File photo taken on October 07, 2001, shows crew members pulling missiles past F14 Tomcat jetfighters aboard the USS Enterprise aircraft carrier at an undisclosed location in the Indian Ocean as retaliatory strikes against Afghanistan began with US and British forces bombing terrorist camps, airbases and air defence installations in the first stage of its campaign against the Taliban. - US President George W. Bush, on October 7, 2001, launched his "war on terror" in response to the September 11 attacks, with airstrikes on Afghanistan after the Taliban government had sheltered Osama bin Laden and his Al-Qaeda movement, which masterminded 9/11.
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