The Iraq war
When did the Iraq war start
march 20, 2003
who hijacked four commercial airliners, crashing them into the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington, DC?
Al-Qaeda operatives
how many people were killed in the 9/11 attacks?
2,996
Who was Iraqi president?
Saddam Hussein
when did Lebanon become independent?
Lebanon became independent in the 1940s.
the trial of Iraq's former dictator ends with a sentence of?
death by hanging
how many Afghans turn out to vote for the Wolesi Jirga
more than 6 million
How many people were diagnosed with 9/11 related cancer?
10,000 people
By mid-February, the coalition forces had shifted the focus of their air attacks toward Iraqi ground forces in?
Kuwait and southern Iraq
I 1919, Jewish people began to immigrate to where?
Jewish people began to immigrate to Palestine in large numbers
who was the 44th president and was campaigning on a vow to withdraw combat troops in Iraq within sixteen months of taking office?
Barack Obama
Who became the first democratically elected head of Afghanistan?
President Karzai
what did congress name September 11?
National Day of Service and remembrance
He declared a cease fire
How did world war II began?
Germany invaded Poland, and World War II began
who was the leader of AL-Qaeda in Iraq?
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi,
who took responsibility for the attacks on September 11, 2001?
Osama bin Laden
t the world trade center, how many people died after the two planes slammed into the twin towers?
2,763 people died
Iraq would recognize Kuwait’s sovereignty and get rid of all its?
Weapons of mask destrution
In 1925, Reza Pahlavi seized power and became what of Iran?
became the shah, or ruler, of Iran.
On December 16, 2007 what did British forces relinquish control of?
Basra, Iraq's second-largest city, to Iraqi forces.
who responsible for the 9/11 attacks, is killed by U.S. forces in Pakistan?
bin Laden
What building collapsed at 10:30 a.m.?
The north building of the twin towers
In the years that followed, U.S. and British aircraft continued to patrol skies and mandate a no-fly zone over what country?
Iraq
during World War I, the Ottoman Empire was drawn into conflict with what country
Russia