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The phrase "War on Terror" has been used to specifically refer to the ongoing military campaign led by the US, UK and their allies against organizations and regimes identified by them as terrorist, and excludes other independent counter-terrorist operations and campaigns such as those by Russia and India. The conflict has also been referred to by names other than the War on Terror. It has also been known as:
- World War III
- World War IV (assuming the Cold War was World War III)
- Bush's War on Terror
- The Long War
- The Global War of Terror
- The War Against al-Qaeda
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