US presence in Iraq
This was the main public reason the US gave for invading Iraq in 2003: that Iraq possessed or was developing what?
WMDs
In 1990 Iraq invaded and occupied this small, oil-rich country on the Persian Gulf, triggering international intervention. Name the country.
Kuwait
The U.S. military presence in Afghanistan began immediately after attacks on the United States on this date. Name the event or date.
9/11
Name the Iraqi leader who was captured and later executed after the 2003 invasion.
Saddam Hussein
One reason Saddam Hussein wanted control of Kuwait was access to this body of water that is important for oil shipping. What is it called?
Persian Gulf
The 9/11 attacks were planned and carried out by members of this terrorist organization led by Osama bin Laden. Name the group.
al-Qaeda or Taliban
After the 2003 invasion, U.S. forces searched for weapons of mass destruction. What was the outcome?
No WMDs found
When Iraq invaded Kuwait, Kuwait and other countries asked for help from two entities: the United States and what international organization?
United Nations
After 9/11, the U.S. invaded Afghanistan to remove the Taliban for providing safe haven to which individual?
Osama bin Laden
Besides not having weapons claims, what was another result of the US invasion in Iraq?
Capturing of Hussein
During the 1991 Gulf War, the U.S.-led coalition used air attacks followed by a ground campaign. What was the main immediate military result in Kuwait?
Iraq fled
Name one goal of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 besides capturing terrorist leaders.
Multiple answers are acceptable
In one sentence, give the "wanted", "but", and "so" for this conflict.
Iraq wanted - the world to believe they had weapons of mass instruction destruction
But - countries and the US did not want that to happen
So - the US invaded their country to destroy the WMDs
In one sentence, give the "wanted", "but", and "so" for this conflict. In the perspective of Iraq
Iraq wanted - Access to the Persian Gulf
But - the US got involved and made it harder for them
So - they bombed oil fields and left
In one sentence, give the "wanted", "but", and "so" for this conflict. In the perspective of Afghanistan
Afghanistan wanted - to intimidate the US and show their power
But - they got defeated
So - Osama hid for ten years