The Iraq war
When did the war begin?
March 20, 2003
The U.S. invaded Afghanistan shortly after this major event.
what are the 9/11 attacks?
What decreased after 9/11?
Travel into the U.S.
What occurs on January 22,1991?
Iraq begins to blow up Kuwaiti oil wells.
The Gaza strip has been inhabited with many ethnic groups since an estimated time period.
1500 BCE?
Who is Saddam Hussein?
The dictator of Iraq back then
This terrorist leader was killed in Pakistan in 2011
who is Osama Bin Laden?
What name did the U.S. give to their war against terrorism?
War on Terror
Which country was invaded by Iraq?
Kuwait
On the Mediterranean coast, between Israel and Egypt
the Gaza Strip?
What did Sunni Muslim extremists destroy?
the gilded Shiite shrine in Samarra
The U.S. officially withdrew its military troops from Afghanistan in this year.
What is 2021?
Other than the WTC, which other building was hit by terrorist attacks?
The Pentagon
What occured on August 6,1990?
The UN places an embargo on Iraq.
_____ (amount) laws in Israel currently favor Jews over Arabs.
20
What did the war in Iraq make US allies feel?
Angry
This is the approximate number of U.S. troops deployed at the peak of the Afghanistan War.
What is around 100,000?
How many people passed away on 9/11?
3000
On what day did President Bush declare Kuwait liberated?
February 27,1991
The Israeli Council for Israeli Palestinian Peace (ICIPP) has a mission to _______.
to create a peace negotiation with the PLO to end the conflict with Israel/ Palestine
Which prison were many Americans horrified by the torture and ill-treatment in this prison in Iraq?
Abu Ghraib
The main goal of the U.S. invasion was to eliminate this terrorist group.
What is Al Qaeda?
What was created shortly after 9/11 to ensure security at airports?
TSA
The first US troops arrive in Saudi Arabia on August___1990.
9th
This denomination of Islam is the majority in the Gaza Strip.
Sunni