Iraq War (2003-2011)
Who expressed hope that rising violence will abate?
George Washington
Who hijacked four commercial airliners, crashing them into the World Trade Center in New York?
Al-Qaeda
What date did the plane crash into the tower of the World Trade Center in New York?
September 11th
What is the Persian Gulf War also known as?
Operation Desert Storm or the First Gulf War.
In what year did isreal also sign a peace treaty with jordan?
1994.
What did a suicide bomber driving an explosives-filled cement mixer destroy?
The UN headquarters in Iraq
Who signed into law a joint resolution authorizing the use of force against those responsible for attacking the United States on September 11?
President bush.
What did they do for the first anniversary of the 9/11 crash in 2002?
Two bright columns of light were shot up into the sky from where the Twin Towers once stood.
When was Saddam Hussein captured by U.S. forces?
December 13, 2003.
Who tried to take control of the Suez Canal?
In 1956, Israel, allied with Great Britain and France then tried to take control of the Suez canal.
What president declared that U.S. forces have begun a military operation into Iraq?
President George W. Bush
What president announced that the United States will not meet the deadline set under the U.S.-Taliban agreement to withdraw all troops by May 1 and instead releases a plan for a full withdrawal by September 11, 2021.
President obama
What year did the hijacked plane crash into the world trade center in New York?
2001
When was Operation Desert Sabre launched?
February 24.
What happen in 1948 when a group of countries called the Arab league?
They Attacked Isreal.
After how many weeks did Iraqi civilians and U.S. soldiers pull down a statue of Saddam in Baghdad’s Firdos Square?
Three weeks.
Who did they grant freedom when the U.S. military, with British support, begins a bombing campaign against Taliban forces?
Officially launching Operation Enduring Freedom. Australia, Canada, France, and Germany
What date did then-President Trump signed a law authorizing support for the September 11 Victim Compensation Fund through 2092?
2019
What happen on the early morning of January 17, 1991?
A massive U.S.-led air offensive hit Iraq’s air defenses, moving swiftly on to its communications networks, weapons plants, oil refineries and more.
What was the name of the military dictator that seized power in 1979?
Saddam Hussein
Who signed an order disbanding the Iraqi army and intelligence services, sending hundreds of thousands of well-armed men into the street?
L. Paul Bremer III, head of the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq
What president outlined his Afghanistan policy in an address to troops in Arlington, Virginia, saying that though his “original instinct was to pull out,” he will instead press ahead with an open-ended military commitment to prevent the emergence of “a vacuum for terrorists.”
President Trump
From 2001 to what year did over $7 billion dollars in compensation was given to families of the 9/11 victims and the 2,680 people injured in the attacks?
2004.
who insisted that Kuwait and Saudi Arabia cancel out $30 billion 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.
Hussein
The war of Isreal and Arabs ended with an armistice what year?
1949