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"I've made a commitment to every service man and woman. For the mission that lies ahead, you will have everything you need. Every resource, every weapon, every means to assure full victory for the United States, our allies, our friends and the cause of freedom."

-George W. Bush, Oct. 15, 2001

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And with that promise...In October 2001,19,000 U.S. forces and about 3,100 non-U.S. troops from the United States and Great Britain invaded the country of Afghanistan...a mountainous nation ruled by a radical Islamic militia called the Taliban. 
 The invasion was in response to the terrorist attacks launched against the United States on September 11, 2001.

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The rulers of Afghanistan, known as the Taliban, had provided support to the terrorist group Al-Qaeda, which had claimed responsibility for the September 11 attacks. Opponents to the Taliban within Afghanistan actively assisted the American and British soldiers. Other nations also contributed troops to freeing Afghanistan from Taliban control. The initial invasion was named Operation Enduring Freedom and Osama Bin Laden was the prize... 

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AND SO IT BEGINS

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We make war that we may live in peace.

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This was the right thing to do...within 2 years we pretty well cleared out and destroyed the Talaban throughout the country...things were going pretty  good...reconstruction...elections...friendly people...but no Osama....close a few times but  he always seemed to get away...

Then president Bush announces that we are going to make a pre-emptive strike on Iraq because Saddam and Bin Laden were connected plus Saddam had a huge supply of weapons of mass destruction and we better get him before he gets us...5,000 troops were taken out of the fight on Terror  in Afghanistan and sent to Iraq along with 140,000 more American troops...

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Our troops raced thru Iraq with very little trouble...took Bagdad and Saddam and his gang went into hiding...We are now going into our fifth year in Iraq...Saddam has been captured and is on trial now along with 8 of his cohorts...his two sons have been killed along with many of the top men in Saddams regime...With Osoma hiding in the mountains in Afghanistan the number two man Al-Zarwiqusaison.jpg directed the insurgents attacks...kiddnappings...beheadings  and suicide bombings...Our Air Force finnally found him and other high ranking officials and destroyed them only for another to take up the fight... 

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  And this is were the war on Terror...it seems...ended and the hunt for the man who was responsible for the deaths of 3,000 human beings just going to work and an endless supply of grief...agony...orphans and widows began...never mind the North Koreans and image607496.jpgtheir missiles and nuclear program....and lets forget about Iran and their nuclear program and bold talk and threats...
Kashmir...Yemen...Saudi Arabia...England...South Asia...India...Libya Kenya...Tanzania...Phillipines...Algeria...Spain and many more states and countries around the world who have been hit by terrorist in the iraqcombnat.jpgpast and surely will be hit again and again were all put on the back burner...The War on Terrorism was now in Iraq and there only for the Bush administration... that was not the Promise that was given to our brave men and women who now lie dead or missing an arm or leg and sick with God knows what...

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Mr. president....it just wasn't...

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"Oh, no, we're not going to have any casualties."

President Bush discussing the Iraq war with Chirstian Coalition founder Pat Robertson, when Robertson told him he should prepare the American people for casualties

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We will export death and violence to the four corners of the Earth in defense of our great nation.

U.S. President George W. Bush

The four corners of the earth some how must meet in Iraq because that's were we've been for the past four years while terrorism is still being carried out throughout the rest of the world.

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THE HUNT CONTINUES

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Bin Laden trail goes ‘stone cold’

U.S. steps up efforts, but good intel on the ground is lacking

It has been so long since there has been anything like a real close call that some operatives have given bin Laden a nickname: "Elvis," for all the wishful-thinking sightings that have substituted for anything real.

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After playing down bin Laden's importance and barely mentioning him for several years, Bush last week repeatedly invoked his name and quoted from his writings and speeches to underscore what Bush said is the continuing threat of terrorism.

 

Many terrorism experts, however, say the importance of finding bin Laden has diminished since Bush first pledged to capture him "dead or alive" in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks. Terrorists worldwide have repeatedly shown they no longer need him to organize or carry out attacks, the experts say. Attacks in Europe, Asia and the Middle East were perpetrated by homegrown terrorists unaffiliated with al-Qaeda.

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Five years after the Sept. 11 attacks, the most publicized manhunt in history has drawn a blank. The CIA has reorganized agents searching for the al Qaida leaders in the face of the evolving nature of the terrorist threat. And the American military's once-singular focus is diffused by the need for reconstruction and a growing fight against the Taliban, the resurgent Afghan Islamic movement that once hosted bin Laden.

_40112997_abughaith_ap203.jpgThe top leaders of al-Qaida remain free despite more than 100,000 U.S., Afghan and Pakistani forces at the frontier. High-tech listening posts, satellite imagery, unmanned spy planes _ not to mention a $25 million bounty on each man from the U.S. government _ all aid the hunt.

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Yet both bin Laden and al-Zawahri are communicating to the outside world, posting messages on Islamic Web sites to inspire further attacks on the West. Although the al-Qaida leaders are too isolated to run directly a terrorist operation like Sept. 11, Pakistan says the latest alleged plot, to bomb U.S.-bound jetliners from Britain, may have been blessed by al-Zawahri

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Al-Qaida deputy Ayman al-Zawahri, shown here in this videotape from December 2005, purportedly issued a new video Monday in which he warns of new terror strikes. The release coincided with the fifth anniversary of the attacks in New York and Washington. In the video, al-Zawahri addresses the United States: "You should worry about your presence in the (Persian) Gulf, and the second place you should worry about is Israel."
8:03 a.m. ET, 9/11/06

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"Postwar findings indicate that Saddam Hussein was distrustful of al-Qaeda and viewed Islamic extremists as a threat to his regime, refusing all requests from al-Qaeda to provide material or operational support."

The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.

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The conflict, now in its fourth year, has claimed the lives of more than 2,703 American troops and cost more than $300 billion (euro234.1 billion).

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Cost of War: $550 Billion and Counting

The nonpartisan Congressional Research Service estimates that the total price tag for U.S. military activities in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as counterterrorism activities around the world, will significantly exceed the half-trillion-dollar mark over the next fiscal year.

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The American Creed

I believe in the United States of America
As a government of the people, by the people, for the people
Whose just powers are derived from the consent of the governed
A democracy in a republic;
A sovereign Nation of many sovereign States;
A perfect Union, one and inseparable;
Established upon the principles of freedom, equality,
justice, and humanity
For which American patriots sacrificed their lives and fortunes.
I therefore believe it is my duty to my country
To love it
To support its Constitution
To obey its laws;
To protect its flag and defend it against all enemies.

William Tyler Page-

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powell.jpg"Over the years, the United States has sent many of its fine young men and women into great peril to fight for freedom beyond our borders. The only amount of land we have ever asked for in return is enough to bury those that did not return."General Powell

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There have been 492 coalition deaths in Afghanistan -- 340 Americans, one Australian, 41 Britons, 42 Canadians, three Danes, three Dutch, nine French, 18 Germans, nine Italians, one Norwegian, one Portuguese, four Romanians, 18 Spaniards, two Swedes -- in the war on terror as of November 1, 2006

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There have been 3,057 coalition deaths in Iraq, 2,818 Americans, two Australians, 120 Britons, 13 Bulgarians, six Danes, two Dutch, two Estonians, one Fijian, one Hungarian, 32 Italians, one Kazakh, one Latvian, 17 Poles, two Romanians, five Salvadoran, three Slovaks, 11 Spaniards, two Thai and 18 Ukrainians in the war in Iraq as of November 1, 2006

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