Conflict Summary

General Conflict Information
Conflict name:	USA
Type of incompatibility:	Government
Interstate/intrastate dimension:	Intrastate with foreign involvement
Conflict status:	Ongoing
Date of first stated goals of incompatibility:	2001
Date of first use of armed force:	11 September, 2001
Date of first battle-related death:	11 September, 2001
Date when conflict reached 25 battle-related deaths:	11 September, 2001

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	Conflict intensity	Government of United States of America	al-Qaida

2008	Minor
Side A:Government of United States of America, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Romania Side B1:al-Qaida
2007	Minor
Side A:Government of United States of America, Afghanistan, United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan Side B1:al-Qaida
2006	Minor
Side A:Government of United States of America, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, United Kingdom Side B1:al-Qaida
2005	Minor
Side A:, Belgium, United Kingdom, Spain, Slovakia, Poland, Pakistan, Norway, Netherlands, Italy, France, Denmark, Canada, Croatia, Estonia, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Romania Side B1:al-Qaida
2004	Minor
Side A:Government of United States of America, Pakistan, Belgium, Portugal, Spain, Afghanistan, France, Germany, Poland, United Kingdom, Italy, Canada, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Saudi Arabia, Romania Side B1:al-Qaida
2002	Minor
Side A:Government of United States of America, Spain, Pakistan, United Kingdom, Turkey, Poland, Netherlands, Jordan, Japan, Italy, Germany, France, Canada, Australia, Denmark, Greece, New Zealand, Norway, Afghanistan, Lithuania, Romania Side B1:al-Qaida
2001	War
Side A:Government of United States of America, Australia, Italy, Germany, France, Canada, United Kingdom, Poland, Turkey Side B1:al-Qaida

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The intrastate conflict between the government of the US and al-Qaida begun on 11 September 2001, as al-Qaida operatives attack US military and civilian targets in New York City and Washington D.C. The incompatibility concerns the governance of the United States of America, but except for the attacks on 11 September no fighting has taken place on US soil. Instead, fighting has been located in countries such as Afghanistan, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Yemen. In some of these locations the bulk of fighting has been carried out by the US government's allies.

In 2009 the bulk of activity was located to the tribal districts of Pakistan and in the mountainous areas of Afghanistan that border Pakistan. No moves towards resolving the conflict through negotiations have been undertaken.

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