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9/11 25 years later: The war on terror

A Brown University report says the wars killed at least 4.5 million people and displaced more than 38 million across several countries.

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Twenty-five years ago, in the ashes of the September 11th attacks, the United States launched what it called the "Global War on Terror." While the country was afraid and vulnerable, neoconservatives in the Bush administration, like then-Vice President Dick Cheney, saw an opening for expanding empire and U.S. hegemony by selling the country and its allies a story of revenge and "freedom." What they ushered in, however, was a brutal invasion and o…
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25 Years of War Was the Wrong Response to 9/11

How 9/11 served as a pretext for 25 years of warmaking that has done great damage, including to most Americans.

·New York, United States
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Twenty-five years after the September 11 attacks, the so-called “war on terror” continues to leave a controversial balance. U.S.-led interventions in Afghanistan and Iraq transformed the political and military map of the Middle East and left hundreds of thousands dead, as well as profound social and political sequels. A quarter of a century later, doubts remain about its results, the cost of these interventions, and Washington’s credibility in t…

·Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
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The wars against terrorism were a strategic mistake that arose from the hysteria and panic of 9/11, says terrorism expert Peter Neumann in the podcast.

·Zürich, Switzerland
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9/11 25 years later: The war on terror

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Prague - The global war on terrorism, which was a response to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 in the USA, may have formally ended, but its principles, technologies, laws and human infrastructure have permanently transformed the world and become a common global norm in security practice. This was told to ČTK by historians Kevin L. Schwartz and Ondřej Beránek from the Oriental Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic.…

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PIX 11 broke the news in New York, United States on Tuesday, September 8, 2026.
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