The Long-Lasting Consequences of the War on Terror

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🗓️ 1 September 2021

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

The United States flew its last military flight out of Afghanistan, ending the 20-year war in the country — the longest in U.S. history. This week on Intercepted: Journalist Spencer Ackerman discusses his new book, "Reign of Terror: How the 9/11 Era Destabilized America and Produced Trump." In 2001, the George W. Bush administration used the 9/11 attacks to launch the war on terror — an era that led to two massive wars, countless lives lost, mass domestic surveillance, the rounding up of immigrants and people of color, a strengthened security state, drone assassinations, and human rights abuses. And it's far from over, says Ackerman.

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0:00.0	This is intercepted.
0:30.0	I'm Jack Desidoro, lead producer with the intercept.
0:44.0	On Sunday, as US forces attempted to leave Afghanistan, the US government launched
0:50.0	what it called a successful drone strike.
0:53.0	Tom, a little after 5pm local time as the sun was starting to set over a
0:57.0	Kabul, the US military says it carried out a drone strike against an ISIS-K vehicle
1:03.0	heading for the airport.
1:04.0	A US defense official tells CBS News the strike was ordered after two men were seen
1:09.0	loading explosives into the trunk of a car.
1:12.0	It's unclear whether they were rigging a car bomb or loading up explosive
1:16.0	vests, but it was deemed to be an imminent threat to the airport.
1:20.0	This strike came in response to suicide bombings just outside the gates of the
1:24.0	Kabul airport during evacuation efforts.
1:27.0	The Islamic State, Coruscant, or ISIS-K claimed responsibility for the bombing
1:32.0	that killed at least 170 people and 13 US service members.
1:37.0	20 service members were wounded in the service of this mission.
1:41.0	13 heroes gave their lives.
1:43.0	First, I would say the fact that we have had two successful strikes confirmed
1:47.0	by Sankhan tells you that our over-the-horizon capacity works and is working.
1:51.0	This self-defense strike successfully hit the target near Kabul airport.
1:56.0	Significant secondary explosions from the targeted vehicle indicated the presence
2:01.0	of a substantial amount of explosive material.
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