The Iraq War (2003-2011)
On this day, the U.S. invaded Iraq.
What happened on March 20th, 2003?
The U.S. war on Afghanistan started on this day.
What was the significance of October 7th, 2001 in the U.S. war on Afghanistan?
The terrorist group that initiated the 9/11 attacks.
What was Al-Qaeda?
What was Operation Desert Storm?
Some Arabs believed that Palestine should be given to the Muslims. This group of countries went by this name and attacked Israel in 1948.
What did the Arab League do in 1948?
An Iraqi dictactor overthrown in 2003.
Who is Saddam Hussein?
This was the catalyst for the War on Terror and was used to justify the U.S.'s invasion of Afghanistan.
What was 9/11?
The amount of people that passed away during the 9/11 attacks.
What was 2,996 people?
This was the cause of the Persian Gulf War.
What happened as a result of Saddam Hussein attempting to annex Kuwait?
The UN ruled that this canal should be in possession of Egypt.
Who had control over the Suez Canal?
By 2007, this many American troops had died.
What is 4,000?
The amount of money spent on reconstructing Afghanistan from 2001 to 2009.
What is $38 billion?
The day that Operation Enduring Freedom was started.
What was the significance of October 7th, 2001?
Following Iraq's original withdrawal from Kuwait, Saddam Hussein decided to resume his invasion on August 2nd, 1990. These were the allied organizations that took Kuwait's side.
What side 2/3 of the members of the Arab League, the U.N., and all of NATO take?
Due to the war happening in Israel, Arabs fled to this area.
What was the Gaza Strip and the West Bank's significance in the war in 1948?
The first step to the U.S. removing itself from Iraq, this province was handed back to the Iraqi people for voting.
What was Anbar's significance during the Iraq war?
The year that Osama Bin Laden was killed in Pakistan.
What was 2011?
What is 684 points?
The conclusion of the Persian Gulf war ended with Iraq agreeing to these terms.
What happened that caused Iraq to remove all of its weapons of mass destruction and evacuate Kuwait?
Following the armistice in 1949, this became property of Egypt.
Who had the Gaza Strip in 1949?
All U.S. troops have withdrawn from Iraq by this date.
What was the significance of December 18, 2011 in the Iraq war?
What was August 15th, 2021?
On December 18th, 2001, in order to commemorate the 9/11 attacks, this holiday was announced.
President Bush threatened that Hussein should step down from power. When he refused, this war was initiated.
What was the Second Persian Gulf War?
Arab-Israeli conflicts persisted. In 1978, the U.S. proposed these accords to help ease the conflicts.
What were the Camp David Accords?