Iraq War
(2003-2011)
(2003-2011)
The United States invaded Iraq in 2003 primarily to find these, although none were ever discovered.
What are Weapons of Mass Destruction?
The U.S. invaded Afghanistan in 2001 in direct response to these terrorist attacks that occurred on U.S. soil.
What are the September 11th attacks?
Who was the president of the United States at the time of the September 11 attacks?
George W. Bush.
The city is considered holt to Jews, Christians, and Muslims, and is a central point of dispute.
What is Jerusalem?
The U.S. President issued an ultimatum to Saddam Hussein to leave Iraq within 48 hours before the invasion began.
Who is George W. Bush?
The terrorist organization, led by Osama bin laden, was responsible for 9/11 attacks and was based in Afghanistan.
What is al-Qaeda?
This term is used to describe the brave firefighters, police officers, and paramedics who rushed into the buildings to save others.
First responders
On August 2nd, 1990, Iraq invaded this neighboring country,triggering the conflict.
What is Kuwait?
This is the name given to the coastal strip of land controlled by Hamas, which has been under blockade.
What is the Gaza Strip?
The Formal name for the U.S. -led military operation that began the war in March 2003.
What is Operation Iraqi Freedom?
This group ruled Afghanistan in 2001 and refused to hand over al-Qaeda's leader to the United States.
Who are the Talilban?
What was the name of the terrorist group responsible for planning and carrying out the attacks?
al-Qaeda
Before the invasion, Iraq accused Kuwait of conspiring with this country to lower oil prices.
What is Iran?
This term refers to the movement for Jewish-self determination and a Jewish homeland in their ancestral land.
What is Zionism?
Many in the U.S. government believed this Iraqi leader had ties to this terrorist group responsible for the 9/11 attacks.
What is al-Qaeda?
This was the official name of the U.S. military operation launched on October 7, 2001.
What is Operation Enduring Freedom?
Who was the leader of al-Qaeda who was eventually found and killed by U.S. forces in 2011?
Osama bin Laden
This Iraqi dictator ordered the invasion of Kuwait to aqquire oil fields and cancel war debts.
Who is Saddam Hussein?
This territory, largely managed by the Palestinian National Authority since 1993, is located to the west of the Jordan River.
What is the West Bank?
This international organization's Security Council was deeply divided over whether to authorize military action against Iraq.
What is the United Nations?
Before the 2001 invasion, the U.S. supported this group of Afghan rebels who were fighting against the talilban.
Who is the Northern Alliance?
According to official records, citizens from how many different countries died in the 9/11 attacks?
More than 70.
Iraq claimed that Kuwait was using the illegal method to steal oil from the Rumaila oil field.
This term, meaning "catastrophe" in Arabic, refer to the mass displacement of Palestinians during the 1948 war.
What is the Nakba?