war on terror?

why are we fighting this war? how did it start?
i read the wikipedia article and it just didt make too much sense.

a simple explanation please!

Will Mundy2008-04-06T08:53:45Z

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The punishment of those who wage war against Allah and His Messenger, and strive with might and main for mischief through the land is: execution, or crucifixion, or the cutting off of hands and feet from opposite sides, or exile from the land: that is their disgrace in this world, and a heavy punishment is theirs in the Hereafter;

?2008-04-07T22:27:01Z

"I think that the truth spreads itself out in any way, as the circumstances require. Did you not see how Christianity used the sword sometimes? It is enough to know what Sharlman did to the Saxon tribes. I do not pay attention to whether truth is spread by the sword, the tongue, or in any other way. Let us leave the truth dominate by words, press or fighting…. Let us leave it struggle and fight with its hands, legs, and nails because it will never be defeated. Nothing will be defeated unless it deserves that..."
check this site : http://www.rasoulallah.net/subject_en.asp?hit=1&parent_id=29&sub_id=305

tamarindwalk2008-04-06T10:04:48Z

The so-called "war on terror" is a term coined by George W. Bush. It's his simplistic way of trying to explain the loss of more than 4,000 lives and billions upon billions of dollars for nothing other than earning the ire of many.

Anonymous2008-04-06T09:06:47Z

The war on terror as the US President coined the phrase started after the World Trade Centre attacks.
Are we winning? No!

Anonymous2008-04-06T09:15:22Z

hey limey ,its spelled CENTER.