THE IRAQ WAR
U.S WAR IN AFGHANISTAN
9/11 TERRIOIST ATTACKS
PERSIAN GULF WAR
ISRAEL/PALESTINE CONFLICT
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U.S forces invaded Iraq vowing to destroy
What is WMDs?
100
Al-Qaeda operatives hijack four commercial airliners, crashing them into the this Center
What is World Trade Center?
100
On this date, terrorists linked to the Islamic extremist group al Qaeda hijacked four commercial passenger airplanes and carried out suicide attacks against targets in the United States.
What is September 11, 2001?
100
When their foreign ministers met in this canton as it appeared that Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein was prepared to dissolve that conflict
What is Geneva?
100
Many Arabs felt that Muslims should control this state
What is Palestine?
200
President George W. Bush announces that U.S. forces have begun a military operation into
What is Iraq?
200
The U.S. military begins a bombing campaign against Taliban forces, officially launching this operation
What is Operation Enduring Freedom?
200
Some of the terrorists, from 9/11, had lived in this country for more than a year.
What is United States?
200
In addition to Hussein’s incendiary speech, Iraq had begun amassing troops on this states border.
What is Kuwait?
200
In 1948, a group of countries called the Arab League attacked this country
What is Israel?
300
These coalition forces quickly overwhelm the Iraqi army
What is U.S. and British?
300
After the fall of this capital city in Afghanistan on November 2001, the United Nations invites major Afghan factions, to a conference in Bonn, Germany
What is Kabul?
300
The 19 terrorists, from 9/11, smuggled box-cutters and knives through security at these East Coast airports
What is Logan International Airport (in Boston), Dulles International Airport(in Washington D.C), and Newark International Airport(in New Jersey)?
300
With Iraqi resistance nearing collapse, this president declared a ceasefire.
Who is George W. Bush?
300
This League included Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Jordan, and Yemen.
What is the Arab League?
400
After two weeks on the job this Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq, signs an order disbanding the Iraqi army
Who is L. Paul Bremer III?
400
The U.S. military creates a civil affairs framework to coordinate redevelopment with this international organization and nongovernmental organizations
What is the United Nations?
400
This flight circled over downtown Washington, D.C., before crashing into the west side of the Pentagon military headquarters at 9:45 a.m.
What is American Airlines Flight 77?
400
U.S. President George H.W. Bush immediately condemned the Iraqi invasion, as did the governments of Britain and this totalitarian state
What is the Soviet Union?
400
In 1967, a new conflict erupted as Egypt, Jordan, and Syria attacked Israel in what is known as
What is The Six-Day War?
500
This Shiite cleric attacked U.S. and Iraqi security forces
Who is Muqtada al-Sadr?
500
U.S. Marines launch a major offensive in southern Afghanistan, representing a major test for this new strategy
What is counterinsurgency strategy?
500
a California-bound plane was hijacked about 40 minutes after leaving this airport in New Jersey.
What is Newark Liberty International Airport?
500
the first U.S. Air Force fighter planes began arriving in Saudi Arabia as part of a military buildup dubbed this operation
Operation Desert Shield
500
Britain and France had controlled the Suez canal until Egypt gained its independence, their attempt to regain control of the canal is known as this war
What is the Suez Crisis?