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| + | #REDIRECT[[Afghanistan/2001 Invasion]] |
| − | |description=The ongoing war in Afghanistan, instigated within a month of 9/11, supposedly in retaliation, with the claimed justification - for which no evidence has been presented - that the attacks were planned by Ossama bin Laden, and that he was based in Afghanistan.
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| − | |start=7 October 2001
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| − | |Location=Afghanistan
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| − | On 7 October, 2001, NATO and allied forces attacked Afghanistan, less than a month after the [[9/11]] attacks.
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| − | ==Official Narrative==
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| − | The justification for the attacks we as that the [[9/11]] attacks of September 11, 2001 were carried out by [[Al-Qaeda]] under the leadership of [[Ossama Bin Laden]], who was taking refuge in Afghanistan, under the protection of Taliban forces.
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| − | ===Problems===
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| − | Ossama Bin Laden denied responsibility for the attacks and no evidence has been presented of his responsibility. On 5 October, the Taliban offered to try bin Laden in an Afghan court, so long as the U.S. provided what it called "solid evidence" of his guilt. The U.S. government dismissed the request for proof as "request for delay or prevarication".
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| − | ===Supreme International Warcrime?===
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| − | ==Alternative Motives==
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| − | ===Opium===
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| − | ===Minerals===
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| − | ===Oil/Pipeline?===
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| − | [[category:War]]
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| − | [[Category:Afghanistan War 2001]]
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