Question: What were the biggest terrorist attacks by the group with whom Bush said the war on terror begins against the country with the most medals in the 2008 Olympics?

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. It will not end until every terrorist group of global reach has been found, stopped, and defeated." 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. <SEP> Athletes from 87 countries won medals, leaving 115 countries without a medal, and 54 of them won at least one gold medal. Both of these categories set new records until surpassed in 2016. Athletes from China won the most gold medals, with 48 gold medals. Afghanistan, Mauritius, Sudan, Tajikistan and Togo won their first Olympic medals. Athletes from Mongolia (which previously held the record for most medals without a gold) and Panama won their first gold medals. Serbian swimmer Milorad Čavić won the first medal for the country as an independent NOC. Serbian athletes have previously won medals as nationals of Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro. Athletes from the United States won the most total medals, with 112. Samoa won its first Olympic medal due to medals reallocation after the IOC retested doping samples in 2016. <SEP> 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. <SEP> Journalist Yosri Fouda of the Arabic television channel Al Jazeera reported that in April 2002 Khalid Sheikh Mohammed admitted his involvement in the attacks, along with Ramzi bin al-Shibh. Mohammed was also an adviser and financier of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and the uncle of Ramzi Yousef, the lead bomber in that attack.Mohammed was arrested on March 1, 2003, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, by Pakistani security officials working with the CIA. He was then held at multiple CIA secret prisons and Guantanamo Bay where he was interrogated and tortured with methods including waterboarding. The 9/11 Commission Report determined that the animosity towards the United States felt by Mohammed, the principal architect of the 9/11 attacks, stemmed from his "violent disagreement with U.S. foreign policy favoring Israel". During U.S. hearings at Guantanamo Bay in March 2007, Mohammed again confessed his responsibility for the attacks, stating he "was responsible for the 9/11 operation from A to Z" and that his statement was not made under duress. <SEP> these attacks resonated with conservative muslims and the problem did not go away with saddam's defeat either, since american troops remained stationed in the kingdom, and a de facto cooperation with the palestinian-israeli peace process developed. saudi arabia attempted to compensate for its loss of prestige among these groups by repressing those domestic islamists who attacked it (bin laden being a prime example), and increasing aid to islamic groups (islamist madrassas around the world and even aiding some violent islamist groups) that did not, but its pre-war influence on behalf of moderation was greatly reduced. one result of this was a campaign of attacks on government officials and tourists in egypt, a bloody civil war in algeria and osama bin laden's terror attacks climaxing in the 9/11 attack.