Terrorism:
When a group consistently uses violence against civilians to get what they want

9/11 ATTACK

• Targeted Pentagon, WTC, and White House
• Nearly 3,000 fatalities
• Al-Qaeda

PAN AM/UTA FLIGHTS

• Bombs on Pan Am and UTA airplanes
• Killed 270 people (on board and on the ground) in Scotland
• Killed 170 people over Nigeria
• Planned by Libyan agents

BOKO HARAM ATTACKS (2015)

• Northeastern corner of Nigeria
• Burned down and attacked 16 communities
• Total death toll: 2,000

AFGHANISTAN/PAKISTAN

• Taliban provided sanctuary for Al-qaeda
• Bin Laden fled and hid in Pakistan

IRAQ/IRAN

• Close links between Al-Qaeda and Iraq's government
• Government created biological and chemical weapons
• Iran elected President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
• US accused Iran of harboring members of Al-Qaeda