The Iraq War
This 2003 military operation marked the beginning of the Iraq War, led by the United States and its allies.
What is Operation Iraqi Freedom?
This U.S. military operation, launched in October 2001, marked the beginning of the war in Afghanistan following the September 11 attacks.
What is Operation Enduring Freedom?
This terrorist organization, led by Osama bin Laden, carried out the September 11 attacks.
What is al-Qaeda?
This Iraqi leader ordered the invasion of Kuwait in 1990, triggering the Persian Gulf War.
Who is Saddam Hussein?
This long-running conflict between Israelis and Palestinians is rooted in competing national claims to the same land.
What is the Israeli–Palestinian conflict?
This Iraqi leader was captured in December 2003 and later executed in 2006.
Who is Saddam Hussein?
This extremist group, led by Osama bin Laden, was the primary target of U.S. forces after being blamed for the 9/11 attacks.
What is al-Qaeda?
In New York City, these two skyscrapers known as the Twin Towers were destroyed in the attacks.
What is the World Trade Center?
This small oil-rich nation was invaded by Iraq in August 1990, leading to international intervention.
What is Kuwait?
This city, sacred to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, is one of the central disputed locations in the conflict.
What is Jerusalem?
The U.S. justified the invasion of Iraq partly by claiming Iraq possessed these dangerous weapons, which were never found.
What are weapons of mass destruction?
This Islamist group ruled Afghanistan before 2001, was quickly ousted by U.S. forces, and later regained control in 2021.
What is the Taliban?
This U.S. military headquarters in Virginia was struck by hijacked Flight 77.
What is the Pentagon?
This U.S.-led military campaign to liberate Kuwait was known as Operation Desert Storm.
What is the coalition force (or Operation Desert Storm)?
These 1993 agreements between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization were a major step toward peace negotiations.
What are the Oslo Accords?
This U.S. president was in office when the Iraq War began in 2003.
Who is George W. Bush?
In 2011, U.S. Navy SEALs carried out a mission in Pakistan that resulted in the death of this al-Qaeda leader.
Who is Osama bin Laden?
A passenger revolt caused this flight to crash in a field near Shanksville in Pennsylvania
What is United Airlines Flight 93?
This U.S. president was in office during the Persian Gulf War and helped assemble the international coalition.
Who is George H. W. Bush?
This Palestinian political leader helped found the PLO and later became president of the Palestinian Authority.
Who is Yasser Arafat?
In 2011, this U.S. president announced the official end of the Iraq War and the withdrawal of American troops.
Who is President Barack Obama?
This 2020 agreement between the U.S. and the Taliban set the stage for the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan.
What is the Doha Agreement?
This agency ordered all civilian aircraft grounded over the United States for the first time in history following the attacks.
What is the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)?
This Middle Eastern region is where the conflict took place, involving Iraq, Kuwait, and coalition forces.
What is the Persian Gulf?
This Palestinian political and militant organization governs the Gaza Strip and has been involved in repeated conflicts with Israel.
What is Hamas?