War_on_Terror

context: On 16 September 2001, at Camp David, President George W. Bush used the phrase war on terrorism in an unscripted and controversial comment when he said, "This crusade – this war on terrorism – is going to take a while, ... " Bush later apologized for this remark due to the negative connotations the term crusade has to people, e.g. of Muslim faith. The word crusade was not used again. On 20 September 2001, during a televised address to a joint session of congress, Bush stated that, "(o)ur 'war on terror' begins with al-Qaeda, but it does not end there. It will not end until every terrorist group of global reach has been found, stopped, and defeated."
qas: answers: text: 16 September 2001
question: When did George W. Bush first say 'war on terrorism'?

answers: text: crusade
question: Which word did George W. Bush apologize for using when talking about the war?

answers: text: 20 September 2001
question: When did George W. Bush first say 'war on terror'?

answers: text: with al-Qaeda
question: Where did Bush say the 'war on terror' begins?

answers: text: every terrorist group of global reach has been found, stopped, and defeated
question: When did Bush say the 'war on terror' ends?

context: U.S. President Barack Obama has rarely used the term, but in his inaugural address on 20 January 2009, he stated "Our nation is at war, against a far-reaching network of violence and hatred." In March 2009 the Defense Department officially changed the name of operations from "Global War on Terror" to "Overseas Contingency Operation" (OCO). In March 2009, the Obama administration requested that Pentagon staff members avoid use of the term, instead using "Overseas Contingency Operation". Basic objectives of the Bush administration "war on terror", such as targeting al Qaeda and building international counterterrorism alliances, remain in place. In December 2012, Jeh Johnson, the General Counsel of the Department of Defense, stated that the military fight will be replaced by a law enforcement operation when speaking at Oxford University, predicting that al Qaeda will be so weakened to be ineffective, and has been "effectively destroyed", and thus the conflict will not be an armed conflict under international law. In May 2013, Obama stated that the goal is "to dismantle specific networks of violent extremists that threaten America"; which coincided with the U.S. Office of Management and Budget having changed the wording from "Overseas Contingency Operations" to "Countering Violent Extremism" in 2010.
qas: answers: text: a far-reaching network of violence and hatred
question: What did Obama say the US is at war with, in 2009?

answers: text: Overseas Contingency Operation
question: What was the "Global War on Terror" officially renamed to in March 2009?

answers: text: war on terror
question: What term did Obama want the government to stop using?

answers: text: Jeh Johnson
question: Who said in 2012 that the fight would change from military to law enforcement?

answers: text: Countering Violent Extremism
question: What was the  "Overseas Contingency Operations" renamed to in 2010?

context: Because the actions involved in the "war on terrorism" are diffuse, and the criteria for inclusion are unclear, political theorist Richard Jackson has argued that "the 'war on terrorism' therefore, is simultaneously a set of actual practices—wars, covert operations, agencies, and institutions—and an accompanying series of assumptions, beliefs, justifications, and narratives—it is an entire language or discourse." Jackson cites among many examples a statement by John Ashcroft that "the attacks of September 11 drew a bright line of demarcation between the civil and the savage". Administration officials also described "terrorists" as hateful, treacherous, barbarous, mad, twisted, perverted, without faith, parasitical, inhuman, and, most commonly, evil. Americans, in contrast, were described as brave, loving, generous, strong, resourceful, heroic, and respectful of human rights.
qas: answers: text: Richard Jackson
question: Who said the 'war on terrorism' is 'an entire language of discourse'?

answers: text: John Ashcroft
question: Who said that 9/11 drew a line between 'the civil and the savage'?

answers: text: terrorists
question: What did the Bush administration describe as parasitical?

answers: text: Americans
question: What did the Bush administration describe as heroic?

context: The origins of al-Qaeda can be traced to the Soviet war in Afghanistan (December 1979 – February 1989). The United States, United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and the People's Republic of China supported the Islamist Afghan mujahadeen guerillas against the military forces of the Soviet Union and the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan. A small number of "Afghan Arab" volunteers joined the fight against the Soviets, including Osama bin Laden, but there is no evidence they received any external assistance. In May 1996 the group World Islamic Front for Jihad Against Jews and Crusaders (WIFJAJC), sponsored by bin Laden (and later re-formed as al-Qaeda), started forming a large base of operations in Afghanistan, where the Islamist extremist regime of the Taliban had seized power earlier in the year. In February 1998, Osama bin Laden signed a fatwā, as head of al-Qaeda, declaring war on the West and Israel, later in May of that same year al-Qaeda released a video declaring war on the U.S. and the West.
qas: answers: text: the Soviet war in Afghanistan
question: Which war gave birth to al-Qaeda?

answers: text: February 1989
question: When did the Soviets leave Afghanistan?

answers: text: United States, United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and the People's Republic of China
question: Which countries supported Afghan islamists against the Soviets?

answers: text: Soviets
question: Who did Osama bin Laden volunteer to help fight in the 80s?

answers: text: World Islamic Front for Jihad Against Jews and Crusaders
question: Which group later became al-Qaeda?

context: On 7 August 1998, al-Qaeda struck the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, killing 224 people, including 12 Americans. In retaliation, U.S. President Bill Clinton launched Operation Infinite Reach, a bombing campaign in Sudan and Afghanistan against targets the U.S. asserted were associated with WIFJAJC, although others have questioned whether a pharmaceutical plant in Sudan was used as a chemical warfare plant. The plant produced much of the region's antimalarial drugs and around 50% of Sudan's pharmaceutical needs. The strikes failed to kill any leaders of WIFJAJC or the Taliban.
qas: answers: text: 7 August 1998
question: When did al-Qaeda attack the US embassy in Kenya?

answers: text: 224
question: How many people were killed when al-Qaeda attacked US embassies in 1998?

answers: text: 12
question: How many Americans were killed when al-Qaeda attacked US embassies in 1998?

answers: text: Operation Infinite Reach
question: What operation did Bill Clinton start to retaliate for the 1998 embassy attacks?

answers: text: around 50%
question: How much of Sudan's medicines were produced by a pharmaceutical plant Clinton's operation bombed?

context: On the morning of 11 September 2001, 19 men affiliated with al-Qaeda hijacked four airliners all bound for California. Once the hijackers assumed control of the airliners, they told the passengers that they had the bomb on board and would spare the lives of passengers and crew once their demands were met – no passenger and crew actually suspected that they would use the airliners as suicide weapons since it had never happened before in history. The hijackers – members of al-Qaeda's Hamburg cell – intentionally crashed two airliners into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City. Both buildings collapsed within two hours from fire damage related to the crashes, destroying nearby buildings and damaging others. The hijackers crashed a third airliner into the Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia, just outside Washington D.C. The fourth plane crashed into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, after some of its passengers and flight crew attempted to retake control of the plane, which the hijackers had redirected toward Washington D.C., to target the White House, or the U.S. Capitol. No flights had survivors. A total of 2,977 victims and the 19 hijackers perished in the attacks.
qas: answers: text: four
question: How many planes were hijacked on 9/11?

answers: text: Hamburg
question: Which al-Qaeda cell were the 9/11 hijackers members of?

answers: text: California
question: Where were the 9/11 planes originally going?

answers: text: 19
question: How many al-Qaeda operatives hijacked planes on 9/11?

answers: text: within two hours
question: How soon after planes crashed into them did the WTC towers collapse?

context: The Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Terrorists or "AUMF" was made law on 14 September 2001, to authorize the use of United States Armed Forces against those responsible for the attacks on 11 September 2001. It authorized the President to use all necessary and appropriate force against those nations, organizations, or persons he determines planned, authorized, committed, or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on 11 September 2001, or harbored such organizations or persons, in order to prevent any future acts of international terrorism against the United States by such nations, organizations or persons. Congress declares this is intended to constitute specific statutory authorization within the meaning of section 5(b) of the War Powers Resolution of 1973.
qas: answers: text: Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Terrorists
question: What law was signed on Sep 14, 2001?

answers: text: those responsible for the attacks on 11 September 2001
question: Who did the AUMF authorize the US military attacking?

answers: text: section 5(b) of the War Powers Resolution
question: What law did Congress refer to as a basic for the AUMF?

answers: text: 1973
question: When was the War Powers Resolution passed?

context: Subsequently, in October 2001, U.S. forces (with UK and coalition allies) invaded Afghanistan to oust the Taliban regime. On 7 October 2001, the official invasion began with British and U.S. forces conducting airstrike campaigns over enemy targets. Kabul, the capital city of Afghanistan, fell by mid-November. The remaining al-Qaeda and Taliban remnants fell back to the rugged mountains of eastern Afghanistan, mainly Tora Bora. In December, Coalition forces (the U.S. and its allies) fought within that region. It is believed that Osama bin Laden escaped into Pakistan during the battle.
qas: answers: text: October 2001
question: When did the US invade Afghanistan?

answers: text: UK and coalition allies
question: Who helped the US invade Afghanistan?

answers: text: oust the Taliban regime
question: What was the goal of the US invading Afghanistan?

answers: text: 7 October 2001
question: When did the US begin airstrikes on Afghanistan?

answers: text: Pakistan
question: Where did bin Laden escape to in Dec 2001?

context: The Taliban regrouped in western Pakistan and began to unleash an insurgent-style offensive against Coalition forces in late 2002. Throughout southern and eastern Afghanistan, firefights broke out between the surging Taliban and Coalition forces. Coalition forces responded with a series of military offensives and an increase in the amount of troops in Afghanistan. In February 2010, Coalition forces launched Operation Moshtarak in southern Afghanistan along with other military offensives in the hopes that they would destroy the Taliban insurgency once and for all. Peace talks are also underway between Taliban affiliated fighters and Coalition forces. In September 2014, Afghanistan and the United States signed a security agreement, which permits United States and NATO forces to remain in Afghanistan until at least 2024. The United States and other NATO and non-NATO forces are planning to withdraw; with the Taliban claiming it has defeated the United States and NATO, and the Obama Administration viewing it as a victory. In December 2014, ISAF encasing its colors, and Resolute Support began as the NATO operation in Afghanistan. Continued United States operations within Afghanistan will continue under the name "Operation Freedom's Sentinel".
qas: answers: text: western Pakistan
question: Where did the Taliban regroup in 2002?

answers: text: southern and eastern
question: In what parts of Afghanistan did the Taliban attack Coalition forces in 2002?

answers: text: Operation Moshtarak
question: What operation began in Feb 2010?

answers: text: southern Afghanistan
question: Where did Operation Moshtarak take place?

answers: text: September 2014
question: When did Afghanistan sign a security agreement with the US?

context: In January 2002, the United States Special Operations Command, Pacific deployed to the Philippines to advise and assist the Armed Forces of the Philippines in combating Filipino Islamist groups. The operations were mainly focused on removing the Abu Sayyaf group and Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) from their stronghold on the island of Basilan. The second portion of the operation was conducted as a humanitarian program called "Operation Smiles". The goal of the program was to provide medical care and services to the region of Basilan as part of a "Hearts and Minds" program. Joint Special Operations Task Force – Philippines disbanded in June 2014, ending a 14-year mission. After JSOTF-P disbanded, as late as November 2014, American forces continued to operate in the Philippines under the name "PACOM Augmentation Team".
qas: answers: text: Philippines
question: Where did the USSOC Pacific deploy to in Jan 2002?

answers: text: combating Filipino Islamist groups
question: What was the goal of the 2002 Philippines deployment?

answers: text: Abu Sayyaf
question: What was the main Filipino Islamist group being attacked?

answers: text: Operation Smiles
question: What humanitarian effort followed the 2002 military operation in the Philippines?

answers: text: provide medical care and services to the region of Basilan
question: What did Operation Smiles do for the Philippines?

context: On 14 September 2009, U.S. Special Forces killed two men and wounded and captured two others near the Somali village of Baarawe. Witnesses claim that helicopters used for the operation launched from French-flagged warships, but that could not be confirmed. A Somali-based al-Qaida affiliated group, the Al-Shabaab, has confirmed the death of "sheik commander" Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan along with an unspecified number of militants. Nabhan, a Kenyan, was wanted in connection with the 2002 Mombasa attacks.
qas: answers: text: two
question: How many people were killed by US Special Forces on Sep 14, 2009?

answers: text: near the Somali village of Baarawe
question: Where was the Sep 14, 2009 action?

answers: text: French
question: What country's ships did some witnesses say were involved in the Baarawe attack?

answers: text: Al-Shabaab
question: What Somali group is affiliated with al-Qaeda?

answers: text: Kenyan
question: What nationality was Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan?

context: The conflict in northern Mali began in January 2012 with radical Islamists (affiliated to al-Qaeda) advancing into northern Mali. The Malian government had a hard time maintaining full control over their country. The fledgling government requested support from the international community on combating the Islamic militants. In January 2013, France intervened on behalf of the Malian government's request and deployed troops into the region. They launched Operation Serval on 11 January 2013, with the hopes of dislodging the al-Qaeda affiliated groups from northern Mali.
qas: answers: text: January 2012
question: When did a Mali conflict begin?

answers: text: al-Qaeda
question: What group were the Mali radicals affiliated with?

answers: text: January 2013
question: When did France provide troops in Mali?

answers: text: Operation Serval
question: What did France call its Mali operation?

answers: text: dislodging the al-Qaeda affiliated groups from northern Mali
question: What was Operation Serval's goal?

context: Following the ceasefire agreement that suspended hostilities (but not officially ended) in the 1991 Gulf War, the United States and its allies instituted and began patrolling Iraqi no-fly zones, to protect Iraq's Kurdish and Shi'a Arab population—both of which suffered attacks from the Hussein regime before and after the Gulf War—in Iraq's northern and southern regions, respectively. U.S. forces continued in combat zone deployments through November 1995 and launched Operation Desert Fox against Iraq in 1998 after it failed to meet U.S. demands of "unconditional cooperation" in weapons inspections.
qas: answers: text: 1991
question: When did the first Gulf War begin?

answers: text: ceasefire agreement that suspended hostilities (but not officially ended)
question: How did the first Gulf War end?

answers: text: Iraq's Kurdish and Shi'a Arab population
question: Who did the US try to protect in Iraq after the first Gulf War?

answers: text: northern
question: Which region of Iraq do the Kurds live in?

answers: text: southern
question: Which region of Iraq do the Shi'a live in?

context: The first ground attack came at the Battle of Umm Qasr on 21 March 2003 when a combined force of British, American and Polish forces seized control of the port city of Umm Qasr. Baghdad, Iraq's capital city, fell to American forces in April 2003 and Saddam Hussein's government quickly dissolved. On 1 May 2003, Bush announced that major combat operations in Iraq had ended. However, an insurgency arose against the U.S.-led coalition and the newly developing Iraqi military and post-Saddam government. The insurgency, which included al-Qaeda affiliated groups, led to far more coalition casualties than the invasion. Other elements of the insurgency were led by fugitive members of President Hussein's Ba'ath regime, which included Iraqi nationalists and pan-Arabists. Many insurgency leaders are Islamists and claim to be fighting a religious war to reestablish the Islamic Caliphate of centuries past. Iraq's former president, Saddam Hussein was captured by U.S. forces in December 2003. He was executed in 2006.
qas: answers: text: 21 March 2003
question: When was the first ground attack in the post-9/11 Iraq war?

answers: text: British, American and Polish
question: Which nationalities worked together in the Battle of Umm Qasr?

answers: text: April 2003
question: When did the US capture Baghdad?

answers: text: 1 May 2003
question: When did Bush say 'major combat operations' were complete in Iraq?

answers: text: Ba'ath
question: What regime were Hussein loyalists part of?

context: In a major split in the ranks of Al Qaeda's organization, the Iraqi franchise, known as Al Qaeda in Iraq covertly invaded Syria and the Levant and began participating in the ongoing Syrian Civil War, gaining enough support and strength to re-invade Iraq's western provinces under the name of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS/ISIL), taking over much of the country in a blitzkrieg-like action and combining the Iraq insurgency and Syrian Civil War into a single conflict. Due to their extreme brutality and a complete change in their overall ideology, Al Qaeda's core organization in Central Asia eventually denounced ISIS and directed their affiliates to cut off all ties with this organization. Many analysts[who?] believe that because of this schism, Al Qaeda and ISIL are now in a competition to retain the title of the world's most powerful terrorist organization.
qas: answers: text: Syrian
question: Which civil war did the Iraq branch of Al Qaeda begin fighting in?

answers: text: Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS/ISIL)
question: With support from Syrians, what did the Iraq branch of Al Qaeda rename themselves to?

answers: text: western
question: What part of Iraq did ISIS invade?

answers: text: Al Qaeda's core organization
question: Who denounced ISIS?

answers: text: competition
question: What relationship do Al Qaeda and ISIS now have?

context: The Obama administration began to reengage in Iraq with a series of airstrikes aimed at ISIS beginning on 10 August 2014. On 9 September 2014 President Obama said that he had the authority he needed to take action to destroy the militant group known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, citing the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Terrorists, and thus did not require additional approval from Congress. The following day on 10 September 2014 President Barack Obama made a televised speech about ISIL, which he stated "Our objective is clear: We will degrade, and ultimately destroy, ISIL through a comprehensive and sustained counter-terrorism strategy". Obama has authorized the deployment of additional U.S. Forces into Iraq, as well as authorizing direct military operations against ISIL within Syria. On the night of 21/22 September the United States, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the UAE, Jordan and Qatar started air attacks against ISIS in Syria.[citation needed]
qas: answers: text: 10 August 2014
question: When did Obama launch airstrikes on ISIS?

answers: text: the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Terrorists
question: What law did Obama cite on Sep 9, 2014?

answers: text: 10 September 2014
question: When did Obama make a speech about ISIS on TV?

answers: text: the United States, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the UAE, Jordan and Qatar
question: Which countries worked together to bomb ISIS on Sep 21-22, 2014?

answers: text: Syria
question: Where were the Sep 21-22 airstrikes?

context: Following the 11 September 2001 attacks, former President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf sided with the U.S. against the Taliban government in Afghanistan after an ultimatum by then U.S. President George W. Bush. Musharraf agreed to give the U.S. the use of three airbases for Operation Enduring Freedom. United States Secretary of State Colin Powell and other U.S. administration officials met with Musharraf. On 19 September 2001, Musharraf addressed the people of Pakistan and stated that, while he opposed military tactics against the Taliban, Pakistan risked being endangered by an alliance of India and the U.S. if it did not cooperate. In 2006, Musharraf testified that this stance was pressured by threats from the U.S., and revealed in his memoirs that he had "war-gamed" the United States as an adversary and decided that it would end in a loss for Pakistan.
qas: answers: text: Pervez Musharraf
question: Which Pakistan president supported the US attacking the Taliban?

answers: text: three
question: How many Pakistan airbases did Musharraf let the US use?

answers: text: Operation Enduring Freedom
question: What was the name of the US's Afghanistan operation?

answers: text: Colin Powell
question: Who was the US Secretary of State in 2001?

answers: text: Musharraf
question: Who said he had 'war-gamed' the US?

context: On 12 January 2002, Musharraf gave a speech against Islamic extremism. He unequivocally condemned all acts of terrorism and pledged to combat Islamic extremism and lawlessness within Pakistan itself. He stated that his government was committed to rooting out extremism and made it clear that the banned militant organizations would not be allowed to resurface under any new name. He said, "the recent decision to ban extremist groups promoting militancy was taken in the national interest after thorough consultations. It was not taken under any foreign influence".
qas: answers: text: 12 January 2002
question: When did Musharraf give an anti-Islamism speech?

answers: text: Islamic extremism and lawlessness within Pakistan
question: What did Musharraf say he'd combat?

answers: text: militant organizations
question: What did Musharraf ban?

answers: text: foreign influence
question: What did Musharraf say his ban wasn't influenced by?

context: In 2002, the Musharraf-led government took a firm stand against the jihadi organizations and groups promoting extremism, and arrested Maulana Masood Azhar, head of the Jaish-e-Mohammed, and Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, chief of the Lashkar-e-Taiba, and took dozens of activists into custody. An official ban was imposed on the groups on 12 January. Later that year, the Saudi born Zayn al-Abidn Muhammed Hasayn Abu Zubaydah was arrested by Pakistani officials during a series of joint U.S.-Pakistan raids. Zubaydah is said to have been a high-ranking al-Qaeda official with the title of operations chief and in charge of running al-Qaeda training camps. Other prominent al-Qaeda members were arrested in the following two years, namely Ramzi bin al-Shibh, who is known to have been a financial backer of al-Qaeda operations, and Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who at the time of his capture was the third highest-ranking official in al-Qaeda and had been directly in charge of the planning for the 11 September attacks.
qas: answers: text: 2002
question: When did Musharraf arrest Maulana Masood Azhar?

answers: text: Jaish-e-Mohammed
question: What group did Maulana Masood Azhar lead?

answers: text: Lashkar-e-Taiba
question: What group did Hafiz Muhammad Saeed lead?

answers: text: Saudi
question: What nationality is Zayn al-Abidn Muhammed Hasayn Abu Zubaydah?

answers: text: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
question: Which third-highest-ranking al-Qaeda officer was captured?

context: The use of drones by the Central Intelligence Agency in Pakistan to carry out operations associated with the Global War on Terror sparks debate over sovereignty and the laws of war. The U.S. Government uses the CIA rather than the U.S. Air Force for strikes in Pakistan in order to avoid breaching sovereignty through military invasion. The United States was criticized by[according to whom?] a report on drone warfare and aerial sovereignty for abusing the term 'Global War on Terror' to carry out military operations through government agencies without formally declaring war.
qas: answers: text: drones
question: What controversial technology did the US use in Pakistan?

answers: text: the Central Intelligence Agency
question: Which US agency runs its drones in Pakistan?

answers: text: to avoid breaching sovereignty through military invasion
question: Why did the US use the CIA instead of the Air Force to run drones?

answers: text: Global War on Terror
question: Abuse of what term allowed a lack of a formal war declaration?

context: In a 'Letter to American People' written by Osama bin Laden in 2002, he stated that one of the reasons he was fighting America is because of its support of India on the Kashmir issue. While on a trip to Delhi in 2002, U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld suggested that Al-Qaeda was active in Kashmir, though he did not have any hard evidence. An investigation in 2002 unearthed evidence that Al-Qaeda and its affiliates were prospering in Pakistan-administered Kashmir with tacit approval of Pakistan's National Intelligence agency Inter-Services Intelligence. A team of Special Air Service and Delta Force was sent into Indian-administered Kashmir in 2002 to hunt for Osama bin Laden after reports that he was being sheltered by the Kashmiri militant group Harkat-ul-Mujahideen. U.S. officials believed that Al-Qaeda was helping organize a campaign of terror in Kashmir in order to provoke conflict between India and Pakistan. Fazlur Rehman Khalil, the leader of the Harkat-ul-Mujahideen, signed al-Qaeda's 1998 declaration of holy war, which called on Muslims to attack all Americans and their allies. Indian sources claimed that In 2006, Al-Qaeda claimed they had established a wing in Kashmir; this worried the Indian government. India also claimed that Al-Qaeda has strong ties with the Kashmir militant groups Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed in Pakistan. While on a visit to Pakistan in January 2010, U.S. Defense secretary Robert Gates stated that Al-Qaeda was seeking to destabilize the region and planning to provoke a nuclear war between India and Pakistan.
qas: answers: text: Osama bin Laden
question: Who wrote 'Letter to American People' in 2002?

answers: text: Donald Rumsfeld
question: Who was the US Secretary of Defense in 2002?

answers: text: Al-Qaeda
question: Which group did Rumsfeld think was active in Kashmir?

answers: text: Special Air Service and Delta Force
question: What teams hunted for Bin Laden in Kashmir in 2002?

answers: text: Fazlur Rehman Khalil
question: Who led the Harkat-ul-Mujahideen?

context: In September 2009, a U.S. Drone strike reportedly killed Ilyas Kashmiri, who was the chief of Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami, a Kashmiri militant group associated with Al-Qaeda. Kashmiri was described by Bruce Riedel as a 'prominent' Al-Qaeda member, while others described him as the head of military operations for Al-Qaeda. Waziristan had now become the new battlefield for Kashmiri militants, who were now fighting NATO in support of Al-Qaeda. On 8 July 2012, Al-Badar Mujahideen, a breakaway faction of Kashmir centric terror group Hizbul Mujahideen, on conclusion of their two-day Shuhada Conference called for mobilisation of resources for continuation of jihad in Kashmir.
qas: answers: text: Ilyas Kashmiri
question: Who did a US drone kill in Sep 2009?

answers: text: Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami
question: What group did Ilyas Kashmiri lead?

answers: text: Kashmiri militants
question: After 2009, who began fighting in Waziristan?

answers: text: Hizbul Mujahideen
question: What group did Al-Badar Mujahideen break away from?

answers: text: mobilisation of resources for continuation of jihad in Kashmir
question: What did Al-Badar Mujahideen call for in 2012?

context: In the following months, NATO took a wide range of measures to respond to the threat of terrorism. On 22 November 2002, the member states of the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC) decided on a Partnership Action Plan against Terrorism, which explicitly states, "EAPC States are committed to the protection and promotion of fundamental freedoms and human rights, as well as the rule of law, in combating terrorism." NATO started naval operations in the Mediterranean Sea designed to prevent the movement of terrorists or weapons of mass destruction as well as to enhance the security of shipping in general called Operation Active Endeavour.
qas: answers: text: member states of the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council
question: Who declared the Partnership Action Plan against Terrorism?

answers: text: 22 November 2002
question: When was the Partnership Action Plan against Terrorism announced?

answers: text: the Mediterranean Sea
question: Where did NATO begin naval operations after 2002?

answers: text: Operation Active Endeavour
question: What was NATO's operation in the Mediterranean called?

context: Support for the U.S. cooled when America made clear its determination to invade Iraq in late 2002. Even so, many of the "coalition of the willing" countries that unconditionally supported the U.S.-led military action have sent troops to Afghanistan, particular neighboring Pakistan, which has disowned its earlier support for the Taliban and contributed tens of thousands of soldiers to the conflict. Pakistan was also engaged in the War in North-West Pakistan (Waziristan War). Supported by U.S. intelligence, Pakistan was attempting to remove the Taliban insurgency and al-Qaeda element from the northern tribal areas.
qas: answers: text: the "coalition of the willing"
question: What were the countries who supported the US's post-9/11 invasions called?

answers: text: Pakistan
question: Which country disavowed the Taliban?

answers: text: tens of thousands
question: How many soldiers did Pakistan contribute to fight the Taliban?

answers: text: North-West
question: Where in Pakistan is Waziristan?

answers: text: northern tribal areas
question: Where did Pakistan try to remove the Taliban and Al-Qaeda?

context: The British 16th Air Assault Brigade (later reinforced by Royal Marines) formed the core of the force in southern Afghanistan, along with troops and helicopters from Australia, Canada and the Netherlands. The initial force consisted of roughly 3,300 British, 2,000 Canadian, 1,400 from the Netherlands and 240 from Australia, along with special forces from Denmark and Estonia and small contingents from other nations. The monthly supply of cargo containers through Pakistani route to ISAF in Afghanistan is over 4,000 costing around 12 billion in Pakistani Rupees.
qas: answers: text: The British 16th Air Assault Brigade
question: What was the primary fighting force in southern Afghanistan?

answers: text: Australia, Canada and the Netherlands
question: Which nations besides the UK contributed significantly to the southern Afghanistan fight?

answers: text: 2,000
question: How many troops did Canada send initially?

answers: text: 240
question: How many troops did Australia send initially?

answers: text: 1,400
question: How many troops did the Netherlands send initially?

context: In addition to military efforts abroad, in the aftermath of 9/11 the Bush Administration increased domestic efforts to prevent future attacks. Various government bureaucracies that handled security and military functions were reorganized. A new cabinet-level agency called the United States Department of Homeland Security was created in November 2002 to lead and coordinate the largest reorganization of the U.S. federal government since the consolidation of the armed forces into the Department of Defense.[citation needed]
qas: answers: text: Department of Homeland Security
question: What new agency did Bush create after 9/11?

answers: text: November 2002
question: When was the DHS created?

answers: text: the Department of Defense
question: What other massive agency's creation was the DHS compared to?

answers: text: domestic efforts to prevent future attacks
question: What did the DHS focus on?

context: The USA PATRIOT Act of October 2001 dramatically reduces restrictions on law enforcement agencies' ability to search telephone, e-mail communications, medical, financial, and other records; eases restrictions on foreign intelligence gathering within the United States; expands the Secretary of the Treasury's authority to regulate financial transactions, particularly those involving foreign individuals and entities; and broadens the discretion of law enforcement and immigration authorities in detaining and deporting immigrants suspected of terrorism-related acts. The act also expanded the definition of terrorism to include domestic terrorism, thus enlarging the number of activities to which the USA PATRIOT Act's expanded law enforcement powers could be applied. A new Terrorist Finance Tracking Program monitored the movements of terrorists' financial resources (discontinued after being revealed by The New York Times). Global telecommunication usage, including those with no links to terrorism, is being collected and monitored through the NSA electronic surveillance program. The Patriot Act is still in effect.
qas: answers: text: October 2001
question: When was the Patriot Act passed?

answers: text: telephone, e-mail communications, medical, financial, and other records
question: What did the Patriot Act make it easier for law enforcement to search?

answers: text: detaining and deporting immigrants suspected of terrorism-related acts
question: What did the Patriot Act make it easier to do to immigrants?

answers: text: to include domestic terrorism
question: How was the definition of terrorism expanded by the Patriot Act?

answers: text: The New York Times
question: Which newspaper revealed the Terrorist Finance Tracking Program?

context: Political interest groups have stated that these laws remove important restrictions on governmental authority, and are a dangerous encroachment on civil liberties, possible unconstitutional violations of the Fourth Amendment. On 30 July 2003, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed the first legal challenge against Section 215 of the Patriot Act, claiming that it allows the FBI to violate a citizen's First Amendment rights, Fourth Amendment rights, and right to due process, by granting the government the right to search a person's business, bookstore, and library records in a terrorist investigation, without disclosing to the individual that records were being searched. Also, governing bodies in a number of communities have passed symbolic resolutions against the act.
qas: answers: text: 30 July 2003
question: When did the ACLU first challenge the Patriot Act?

answers: text: First Amendment rights, Fourth Amendment rights, and right to due process
question: What rights did the ACLU say the Patriot Act violated?

answers: text: a person's business, bookstore, and library records
question: What did Section 215 of the Patriot Act allow the FBI to search?

answers: text: governing bodies in a number of communities
question: Who passed symbolic resolutions against the Patriot Act?

context: In 2005, the UN Security Council adopted Resolution 1624 concerning incitement to commit acts of terrorism and the obligations of countries to comply with international human rights laws. Although both resolutions require mandatory annual reports on counter-terrorism activities by adopting nations, the United States and Israel have both declined to submit reports. In the same year, the United States Department of Defense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff issued a planning document, by the name "National Military Strategic Plan for the War on Terrorism", which stated that it constituted the "comprehensive military plan to prosecute the Global War on Terror for the Armed Forces of the United States...including the findings and recommendations of the 9/11 Commission and a rigorous examination with the Department of Defense".
qas: answers: text: Resolution 1624
question: What terrorism-related resolution did the UN Security Council adopt in 2005?

answers: text: the United States and Israel
question: Which countries haven't submitted the required reports to the UN Security Council?

answers: text: National Military Strategic Plan for the War on Terrorism
question: What plan did the DoD release in 2005?

answers: text: international human rights laws
question: What did Resolution 1624 try to protect?

context: Criticism of the War on Terror addresses the issues, morality, efficiency, economics, and other questions surrounding the War on Terror and made against the phrase itself, calling it a misnomer. The notion of a "war" against "terrorism" has proven highly contentious, with critics charging that it has been exploited by participating governments to pursue long-standing policy/military objectives, reduce civil liberties, and infringe upon human rights. It is argued that the term war is not appropriate in this context (as in War on Drugs), since there is no identifiable enemy, and that it is unlikely international terrorism can be brought to an end by military means.
qas: answers: text: War on Terror
question: What phrase has been called a misnomer?

answers: text: to pursue long-standing policy/military objectives, reduce civil liberties, and infringe upon human rights
question: What has the 'war on terror' been used as an excuse for?

answers: text: War on Drugs
question: Which other misnamed 'war' has 'war on terror' been compared to?

answers: text: it is unlikely international terrorism can be brought to an end by military means
question: What is the likely fate of the 'war on terror'?

context: Other critics, such as Francis Fukuyama, note that "terrorism" is not an enemy, but a tactic; calling it a "war on terror", obscures differences between conflicts such as anti-occupation insurgents and international mujahideen. With a military presence in Iraq and Afghanistan and its associated collateral damage Shirley Williams maintains this increases resentment and terrorist threats against the West. There is also perceived U.S. hypocrisy, media-induced hysteria, and that differences in foreign and security policy have damaged America's image in most of the world.
qas: answers: text: "terrorism" is not an enemy, but a tactic
question: What flaw in the 'war on terror' name did Francis Fukuyama point out?

answers: text: differences between conflicts such as anti-occupation insurgents and international mujahideen
question: What does the 'war on terror' name obscure?

answers: text: Shirley Williams
question: Who said the US's presence in Iraq increases resentment and terrorists?

answers: text: media
question: What fed US hysteria about terrorism?

answers: text: damaged
question: What has the 'war on terror' done to the US's international image?