Although the U.S. government had supplied them with money and weapons in the 1980s, ________ became the first target of George W. Bush's "war on terror" because he believed they were protecting Osama bin Laden.
A) Hezbollah in Lebanon
B) the Taliban in Afghanistan
C) the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine in Syria
D) Hamas in Palestine

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The Taliban in Afghanistan became the first target of George W. Bush's "war on terror" because the U.S. government believed they were protecting Osama bin Laden, the mastermind behind the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.