parts of Afghanistan did the Taliban attack Coalition forces in 2002?
southern and eastern
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What operation began in Feb 2010?
Operation Moshtarak
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Where did Operation Moshtarak take place?
southern Afghanistan
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When did Afghanistan sign a security agreement with the US?
September 2014
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Where did the USSOC Pacific deploy to in Jan 2002?
Philippines
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What was the goal of the 2002 Philippines deployment?
combating Filipino Islamist groups
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What was the main Filipino Islamist group being attacked?
Abu Sayyaf
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What humanitarian effort followed the 2002 military operation in the Philippines?
Operation Smiles
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What did Operation Smiles do for the Philippines?
provide medical care and services to the region of Basilan
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How many people were killed by US Special Forces on Sep 14, 2009?
two
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Where was the Sep 14, 2009 action?
near the Somali village of Baarawe
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What country's ships did some witnesses say were involved in the Baarawe attack?
French
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What Somali group is affiliated with al-Qaeda?
Al-Shabaab
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What nationality was Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan?
Kenyan
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When did a Mali conflict begin?
January 2012
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What group were the Mali radicals affiliated with?
al-Qaeda
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When did France provide troops in Mali?
January 2013
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What did France call its Mali operation?
Operation Serval
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What was Operation Serval's goal?
dislodging the al-Qaeda affiliated groups from northern Mali
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When did the first Gulf War begin?
1991
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How did the first Gulf War end?
ceasefire agreement that suspended hostilities (but not officially ended)
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Who did the US try to protect in Iraq after the first Gulf War?
Iraq's Kurdish and Shi'a Arab population
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Which region of Iraq do the Kurds live in?
northern
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Which region of Iraq do the Shi'a live in?
southern
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When was the first ground attack in the post-9/11 Iraq war?
21 March 2003
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Which nationalities worked together in the Battle of Umm Qasr?
British, American and Polish
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When did the US capture Baghdad?
April 2003
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When did Bush say 'major combat operations' were complete in Iraq?
1 May 2003
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What regime were Hussein loyalists part of?
Ba'ath
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Which civil war did the Iraq branch of Al Qaeda begin fighting in?
Syrian
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With support from Syrians, what did the Iraq branch of Al Qaeda rename themselves to?
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS/ISIL)
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What part of Iraq did ISIS invade?
western
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Who denounced ISIS?
Al Qaeda's core organization
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What relationship do Al Qaeda and ISIS now have?
competition
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When did Obama launch airstrikes on ISIS?
10 August 2014
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What law did Obama cite on Sep 9, 2014?
the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Terrorists
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When did Obama make a speech about ISIS on TV?
10 September 2014
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Which countries worked together to bomb ISIS on Sep 21-22, 2014?
the United States, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the UAE, Jordan and Qatar
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Where were the Sep 21-22 airstrikes?
Syria
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Which Pakistan president supported the US attacking the Taliban?
Pervez Musharraf
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How many Pakistan airbases did Musharraf let the US use?
three
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What was the name of the US's Afghanistan operation?
Operation Enduring Freedom
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Who was the US Secretary of State in 2001?
Colin Powell
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Who said he had 'war-gamed' the US?
Musharraf
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When did Musharraf give an anti-Islamism speech?
12 January 2002
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What did Musharraf say he'd combat?
Islamic extremism and lawlessness within Pakistan
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What did Musharraf ban?
militant organizations
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What did Musharraf say his ban wasn't influenced by?
foreign influence
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When did Musharraf arrest Maulana Masood Azhar?
2002
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What group did Maulana Masood Azhar lead?
Jaish-e-Mohammed
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What group did Hafiz Muhammad Saeed lead?
Lashkar-e-Taiba
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What nationality is Zayn al-Abidn Muhammed Hasayn Abu Zubaydah?
Saudi
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Which third-highest-ranking al-Qaeda officer was captured?
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
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What controversial technology did the US use in Pakistan?
drones
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Which US agency runs its drones in Pakistan?
the Central Intelligence Agency
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Why did the US use the CIA instead of the Air Force to run drones?
to avoid breaching sovereignty through military invasion
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Abuse of what term allowed a lack of a formal war declaration?
Global War on Terror
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Who wrote 'Letter to American People' in 2002?
Osama bin Laden
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Who was the US Secretary of Defense in 2002?
Donald Rumsfeld
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Which group did Rumsfeld think was active in Kashmir?
Al-Qaeda
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What teams hunted for Bin Laden in Kashmir in 2002?
Special Air Service and Delta Force
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Who led the Harkat-ul-Mujahideen?
Fazlur Rehman Khalil
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Who did a US drone kill in Sep 2009?
Ilyas Kashmiri
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What group did Ilyas Kashmiri lead?
Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami
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After 2009, who began fighting in Waziristan?
Kashmiri militants
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What group did Al-Badar Mujahideen break away from?
Hizbul Mujahideen
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What did Al-Badar Mujahideen call for in 2012?
mobilisation of resources for continuation of jihad in Kashmir
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Who declared the Partnership Action Plan against Terrorism?
member states of the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council
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When was the Partnership Action Plan against Terrorism announced?
22 November 2002
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Where did NATO begin naval operations after 2002?
the Mediterranean Sea
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What was NATO's operation in the Mediterranean called?
Operation Active Endeavour
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What were the countries who supported the US's post-9/11 invasions called?
the "coalition of the willing"
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Which country disavowed the Taliban?
Pakistan
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How many soldiers did Pakistan contribute to fight the Taliban?
tens of thousands
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Where in Pakistan is Waziristan?
North-West
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Where did Pakistan try to remove the Taliban and Al-Qaeda?
northern tribal areas
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What was the primary fighting force in southern Afghanistan?
The British 16th Air Assault Brigade
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Which nations besides the UK contributed significantly to the southern Afghanistan fight?
Australia, Canada and the Netherlands
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How many troops did Canada send initially?
2,000
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How many troops did Australia send initially?
240
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How many troops did the Netherlands send initially?
1,400
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What new agency did Bush create after 9/11?
Department of Homeland Security
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