The Iraq War (2003-2011)
He was the leader of Irq during the 2003 invasion.
Who was Saddam Hussein?
This fundamentalist group ruled Afghanistan when the war began in 2001.
Who are the Taliban?
This terrorist organization was responsible for carrying out the September 11 attacks.
What is Al-Qaeda?
Iraq invaded this small, oil-rich neighbor in 1990, sparking the war.
What is Kuwait?
This city is considered holy to Jews, Christians, and Muslims and is a central point of the conflict.
What is Jerusalem?
his acronym stands for the weapons the U.S. believed Iraq possessed before the war started.
What are WMDs (Weapons of Mass Destruction)?
This was the primary goal of the U.S. invasion following the 9/11 attacks.
What ws to find Osama bin Laden/remove Al-Qaeda?
This many planes were hijacked during the 9/11 attacks.
What is four?
He was the U.S. President during the Persian Gulf War.
Who was George H.W. Bush?
This term refers to the uprising of Palestinians against Israeli occupation.
What is an Intifada?
This major Iraqi city was the site of two intense battles in 2004.
What is Fallujah?
This mountain range in eastern Afghanistan was the site of a major battle in 2001 where bin Laden escaped.
What is Tora Bora?
This building in Arlington, Virginia, was one of the targets hit during the attacks.
What is the Pentagon?
This was the code name for the combat phase of the war in 1991.
What was Operation Desert Storm?
These 1993 agreements were intended to create a framework for peace between Israel and the PLO.
What are the Oslo Accords?
This was the official code name for the initial U.S.-led invasion in 2003.
What was Operation Iraqi Freedom?
This became the longest war in American history, lasting for this many years.
What is 20 years (2001–2021)?
This federal department was created in 2002 as a direct result of the attacks.
What is the Department of Homeland Security?
These Soviet-made missiles were fired by Iraq at Israel and Saudi Arabia during the conflict.
What are Scud missiles?
This narrow strip of land on the Mediterranean Sea is one of the most densely populated areas in the conflict.
What is the Gaza Strip?
This 2007 strategy involved sending an additional 30,000 U.S. troops to Iraq to provide security.
What was "The Surge"?
This agreement, signed in 2020, set the stage for the final withdrawal of U.S. troops.
What was the Doha Agreement?
This flight crashed in a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, after passengers fought back against hijackers.
What is United Flight 93?
This American General led the coalition forces during the war.
Who was Norman Schwarzkopf?
This 1917 British document expressed support for the "establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people."
What was the Balfour Declaration