The Iraq War (2003-2011)
In 2003, forces from the U.S invaded Iraq claiming to destroy Iraqi weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and end the dictatorial rule of whom?
Who is Saddam Hussein?
The UN move follows a period of ascendancy for (this group and leader), who guided the terror group from Afghanistan and Peshawar, Pakistan, in the late 1980s, to Sudan in 1991, and back to Afghanistan in the mid-1990s.
What is the al-Qaeda?
Who is Osama bin Laden?
When did the world trade center get hit?
what is 9/11/2001 8:45 a.m. Tuesday?
What is the Persian Gulf War also known as?
Operation Desert Storm or the First Gulf War.
In what year, a group of countries called the Arab League attacked Israel?
1948
When WMD intelligence proved illusory and a violent insurgency arose, the war lost public support.
What event happened after this?
What is Saddam was captured, tried, and hanged and democratic elections were held?
Al-Qaeda operatives hijack four commercial airliners, crashing them into these places on September 11, 2001.
What is the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington, DC?
How many people passed on in the 9/11 attacks?
A total of 2,996 people were killed including the 19 terrorist hijackers aboard the four planes. Citizens of 78 countries died in New York, Washington, D.C., Pennsylvania.
How many Iraqi forces were killed as a result of estimations?
8,000 to 10,000 Iraqi forces were killed.
When did Israel ally with Great Britain and France to take control of the Suez Canal?
1956
What happened on March 20, 2003?
What is President G.W Bush declares that U.S forces have begun a military operation into Iraq?
(This group), with British support began a bombing campaign against this group.
What is (The U.S military) and Taliban?
On December 18, 2001, Congress approved naming September 11 what?
"patriot day"
Two-thirds of the 21 members of the Arab League condemned Iraq’s act of aggression, and Saudi Arabia’s King Fahd, along with Kuwait’s government-in-exile, turned to the United States and other members of the what for support?
What is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)?
How long did the Suez Crisis last?
Nine days
When was Saddam Hussein captured?
When is December 14, 2003?
On October 9th, 2004, who became the first democratically elected head of Afghanistan?
Who is President Karzai?
where were the terrorists from?
Saudi Arabia and several other Arab nations.
On November 29, 1990, who authorized the use of “all necessary means” of force against Iraq if it did not withdraw from Kuwait by January 15, 1991?
Who is the U.N. Security Council?
The Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and the Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin met in secret with U.S. President Jimmy Carter. After 12 days of negotiations, they reached an agreement called what?
The Camp David Accords.
The last U.S. soldiers leave (this country), ending a nearly nine-year military mission. Since 2003, more than one million people in the military served in this country.
What is Iraq?
Who was the notorious Taliban military commander?
Who is Mullah Dadullah?
Jet fuel from the Boeing 757 caused a devastating inferno that led to the structural collapse of a portion of the giant concrete building, which is the headquarters of what?
the U.S Department of Defense.
According to the peace terms that Hussein subsequently accepted, Iraq would recognize Kuwait’s sovereignty and get rid of all its weapons of mass destruction (including what?)
What is nuclear, biological and chemical weapons).
In what year did Egypt and Syria attacked Israel again, hoping to regain their lost territories?
1973