The Iraq War
a prolonged war that had lasted between 2003 and 2011 and was also known as the second Gulf war.
What was the Iraq war?
A war that started in 2001 and had ended in 2021 that was a response to the aftermath of 9/11.
What was the U.S War in Afghanistan?
a severe incident that had four planes hijacked by terrorists, two of them had hit the twin towers in Lower Manhattan, New York.
What was the 9/11 attack?
A war that started in 1991 after Sam Hussein ordered an invasion and occupation of neighboring Kuwait in early august of 1990.
How did the Persian Gulf War happen?
Aribs had felt that Muslims should control Palestine. In 1948, a group of countries called the Arab league had attacked Israel.
How did the Israel/Palestine conflict begin?
the false reasoning for the invasion was because iraq had allegedly had possession of weapons of mass destruction (also known as MDWs).
Why did the invasion happen?
The U.S had invaded Afghanistan under the name Operation Enduring Freedom.
How did the war in Afghanistan start?
a term for the three day airport shutdown that had all airplanes and airports either closed or at ground stop.
what is the term FAA National Ground Stop?
Saddam Hussein ordered the invasion of Kuwait.
Who was responsible for ordering the invasion of Kuwait?
Egypt, lebanon, iraq, saudi arabia, syria, trans-jordan (which is now known as jordan), and yemen were included.
What countries were in the Arab league?
A commission that was set up in November 27, 2002, to investigate all aspects of the 9/11 attacks.
What is the Al-Qaeda?
The leader who planned out the 9/11 attack and was killed for it later on.
Who was Osama bin Laden?
A war that took place in Kuwait and the Persian gulf.
Where did the Persian gulf war take place?
A conflict that had started in 1967 because Egypt, Syria and Jordan had attacked israel.
What was the six-day war?
An Afghan political and militant group that governs Afghanistan and enforces strict Islamic laws.
They had attacked the U.S, since the U.S was allegedly supporting Israel.
Why did the 9/11 attack happen?
The term used for the ground offensive stage phase of the Persian gulf war.
What is the term "Operation Desert Sabre"?
two countries known as egypt and israel are neighbors to a strip.
What is the Gaza Strip?
it had taken place in the presidential palace of Baghdad on March 20th 2003.
What place did the U.S invade?
To dismantle al-Qaeda and to remove the taliban from power.
What was the goal of the U.S war in Afghanistan?
A third hijacked plane had hit the pentagon, which was the headquarter for the United States Department of Defense. the fourth plane had crashed in the rural Pennsylvania field during a passenger revolt.
Where did the other two airplanes hit?
On February 28 1991, Iraq had agreed to a ceasefire, thus ending the war with a country
Did the U.S win the Persian Gulf war?
What was the Nakba?