the us war in Afghanistan
Who was the commander of the northern alliance?
Ahmad Shah Massoud
When did U.S. forces invaded Iraq vowing to destroy Iraqi weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and end the dictatorial rule of Saddam Hussein?
March 2003
true or false: Did bin laden arrange the terroist attack on 9/11?
True
When did Persian gulf war begin?
November 29, 1990
true or false Atatürk means "son of the turks"?
False it means "father of the turks".
The military with British support begins bombing campaign against what forces?
Taliban forces
Who declares the end of major combat operations in Iraq from the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln?
President Bush
How did the attacks happen?
Terroist hijacked planes.
When did Bush declared a ceasefire?
February 28
When does Reza Pahlavi seized power and became the shah, or ruler, of Iran?
1925
The first wave of conventional ground forces arrived how many days later?
12 days later
What destroys the UN headquarters in Iraq, killing in the process Sérgio Vieira de Mello, UN special representative to Iraq, and twenty-two members of his staff?
A suicide bomber driving an explosives-filled cement mixer.
How many terroist were involved in the plane hijacking?
19 terroist
What president sponsored a new U.N. resolution calling for the return of weapons inspectors to Iraq; U.N. inspectors reentered Iraq that November?
President George W. Bush, son of the former president.
When does a new democratic government try to overthrow the shah, but he was able to hold onto power?
1953
Who becomes the first democratically elected head of Afghanistan?
President Karzai
How many U.S. and Iraqi service members assault the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah in central Iraq?
Fifteen thousand
How many people in the World Trade Center towers at the time of the collapse survived?
18 people
When was Saddam Hussein captured by U.S. forces?
December 13, 2003
In 1979, Ayatollah Khomeini returned and became the new leader of Iran and established a republic based on what?
Islamic tradition and sharia law.
Who is the Al-Queda leader?
Lin Laden
After how many years of war did the us end combat missions in Iraq?
7 years
How many people were killed during the 9/11 attack?
2996 people
True or false was Samdam elected on December 26 2006?
FALSE he was executed on December 30 2006
What are Weapons of mass destruction?
They arenuclear, biological, or chemical weapons intended to kill or harm on a large scale.