The Iraq War (2003-2011)
What is Iran's neighbor?
Iraq
The UN move follows a period of ascendancy for al-Qaeda and its leader? What is the leader's name?
Osama bin Laden.
One what day did terrorists linked to the Islamic extremist group al Qaeda?
September 11, 2001.
The Persian Gulf War is also known as?
Operation Desert Storm.
What territory was divided among the European powers.
Ottoman.
What are nuclear, biological, or chemical weapons that are intended to kill or harm a large scale?
Weapons of mass destruction.
Who is the commander of the Northern Alliance?
Ahmad Shah Mossoud.
Two of the planes were flown into the?
The World Trade Center.
A massive U.S.-led air offensive hit Iraq’s air defenses on what day?
January 17, 1991.
What was a territory controlled by an Allied power after World War I?
Mandate.
To end this threat, the United States invaded Iraq in what year?
2003
The U.S. military, with British support, begins a bombing campaign against Taliban forces, officially launching?
Operation Enduring Freedom.
A third plane hit the Pentagon in?
Arlington, Virginia.
President Bush declared a ceasefire on what date?
February 28th.
What is a nonreligious, democratic government?
Secular.
The United States had ceased to support whom?
Hussein.
The Taliban regime unravels rapidly after its loss at Mazar-e-Sharif on?
November 9, 2001.
A total of how many people were killed in the 9/11 attacks?
2996 people.
Whom issued an ultimatum on March 17, 2003?
President Bush.
During World War I, what empire was drawn into conflict with Russia?
The Ottoman Empire.
Saddam Hussein remained in power after Iraq’s failed invasion of?
Kuwait.
Who calls for the reconstruction of Afghanistan in a speech at the Virginia Military Institute?
President Bush.
Who was the mastermind behind the September 11th attacks?
Osama bin Laden.
Who was captured by U.S. forces on December 13, 2003
Saddam Hussein.
What is the deliberate extermination of an ethnic, racial, or religious group?
Genocide.