What is being done to fight terrorism?
The United States launched a war against the Taliban and al-Qaida in Afghanistan in direct retaliation for the Sept. 11 attacks. The Taliban quickly lost control of the country and both they and the al-Qaida terrorist network were disrupted, but both groups have since been trying to regroup. Osama bin Laden, the head of al-Qaida, has never been captured and the Taliban have recently launched raids in Afghanistan, where roughly 9,600 U.S. soldiers remain. In addition, President Bush has said the war in Iraq was being fought in part to thwart the worldwide terrorist threat. The federal government also created a new Department of Homeland Security to try to improve the country’s ability to protect itself against, and prevent terrorist attacks, incorporating elements of law-enforcement agencies, intelligence agencies, emergency-management agencies and air and other transportation safety agencies. Both the FBI and CIA, in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks, pledged greater cooperation on inte
