the Iraq war
march 20 2003
when did the Iraq war start?
October 7 2001
when did the us war in Afghanistan start?
September 11, 2001 at 8:46 AM
when did the attacks start?
August 2, 1990
when did the war start?
1948
when did the conflict start?
December 15 2011
when did the Iraq war end?
august 30 2021
when did the us war in Afghanistan?
September 11 2001 10:28 AM
when did the attacks end?
February 28, 1991
when did it end?
1949
when did the conflict end?
This man was the brutal dictator of Iraq who ruled from 1979 until he was deposed by a U.S.-led invasion in 2003.
who is Saddam Hussein?
As a direct response to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.
how did the us war in Afghanistan start?
Two planes, hijacked vowing death to all Americans, plowed into both towers at the World Trade Center in New York. Another plane was flown into the Pentagon in Washington, DC. A fourth plane, presumably headed for the White House or the U.S. Capitol, was heroically diverted by passengers and ended up crashing in an empty field in Pennsylvania.
what happened with all the planes?
Iraq's invasion and annexation of Kuwait on August 2, 1990, driven by Saddam Hussein’s desire to control oil reserves, eliminate debt from the Iran-Iraq war, and increase regional influence. The U.S.-led coalition intervened to liberate Kuwait, protect Saudi Arabia, and secure global oil supplies
how did the Persian gulf war start
A dispute over land in the early 20th century, escalating after the 1947 UN plan to partition British-mandate Palestine into separate Jewish and Arab states
how did the conflict start?
There where 461,000 to 500,000+
how many deaths was in the Iraq war?
A transnational Sunni Islamist terrorist organization founded by Osama bin Laden in the late 1980s.
what is al-qaeda?
2,753 world trend centers, 184 the Pentagon, 40 Pennsylvania, 19 hijackers in all 2,996 people.
how many people died in the 9/11 attacks?
From roughly 10,000 to over 100,000. Many independent analyses place the number between 20,000 and 35,000.
how many deaths in the war?
over 134,000 to 136,000
how many deaths were in the Israel and Palestine conflict?
The capital and largest city of Iraq, situated along the Tigris River with a population of approximately 7 million people.
what is Baghdad?
An armed conflict between the United States and its allies and the Taliban regime of Afghanistan
what was the us war in Afghanistan?
Islamic extremism was stirred by the Iranian Revolution, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the assassination of the Egyptian president
what started the attacks?
To force the withdrawal of Iraqi troops from Kuwait.
what was the purpose of this war?
Both Jews and Palestinians have deep historical, cultural, and religious ties to the land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea.
what was the purpose of the conflict?