Aldrich Killian's War was a series of attacks executed by Aldrich Killian in his plan to monopolize on the War on Terror. Using Maya Hansen's research on the Extremis virus, Killian turned dozens of amputees and other disabled people into loyal super soldiers. When several of Killian's failed experiments resulted in the deaths of innocent civilians, he decided to masquerade them as terrorist attacks and hired actor Trevor Slattery to take responsibility by posing as the Mandarin, the leader of the Ten Rings.