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Enduring Freedom, OperationIllegal combatants and terrorist supporters from Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan being held at Camp X-Ray, on the US naval base in GuantanamoBay, Cuba. AP/WIDE WORLD PHOTOS.broadcasts, to assure the population of Afghanistan thatthe warfare was directed at eliminating al-Qaeda terrorists,not the practitioners of Islam.Accompanying Enduring Freedom was Noble Eagle,a military operation designed to safeguard homelandsecurity during the war in Afghanistan. The U.S. CoastGuard (USCG), principal guarantors of stateside port security,played a central role in Noble Eagle. USCG deployed55 cutters (small armed vessels), 42 aircraft, andhundreds of boats to establish port and coastline patrols.It also called up more than 2,800 reservists to supporthomeland security operations at the country’s 361 ports.❚ FURTHER READING:PERIODICALS:“Black September 11.” Air Force Magazine 95, no. 9 (September2002): 46–53.Blumenstein, Rebecca, and Matthew Rose. “Name thatOp: How U.S. Coins Phrases of War.” Wall Street Journal.(March 24, 2003): B1.“Enduring Freedom.” New York Times. (August 11, 2002): 4.“Military Operations Named.” Marine Corps Gazette 85,no. 11 (November 2001): 4.Thompson, Loren B. “The Lessons of ‘Enduring Freedom’.”Wall Street Journal. (January 7, 2002): A24.ELECTRONIC:Operation Enduring Freedom. U.S. Army. (April 4, 2003).———. U.S. Navy Office of Information. (April 4, 2003).Operations Enduring Freedom and Noble Eagle. U.S. AirForce. (April 4, 2003).SEE ALSOBush Administration (2001–), United States National SecurityPolicyClinton Administration (1993–2001), United States NationalSecurity PolicyEnduring Freedom, OperationIraqi Freedom, Operation (2003 War Against Iraq)398 Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence, and Security