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War on Terrorism

military campaign started after September 11 attacks
Event war Q185729

Facts

9 properties
Instance of
war
Facet of
terrorism[15]
Short name
GWOT[20]
Described by source
Red Blue Translator[16]
Has immediate cause
September 11 attacks, Arab–Israeli conflict, Second Chechen War[17][18][19]
Has part(s)
Afghan Conflict, Second Cold War, drone strikes in Pakistan[2][3][4]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject Human rights, Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[21][22]
Participant
United States, United Kingdom, France, Russia, People's Republic of China, Al-Qaeda, Islamic State, Taliban, Turkistan Islamic Party[6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]
Start time
September 11, 2001[5]
🏷️ Also known as
en War on Terror en War on Terrorism en GWOT en Global War on Terrorism ar الحرب على الإرهاب ar حرب على الإرهاب cs válka proti terorismu cs válka s terorismem cs válka proti teroru da Krigen mod terror da Operation Enduring Freedom da krigen mod terrorisme da Krig mod terror da Kampen mod terror de Kampf gegen den Terror de Der Krieg der USA gegen den Terrorismus de Krieg der USA gegen den Terrorismus de GWOT de Krieg gegen den Terror de War on terror
🔖 Identifiers · 28
Library of Congress authority ID
sh2001000148
OpenAlex ID
C2992279517
A Dictionary of Geography entry ID
3696
Analysis & Policy Observatory term ID
20962
BBC Things ID
d989ec36-2954-4cb3-a782-9d3066ce2e07
BabelNet ID
00541953n
Described at URL
wikispooks.com
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
event/war-on-terrorism
Freebase ID
/m/03gqgt3
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
krigen_mot_terror
Harper's tag
war-on-terrorism
KBpedia ID
WarOnTerror
Show all 28 identifiers +16
NE.se ID
kriget-mot-terrorn
NL CR AUT ID
ph330289
Namuwiki ID
테러와의 전쟁
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007563709505171
New York Post topic ID
war-on-terror
Quora topic ID
War-on-Terror
SVKKL authority ID
0253394-valka-proti-terorismu-20012009
TV Tropes ID
UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror
Topic's main Wikimedia portal
Portal:Global War on Terror
Topic's main category
Category:War on terror
Treccani's Lessico del XXI Secolo ID
war-on-terror
U.S. National Archives Identifier
10675015
Wellcome Collection concept ID
bh9mgmgy
WikiKids ID
Strijd_tegen_terrorisme
Yale LUX ID
concept/fa3c0cc4-1b0f-4862-a63e-c4d9b3bfab77
Zhihu topic ID
19600436

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🔗 Connections
← Participated in conflict 48
Osama bin Laden, Central Intelligence Agency, Ayman al-Zawahiri, Mohammed Omar, Lloyd J. Austin III, Abdul Ghani Baradar, M113, M61 Vulcan +40 more
Has these parts 24
Iraq War, War in Afghanistan (2001–2021), Colombian conflict, insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Afghan Conflict, Operation Enduring Freedom, South Thailand insurgency, Insurgency in the Maghreb +16 more
Participant 9
France, United States, Russia, People's Republic of China, United Kingdom, Islamic State, Al-Qaeda, Taliban +1 more
Has immediate cause 3
September 11 attacks, Arab–Israeli conflict, Second Chechen War
← Main subject 3
Homeland, The Road to Guantanamo, Rabiye Kurnaz vs. George W. Bush
Has part(s) 2
Second Cold War, Afghan Conflict
On focus list of Wikimedia project 2
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4, WikiProject Human rights
← Facet of 2
death of Osama bin Laden, WarGames: The Dead Code
Facet of 1
terrorism
Instance of 1
war
Topic's main category 1
Category:War on terror
← Category's main topic 1
Category:War on terror
← FactGrid item ID 1
Forsmark
← Field of work 1
David van Weel
← Immediate cause of 1
September 11 attacks
← Interested in 1
Douglas Murray
← Participant in 1
Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group
← Significant event 1
United States Armed Forces
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Summary

War on Terrorism is a war[1].

Related Entities

Abdul Ghani Baradar Ayman al-Zawahiri Douglas Murray France Homeland Lloyd J. Austin III Mohammed Omar Osama bin Laden People's Republic of China Russia United Kingdom United States

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4w ago · Mullanur · 2026-10-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main Wikimedia portal → Portal:Global War on Terror
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'ast', 'az', 'ba', 'be', 'bg', 'bn', 'bs', 'ca', 'ckb', 'cs', 'cy', 'da',
    Claims rich → —
    Name → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Global War on Terror"
  2. 6w ago · ~2026-50822-95 · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    End time → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ End time: 30 August 2021"
  3. 9w ago · Bouzinac · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has part(s) → Afghan Conflict, Second Cold War, drone strikes in Pakistan
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Has part(s): drone strikes in Pakistan, using [[User:Frettie/consistency check add.js]]"
  4. 10w ago · Ksn.kenny · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID → event/war-on-terrorism
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: event/war-on-terrorism"
  5. 13w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → war-on-terrorism
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: war-on-terrorism, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289970759|war on terrorism (#289970759)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harpe"
  6. 20w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    SVKKL authority ID → 0253394-valka-proti-terorismu-20012009
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ SVKKL authority ID: 0253394-valka-proti-terorismu-20012009, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259599|batch #259599]]"
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