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  Retaliation by Our Nation                                                            By Sean Dzurik

Since the September 11 attacks, many American citizens have demanded that action be taken against those responsible for the atrocities. This request was finally granted on October 7, as both the U.S. and Britain sent stealth bombers and jets to assault the training headquarters of the Taliban.

After failing to comply with numerous requests by the U.S. government to turn Osama Bin Laden over to them, President Bush and Congress made the decision to commence with assaults on terrorist military bases. The attacks began early on the morning of October 7, and continued relentlessly for days.

Attacks focused on the capital city of Kabul and the southern city of Kandahar. Death tolls have come in, but are substantially lower than those of the Trade Center bombings. The attacks have primarily targeted military and defense bases, in an attempt to avoid injuring civilians. Nevertheless, some civilian deaths have been reported.

Taliban and al Qaeda officials have promised to continue retaliating if the assaults do not come to an end. Restrictions on Osama bin Laden have been lifted, and he has been given permission by some Muslim clerics to engage in a holy war. Leaders of terrorist groups have attempted to call Muslims worldwide to duty in attacking the U.S.

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