The Iraq War
When was the article published?
January 25, 2007
Who is the leader of al-Qaeda?
Osama bin Laden
How many people were killed in the 9/11 terrorist attacks?
Almost 3,000 people
When was the article published?
November 9, 2009
What is the title of the book called?
Modern Nations
How many percent of the National Assembly backed the idea of moving forward on the federal system?
80 percent
When was the article updated?
September 27, 2022
Where were the hijackers from?
Saudi Arabia and other Arab nations
When did the Persian Gulf War begin?
1991
In 1948, what was the group that attacked Israel called?
The Arab League
Why are the Kurds agreeing?
Because they've been running their own regional government perfectly and are very successful.
Who is Hamid Karzai?
The first person to be democratically elected as the President of Afghanistan.
Where did the 9/11 planes take off from?
Boston, Washington D.C., New Jersey, and morning flights from California
Which nation did Saddam Hussein accuse of siphoning crude oil from their oil fields?
Their neighboring nation, Kuwait
What is an armistice?
An armistice is an agreement to end fighting in a war.
Who is the speaker?
Leslie H. Gelb
Who supported the U.S. military on October 7, 2011, with the bombing campaign?
The British
How many people died in the 9/11 attacks?
2,996 people
Who was the president of Egypt?
President Hosni Mubarak
When did Egypt gain its independence?
1952
What is the speaker's goal?
He is making a sales pitch for a new strategy to end the war.
What's a surge?
The name for adding 30,000 extra soldiers to the war in 2009.
What state was President George W. Bush in when America responded to the attacks?
Florida
When did Hussein order the invasion of Kuwait?
August 2, 1990
Why did Israel return the Sinai Peninsula to Egyptian control in 1982?
Because Egypt and Israel signed a formal peace treaty.