The Iraq War (2003-2011)
When did the U.S. forces invaded Iraq vowing to destroy Iraqi weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and end the dictatorial rule of Saddam Hussein
March 2003
Who surged back to power two decades after U.S.-led forces toppled their regime in what led to the United States’ longest war?
The Taliban
When did the Terrorists Strike the U.S
September 11, 2001
When did The Persian Gulf War, also known as Operation Desert Storm or the First Gulf War began?
1991
Mustafa Kemal earned the name what as the first president of the Republic of Turkey.
Atatürk, "Father of the Turks,"
Who declares the end of major combat operations in Iraq from the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln.
President Bush
Who is the commander of the Northern Alliance
Ahmad Shah Massoud
Who was the President when the 09/11 attack happened?
U.S. President George
TRUE OR FALSE
In justifying his invasion of Kuwait in August 1990, Saddam Hussein claimed it was an artificial state carved out of the Iraqi coast by Western colonialists
True
TRUE OR FALSE
The heart of the Ottoman Empire had always been Turkey , which is now modern Asia Minor.
FALSE
The heart of the Ottoman Empire had always been Asia Minor, which is now modern Turkey.
Who mounts a wave of suicide bombings, striking against Shiite Muslim holy sites in Baghdad and Karbala?
Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI)
When did The U.S. military, with British support, begins a bombing campaign against Taliban forces, officially launching Operation Enduring Freedom.
October 7,2001
How Many People Died in the 9/11 Attacks?
A total of 2,996 people were killed in the 9/11 attacks, including the 19 terrorist hijackers aboard the four airplanes.
The elite Iraqi Republican Guard mounted a defense south of Al-Basrah in southeastern Iraq, but when was it defeated?
by February 27.
When did Reza Pahlavi seized power and became the shah, or ruler, of Iran.
In 1925
Who destroy the gilded Shiite shrine in Samarra ?
Sunni Muslim extremists
Who operatives hijack four commercial airliners, crashing them into the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington, DC?
Al-Qaeda
Where was President George W. Bush when the 9/11 happened?
Florida
Saddam Hussein was captured by U.S. forces on December 13, 2003, when was he executed ?
executed on December 30, 2006
What became the basis of Arabia economies.
Oil
In in April 2006, who is named prime minister.
Nouri al-Maliki
The Taliban regime unravels rapidly after its loss at Mazar-e-Sharif?
November 9, 2001
When was Osama bin Laden, the mastermind behind the September 11th attacks found and killed ?
May 2, 2011
TRUE OR FALSE
On November 29, 1990, the U.N. Security Council authorized the use of “all necessary means” of force against Iraq if it did not withdraw from Kuwait by January 15, 1991.
True
Who was the first shah of Iran.
Reza Pahlavi