The Iraq War (2003 - 2011)
To slow down violence in 2007, President George W. Bush put this in place to increase troops by 30,000.
What is The Surge?
In December 2001, U.S. troops weren't able to capture Osama bin Laden during a battle at this mountain cave.
What is Tora Bora?
Passed in October 2001, this Act of Congress created debate over a balance of national security and personal privacy by increasing surveillance.
What is the Patriot Act?
Iraqi troops invaded this country that started the international conflict on August 2,1990.
What is Kuwait?
This document written by the British Foreign Secretary in 1917 that would support a "national home for the Jewish people" in Palestine.
What is the Balfour Declaration?
After his capture in December 2003, this leader of Iraq was convicted of crimes against humanity.
Who is Saddam Hussein?
Which president sent an additional 30,000 troops between 2009 - 2011 to stop the Taliban resurgence.
Who is President Obama?
Started soon after the 9/11 attacks, this military campaign, was called by President George W. Bush as "This War".
What is the War on Terror?
The President of Iraq that ordered the invasion of Kuwait.
Who is Saddam Hussein?
Which territory lived in by over 2 million Palestines, has had a land, air and sea blockade in place by Israel and Egypt since 2007.
What is the Gaza Strip?
Began in March 2003, the military name for this invasion that was started with a bombing campaign.
What is Operation Iraqi Freedom?
Started on October 7, 2001, this was the name of the U.S. military operation to end the Taliban and stop al-Qaeda.
What is Operation Enduring Freedom?
The U.S. started a war against this nation in 2003, after assuming connections to terrorism and Weapons of Mass Destruction.
What is Iraq?
U.S. Army General that served as Commander in Chief during Operation Desert Storm.
Who is H. Norman Schwarzkopf?
What leader of Palestine signed the 1993 Oslo Accords Agreement.
Who is Yasser Arafat?
The main reason for the 2003 invasion was to search for these WMDs.
What are Weapons of Mass Destruction?
Established in 2002, these military - civilian teams formed to aid in security and development in the provinces.
What are the Provincial Reconstruction Teams?
Although they trained in Afghanistan, most of the 19 hijackers were originally from this nation.
What is Saudi Arabia?
Iraq fired these missiles at Israeli cities to provoke them into war.
What are SCUD missiles?
Due to this 1967 conflict, Israel got control of Golan Heights, the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and the Sinai Peninsula.
What is the Six Day War?
President Obama announced the end of this war in December 2011.
What is the Iraq War?
This militant group often worked with the Taliban and was known for using suicide attacks.
What is the Haqqani Network?
In October 2001, the U.S. invaded this country after the Taliban refused to turn over Osama bin Laden.
What is Afghanistan?
The name of this operation designed to prevent further Iraqi conflict between August 1990 and January 1991.
What is Operation Desert Shield?
This word describes the Palestine uprisings against occupation by Israel in 1987 and 2000.
What is Intifada?