The Iraq War
Who announced that U.S. forces have begun a military operation into Iraq.
President George W. Bush
adopts Resolution 1267, creating the so-called al-Qaeda and Taliban Sanctions Committee, which links the two groups as terrorist entities and imposes sanctions on their funding, travel, and arms shipments.
The UN Security Council
On September 11, 2001, terrorists linked to the Islamic extremist group al Qaeda—founded by
Osama bin Laden
With Iraqi resistance nearing collapse, Bush declared a ceasefire on February 28.
Who Won The Persian Gulf War?
People watch an Arab ant-Zionist protest near the Damascus Gate in Jerusalem in march of 1920.
Jewish
pull down a statue of Saddam in Baghdad’s Firdos Square.
Iraqi civilians and U.S. soldiers
DC. A fourth plane crashes in a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Close to three thousand people die in the attacks. Although Afghanistan is the base for al-Qaeda, none of the nineteen hijackers are Afghan nationals
Terrorists Strike the U.S
The 19 terrorists smuggled box-cutters and knives through security at three East Coast airports—Logan International Airport in Boston, Dulles International Airport in Washington, D.C. and Newark International Airport in New Jersey—and boarded four early-morning flights bound for California, chosen because the planes were loaded with fuel for the long transcontinental journey
Where Did the 9/11 Planes Take Off From?
immediately condemned the invasion, as did the governments of Britain and the Soviet Union.
U.S. President George H.W. Bush
From the six-day War still dot the landscape in the Golan Heights
Abandoned Tanks
President Bush declares the end of major combat operations in Iraq from the deck of the aircraft carrier USS
Abraham Lincoln
Afghanistan from Pakistan after the 9/11 attacks to organize Pashtun resistance to the Taliban. Some observers allege Karzai tolerates corruption by members of his clan and his government.
Transitional Government Named
As millions watched the events unfolding in New York, American Airlines Flight 77 circled over downtown Washington, D.C., before crashing into the west side of the Pentagon military headquarters at 9:45 a.m.
Pentagon Attack
By mid-February, the coalition forces had shifted the focus of their air attacks toward Iraqi ground forces in Kuwait and southern Iraq. A massive allied ground offensive, Operation Desert Sabre, was launched on February 24, with troops heading from northeastern Saudi Arabia into Kuwait and southern Iraq.
War on the Ground
The Iraqi army set fire to over 700 oil wells during it’s retreat from
Kuwait
of U.S. businessman Nicholas Berg, citing Abu Ghraib, videotape his beheading and post it on a jihadi website.
The kidnappers
Violence increases across the country during the summer months, with intense fighting erupting in the south in July.
A Bloody Resurgence
Less than 15 minutes after the terrorists struck the nerve center of the U.S. military, the horror in New York took a catastrophic turn when the south tower of the World Trade Center collapsed in a massive cloud of dust and smoke.
Twin Towers Collapse
In the immediate aftermath of the war, Hussein's forces brutally suppressed uprisings by Kurds in the north of Iraq and Shi'ites in the south
Aftermath of the Persian Gulf War
Many Jewish people died in prison camps such as Auschwitz during
World War II
Since 2003, more than one million airmen, soldiers, sailors, and Marines served in the country. The costs of the conflict were high: $800 billion from the U.S. Department of the Treasury, with nearly 4,500 Americans and well over 100,000 Iraqis killed.
Final U.S. Troops Leave
The last U.S. military forces depart Afghanistan, leaving it under Taliban rule. The exit follows a chaotic, two-week withdrawal process during which more than 120,000 people are evacuated.
Twenty-Year War Ends as U.S. Completes Withdrawal
A total of 2,996 people were killed including the 19 terrorist hijackers aboard the four airplanes. Citizens of 78 countries died in New York, Washington, D.C., and Pennsylvania.
How Many People Died in the 9/11 Attacks?
was a protracted armed conflict in Iraq from 2003 to 2011. It began with the invasion of Iraq by the United States-led coalition that overthrew the Ba'athist government of Saddam Hussein. The conflict continued for much of the next decade as an insurgency emerged to oppose the coalition forces and the post-invasion Iraqi government. US troops were officially withdrawn in 2011
Iraq War
Earned the name Atatürk, “Father of the Turks,” as the first president of the Republic of Turkey.
Mustafa Kemal