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On 11 September 2001, 53 Army civilians (47 employees and six contractors) and 22 soldiers were among the 125 victims killed in [[Casualties of the September 11 attacks#Pentagon|the Pentagon]] in a [[terrorism|terrorist attack]] when [[American Airlines Flight 77]] commandeered by five [[Al-Qaeda]] [[aircraft hijacking|hijackers]] slammed into the western side of the building, as part of the [[September 11 attacks]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.patriotresource.com/wtc/victims/pentagon.html|title=September 11, 2001 Pentagon Victims|work=patriotresource.com|access-date=13 November 2015}}</ref> In response to the 11 September attacks and as part of the [[War on Terror|Global War on Terror]], U.S. and [[NATO]] forces [[War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)|invaded Afghanistan]] in October 2001, displacing the [[Taliban]] government. The U.S. Army also led the combined U.S. and allied [[2003 invasion of Iraq|invasion of Iraq]] in 2003; it served as the primary source for ground forces with its ability to sustain short and long-term deployment operations. In the following years, the mission changed from conflict between regular militaries to [[counterinsurgency]], resulting in the deaths of more than 4,000 U.S. service members (as of March 2008) and injuries to thousands more.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Burnham |first1=Gilbert |last2=Lafta |first2=Riyadh |last3=Doocy |first3=Shannon |last4=Roberts |first4=Les |date=12 October 2006 |title=Mortality after the 2003 invasion of Iraq: a cross-sectional cluster sample survey |url=|journal=The Lancet |language=en |volume=368 |issue=9545 |pages=1421–1428 |citeseerx=10.1.1.88.4036 |doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(06)69491-9 |pmid=17055943 |s2cid=23673934|issn=0140-6736}}</ref><ref name="Lancet supplement">{{cite web|url=http://web.mit.edu/CIS/pdf/Human_Cost_of_War.pdf|title=The Human Cost of the War in Iraq: A Mortality Study, 2002–2006}}&nbsp;{{small|(603&nbsp;KB)}}. By Gilbert Burnham, Shannon Doocy, Elizabeth Dzeng, Riyadh Lafta, and Les Roberts. A supplement to the second ''Lancet'' study.</ref> 23,813 insurgents were killed in Iraq between 2003 and 2011.<ref>597 killed in 2003, [https://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2007-09-26-insurgents_N.htm], 23,984 killed from 2004 through 2009 (with the exceptions of May 2004 and March 2009), [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/oct/22/true-civilian-body-count-iraq] 652 killed in May 2004, [http://www.iraqbodycount.org/analysis/numbers/warlogs/] 45 killed in March 2009, [http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900sid/CJAL-7QPQB7?OpenDocument] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090903190008/http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900sid/CJAL-7QPQB7?OpenDocument|date=3 September 2009}} 676 killed in 2010, [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-12-30/iraq-civilian-deaths-drop-for-third-year-as-toll-eases-after-u-s-drawdown.html] 451 killed in 2011 (with the exception of February), [http://news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-world/jan-iraq-death-toll-highest-in-four-months-20110201-1ac9m.html] [http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/04/03/Two-US-troops-killed-in-Iraq/UPI-84151301845983/] [http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Iraq_monthly_death_toll_falls_in_April_999.html] [http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=46442] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150209184820/http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=46442|date=9 February 2015}} [http://www.thedailynewsegypt.com/death-toll-spikes-for-iraqis-us-troops.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111145441/http://www.thedailynewsegypt.com/death-toll-spikes-for-iraqis-us-troops.html|date=11 January 2012}} [http://arabia.msn.com/news/middleeast/afp/2011/august/7991554.aspx] {{Webarchive|url=http://web.archive.bibalex.org/web/20111208174352/http://arabia.msn.com/news/middleeast/afp/2011/august/7991554.aspx|date=8 December 2011}}{{cite web |title=239 people killed in Iraq in August and killed by the U.S. Military |url=http://www.nenosplace.com/showthread.php?45792-239-people-killed-in-Iraq-in-August-and-killed-by-the-U.S.-military |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112042255/http://www.nenosplace.com/showthread.php?45792-239-people-killed-in-Iraq-in-August-and-killed-by-the-U.S.-military |archive-date=12 January 2012 |access-date=22 October 2011}} {{cite web |title=Gulf Times – Qatar's top-selling English daily newspaper – Gulf/Arab World |url=http://gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no%3D2%26item_no%3D461485%26version%3D1%26template_id%3D37%26parent_id%3D17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002182259/http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=461485&version=1&template_id=37&parent_id=17 |archive-date=2 October 2011 |access-date=15 October 2011}} {{cite web |title=Iraq death toll up sharply in October |url=https://montrealgazette.com/news/Iraq+death+toll+sharply+October/5638077/story.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111111064434/http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Iraq+death+toll+sharply+October/5638077/story.html |archive-date=11 November 2011 |access-date=3 November 2011}} for a total of 26,405 dead.</ref>