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To understand why, you'll need to know how … · an Australian metals trader named Garry-with help from the CIA-inadvertently triggered the invasion of Iraq · coalition troops were killed by bombs made with explosives that, according to the White House, never existed · the United States Air Force bombed a wedding in Afghanistan by mistake · the U.S. gave material support to the president of Uzbekistan, who, as it happens, boils people aliveThese are not merely random disasters from an otherwise effective war. A History of the World Since 9/11shows us just why, a decade after the horrifying attacks on New York and Washington, we are no closer towinning the war on terror than we were on September 10, 2001. We failed to find Osama bin Laden or quellextremism.