The War on Terror Sept. 11, 2001 two planes are flown into Twin Towers and Pentagon
Canada helped initially by providing for the planes that were diverted and landed in Canada and remained for three days USA began Operation Enduring Freedom against global terrorism Canada took part in a NATO (Operation Apollo) led operation against Afghanistan to end the Taliban’s control and support for terrorist camps (Al Qaeda) 2003 USA attacked Iraq as declared part of the “Axis of Evil” along with N. Korea and Iran |
Land MinesBecame an issue after wars in Africa
Planted 5,000,000 million land mines around the world As a result of these conflicts and elsewhere Canada has pushed for a global treaty banning the use of land mines 500 people die each week from land mines 110 million land mines still in 64 countries Cost 5$ to buy and 300-1,000$ to remove |
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