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Authorization for Use of Military Force (view source)
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The '''Authorization for Use of Military Force''', passed on September 18, 2001, gave the President new powers to fight terrorist activity related to the [[September 11, 2001 attacks|September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks]]. President [[George W. Bush]] used it to authorize the [[Iraq war]]. Two years after [[President Barack Obama]] withdrew troops from US occupied [[Iraq]], Obama used it to expand [[war]] into [[Syria]].
The '''Authorization for Use of Military Force''', passed on September 18, 2001, gave the President new powers to fight terrorist activity related to the [[September 11, 2001 attacks|September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks]]. President [[George W. Bush]] used it to authorize the [[Iraq war]]. Two years after [[President Barack Obama]] withdrew troops from US occupied [[Iraq]], Obama used it to expand [[war]] into [[Syria]].
==Summary==
==Summary==
The Act 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 September 11, 2001, or harbored such organizations or persons."
The Act 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 September 11, 2001, or harbored such organizations or persons."
This Act was the basis for much of [[George W. Bush|President Bush]]'s policies and goals regarding terrorism, including [[coercive interrogation|interrogation]] methods and indefinite detentions in [[Guantanamo]] and [[Abu Ghraib]].
This Act was the basis for much of [[George W. Bush|President Bush]]'s policies and goals regarding terrorism, including [[coercive interrogation|interrogation]] methods and indefinite detentions in [[Guantanamo]] and [[Abu Ghraib]]. Obama used the Act to expand [[war]] into [[Syria]] to fight the [[Islamic State]] which judged "planned, authorized, committed, or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001, or harbored such organizations or persons". An [[Islamic State]] leader, [[al-Sharaa]] eventually became the [[President]] of [[Syria]] after the overthrow of [[Bashar Assad]].
It is often confused with the [[Patriot Act]].
It is often confused with the [[Patriot Act]].