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100
What is the country invaded by Iraq on August 2, 1990?
Kuwait
100
What is the number of countries that came to Kuwait's aid?
39
100
What is the operational name of the major Gulf War battle?
Operation Desert Storm
100
What is the illness that affects soldiers who fought in the Gulf War?
Gulf War Syndrome
100
What is the cause of death of 24% of the United States' causualties in the Gulf War?
Friendly Fire
200
What is the main reason Iraq invaded Kuwait?
Oil
200
What is the group that Kuwait is a member of that caused the United States to support them in the Gulf War?
United Nations
200
What is another conflict that was going on at this time causing the UN to hurry the resolution of the Gulf War?
Arab - Isreali Conflict
200
What is the reason that the United States gave for launching Operation Iraqi Freedom?
Weapons of mass destruction
200
What is the approxiamate number of civilian casualties due to bombings and other effects of the war?
Over 100,000
300
What was broken up into smaller countries at the end of World War I?
Ottoman Empire
300
What is the country that Iraq had just finished a war with before invading Kuwait?
Iran
300
What is the operational name of the war started by President George W. Bush against Iraq, also known as the 2nd Gulf War?
Operation Iraqi Freedom
300
What is the group that tried to stage an uprising against Saddam Hussein but was crushed by the Iraqi generals because the US gave no support?
Kurds
300
What is the number of U.S. battle deaths in the Gulf War?
148
400
What is the area that was cut off from Iraq after the Ottoman Empire was broken up?
Persian Gulf
400
What is the other Middle Eastern country that supplies the United States with the most oil?
Saudi Arabia
400
When did Operation Iraqi Freedom begin?
March 2003
400
What is the operation that the UN coalition started to help the Kurds in Northern Iraq who were fleeing their homes?
Operation Provide Comfort
400
What is the city where the largest number of US deaths occured in the Gulf War?
Dharan, Saudi Arabia
500
Who was the leader of Iraq?
Saddam Hussein
500
What is the only country that initially supported Iraq?
Jordan
500
What is the code name of the operation that protected Saudi Arabia from Iraqi troops?
Operation Desert Shield
500
What is the symbolic name of the stretch of road in Iraq where retreating Iraqi soldiers were attacked?
Highway of Death
500
What is the number of casualties from the Highway of Death?
Over 1,000