The Iraq War
In March 2003, U.S. forces invaded Iraq to destroy ____ and end the dictatorial rule of ____?
To destroy Iraqi weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and to end the dictatorial rule of Saddam Hussein.
What terrorist group assassinated Ahmad Shah Massoud?
al-Qaeda
What was the exact date of 9/11?
September 11th, 2001
What other names does the Persian Gulf War have?
Operation Desert Storm, the First Gulf War
What is the reason why the Israeli Jews believe that Israel is their land?
Because, according to the Book of Genesis, the land was first promised by God to Abram's descendants.
What were the names of Husseins sons?
Uday and Qusay.
Who was elected president of Afghanistan in 2004?
Hamid Karzai
The terrorists did not only attack the World Trade Center. Where else did they attack?
The Pentagon and in a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
What country did Saddam Hussein’s Iraqi military invade on August 2, 1990?
Kuwait
The day after Israel announced that it was a state, six Islamic countries invaded Israel. What are these countries?
Lebanon, Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Syria.
What did U.S. troops find Hussein hiding in?
A one-man hole near his boyhood home in Tikrit.
Who was the leader of the al-Qaeda?
Osama Bin Laden
About how many people were killed that day?
3,000
Who was in control of the Iraqi Forces?
Saddam Hussein
During the Arab- Israeli War, 600,000 Arab Palestinians fled to Arab countries that surrounded Israel, they fled to _________.
Refugee Camps
What year did the Day of Death occur?
2007
What year was Bin Laden killed?
2011
How did the administration of President George Bush respond to the attack?
What caused the Persian Gulf War?
Iraqs invasion of Kuwait
It was formed in 1964 to try to form an Arab Palestinian state that would include Israel.
The PLO (The Palestine Liberation Organization)
By what year did President Obama plan to remove combat brigades from Iraq?
2010
Who was the newly elected president of Afghanistan in 2014?
Ashraf "Ghani" Ahmadzai
The Pentagon attack
How did the Persian Gulf War end?
With an Iraqi defeat and retreat from Kuwait on February 28, 1991.
Israel made a peace agreement with four countries. This agreement said that no prejudice was to be given to either of the political parties. Name these countries.
Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, and Egypt