The following are events related to the Global War On Terrorism (GWOT) that took place on this day.

2003

• American Special Forces and Kurdish Peshmerga capture Mosul.

2004

• Start of Operation Danger Fortitude in Iraq

2005

• Insurgents claiming to be linked to al-Qaida tried to overrun a Marine base on the Syrian border using gunmen, suicide car bombs, and a firetruck loaded with explosives. The raid on Camp Gannon at Husaybah resulted in three wounded Marines but no American deaths.

2006

• Start of Operation Mountain Lion in Afghanistan

2007

• Start of Operation Black Eagle City in Iraq

2008

• The keel was laid for the USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109) at the Bath Iron Works, in Bath, Maine. Named in honor of Medal of Honor recipient Cpl Jason Dunham, the ship will be an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer 511 feet long, with berths for 380 service members when completed.

Casualties on April 11:

• TEJEDA, RIAYAN AUGUSTO – April 11, 2003
• AMAYA, DANIEL RAY – April 11, 2004
• BROWN, NATHAN PATRICK – April 11, 2004
• GRAY, TORREY LOUIS – April 11, 2004
• JIMENEZ, OSCAR – April 11, 2004
• STACK, MICHAEL BOYD – April 11, 2004
• TORRES, GEORGE DANIEL – April 11, 2004
• BLANCO, JOSEPH ANTHONY – April 11, 2006
• COSTELLO, JAMES FRANCIS III – April 11, 2006
• HESS, KENNETH DALE – April 11, 2006
• ROEHL, GEORGE RONALD JR – April 11, 2006
• SEVAAETASI, RAYMOND SASA – April 11, 2007
• GERMAN, MERLIN – April 11, 2008
• CARON, JOSEPH THIERRY – April 11, 2010
• MAHER, BRENT MATTHEW – April 11, 2011
• KAIPAT, RAMON TAISAKAN – April 11, 2012
• SCHILLER, PHILIP CHANNING SIPE – April 11, 2012