The Iraq War 2003-2011
How many US soldiers were lost in the war?
Over 4,700
How long was the war?
22 years
How did president Goerge W. Bush respond to the 9/11 attacks?
President George W. Bush responded by declaring a “war on terrorism” including the creation of the Department of Homeland Security and the invasion of Afghanistan.
How did Hussian miscalculate for his second attack?
Hussein’s assumption that his fellow Arab states would stand by in the face of his invasion of Kuwait, and not call in outside help to stop it, proved to be a miscalculation.
Who was in the Arab League?
Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Transjordan (now Jordan), and Yemen.
Who was dictator the US trying to take down?
Saddam Hussein
al-Qaeda
The terrorist group that lead the war against the US.
How many people were lost in the 9/11 attacks?
Almost 3,000 US citizens and 19 al-Queda terrorists
How long did the war last?
42 days
Where did the Arabs go when they fled Isreal
regions of Palestine called the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.
Who was the US president at this time?
President George W. Bush
This was the US -
Longest war
What happened on the attacks of 9/11
al Qaeda hijacked four commercial passenger airplanes and carried out suicide attacks against targets in the US. Two of the planes were flown into the World Trade Center in NYC. Within a few hours, both of the twin towers collapsed into rubble, demolishing a large section of lower Manhattan. A third plane hit the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, just outside D.C.
There were different names for this war list some of them.
Persian Gulf War
Operation Desert Storm
First Gulf War
What is armistice?
An armistice is an agreement to end fighting in a war.
When did the war loose public support?
When WMD intelligence proved illusory and a violent insurgency.
Who were the US allies in the war?
Australia, Canada, France, and Germany
How did the terrorists get in the US?
Some of the terrorists had lived in the United States for more than a year and had taken flying lessons at American commercial flight schools. Others had slipped into the country in the months before September 11 and acted as the “muscle” in the operation.
How did the war start?
Hussein delivered a speech in which he accused neighboring nation Kuwait of siphoning crude oil from the Ar-Rumaylah oil fields located along their common border. He insisted that Kuwait and Saudi Arabia cancel out $30 billions of Iraq’s foreign debt and accused them of conspiring to keep oil prices low in an effort to pander to Western oil-buying nations.
Why did Isreal attack Egypt?
To take control of the Suez Canal.
Who died when a suicide bomber driving an explosives-filled cement mixer destroys the UN headquarters in Iraq?
Sérgio Vieira de Mello the UN special representative to Iraq, and twenty-two members of his staff.
What was the cause of the fierce 2-week battle between al-Queda and Afghan soldiers?
By tracking al-Queda leader bin Laden to the well-equipped Tora Bora cave complex southeast of Kabul. Sadly, he ended up escaping before he was caught.
What caused al-Queda to attack?
They claimed to be acting in retaliation for America’s support of Israel, its involvement in the Persian Gulf War and its continued military presence in the Middle East.
How did the US get involved in the war?
The war began in 1991 after President Saddam Hussein of Iraq ordered the invasion and occupation of neighboring Kuwait in early August 1990. Alarmed by these actions, Arab powers such as Saudi Arabia and Egypt called on the United States and other Western nations to intervene.
Egypt, Jordan, and Syria attacked Israel, and it was known as what?
Six-Day War