Hillary Oconnell

History

27 September, 02:40

On my orders, the United States military has begun

strikes against al Qaeda terrorist training camps and

military installations of the Taliban regime in

Afghanistan. These carefully targeted actions are

designed to disrupt the use of Afghanistan as a terrorist

base of operations, and to attack the military capability of

the Taliban regime.

- Presidential address to the nation,

President George W. Bush, 2001

According to his speech, why has President Bush

ordered military strikes in Afghanistan?

The Taliban has allowed terrorists to operate out of

Afghanistan.

The Afghan military has directly targeted the United

States.

O Al Qaeda has been unable to overthrow the Taliban.

The Taliban has tried to disrupt the capabilities of

the Afghan military.