War on Terrorism

In support of the global war on terrorism.

War on Terrorism or War on Terror is a campaign that the United States and some of its allies started to remove terrorist groups and to punish the states that sponsor terrorism. The former US-President Bush's argument was that the countries like North Korea, Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Libya were a direct threat to America and its allies. The term was typically used with a particular focus on militant Islamists and al-Qaeda.

Administration of US President Barack Obama uses instead the term Overseas Contingency Operation.