Editing 2002 (section)

=== War on terror ===
[[File:Guantanamo captives in January 2002 -b.jpg|thumb|The first inmates arrive at [[Camp X-Ray]] in the [[Guantanamo Bay detention camp]].]]
[[Terrorism]] dominated politics internationally in 2002, with both terrorist acts and attempts to declare groups as terrorist organizations being prevalent throughout the year. [[Islamic terrorism]] was widely seen as responsible for terrorist attacks throughout the year. In response, the United States began providing military assistance against terrorists in several countries as part of [[Operation Enduring Freedom]].<ref name=":16" />{{Rp|page=2}} [[International law]] regarding these actions had yet to be settled, and international organizations spent the year debating how action against terrorist groups should be carried out.<ref name=":16" />{{Rp|page=469}}

Pakistan arrested al-Qaeda operative [[Ramzi bin al-Shibh]] in September on suspicions of involvement in the September 11 attacks and extradited him to the United States. The United States arrested an addition fifteen suspects across several states for involvement in the preparation of future terrorist attacks.<ref name=":52" />{{Rp|page=228}} Anti-terrorism actions by the United States, including the [[arbitrary arrest]] and deportation of non-citizens and [[indefinite detention]] of suspected terrorists captured in Afghanistan, were condemned as human rights violations.<ref name=":52" />{{Rp|page=314}}  American treatment of prisoners in the war on terror came under scrutiny, particularly in [[Camp X-Ray]] in the [[Guantanamo Bay detention camp]].<ref name=":52" />{{Rp|page=232}} China and Russia invoked anti-terrorism to take actions against their [[Uyghurs|Uyghur]] and [[Chechens|Chechen]] minorities, respectively.<ref name=":52" />{{Rp|page=315}}

Australia, Russia, and the United States all declared a right to [[preemptive strikes]] against foreign terrorist groups in 2002.<ref name=":52" />{{Rp|page=278}} [[George W. Bush]] defined an "[[axis of evil]]" in [[2002 State of the Union Address|an address]] in January, naming Iran, Iraq, and North Korea as foreign adversaries of the United States. [[Lead-up to the Iraq War|Increasing tensions]] between Iraq and the United States became a major geopolitical issue in 2002 amid [[Iraq disarmament crisis|suspicions]] that Iraq had resumed [[Iraq and weapons of mass destruction|its production of weapons of mass destruction]]. The United Nations delivered [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 1441|an ultimatum]] for Iraq to comply with weapons inspections in late 2002.<ref name=":13">{{Cite web |last=Getz |first=Arlene |date=2002-12-25 |title=The Top Stories Of 2002 |url=https://www.newsweek.com/top-stories-2002-141407 |access-date=2023-03-30 |website=Newsweek |language=en |archive-date=March 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230330055222/https://www.newsweek.com/top-stories-2002-141407 |url-status=live }}</ref> Because of this dispute, as well Hussein's involvement with terrorist groups amid the [[war on terror]], an [[2003 invasion of Iraq|invasion of Iraq]] by the United States was widely expected.<ref name=":15" />{{Rp|pages=66–71}}