The Iraq war
When was The Iraq War
March 2003
The U.S. War in Afghanistan was when
1999 – 2021
what year was the 9/11 attacks
2001
when did the Golf War begin
In 1991 after President Saddam Hussein of Iraq ordered the invasion and occupation of neighboring Kuwait in early August 1990.
Despite the support of the United Nations,
controversy about Israel persisted. Many Arabs felt that Muslims should control Palestine
U.S. forces did what
Invaded Iraq vowing to destroy Iraqi weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and end the dictatorial rule of Saddam Hussein.
The Taliban surged back to power two decades after
U.S.-led forces toppled their regime in what led to the United States’ longest war.
what happened on 9/11
On September 11, 2001, 19 militants associated with the Islamic extremist group al Qaeda hijacked four airplanes and carried out suicide attacks against targets in the United States.
what did Arab do when Iraq ordered the invasion and occupation of neighboring Kuwait in early August 1990.
Alarmed by these actions, Arab powers such as Saudi Arabia and Egypt called on the United States and other Western nations to intervene.
In 1948, a group of countries called the Arab League attacked Israel. what happened
The Arab League included Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Transjordan (now Jordan), and Yemen. This war caused Arabs to flee from Israel to the regions of Palestine called the Gaza Strip and the West Bank
WMD Stands for
weapons of mass destruction
Why did the US go to war in Afghanistan?
The United States went to Afghanistan in 2001 to wage a necessary war of self-defense. On September 11, 2001, al-Qaeda terrorists attacked our country. They were able to plan and execute such a horrific attack because their Taliban hosts had given them safe haven in Afghanistan.
how many people died
Almost 3,000 people were killed during the 9/11 terrorist attacks
After 42 days of relentless attacks, U.S. President George H.W. Bush declared
a cease-fire on February 28; by that time, most Iraqi forces in Kuwait had either surrendered or fled.
when did the war end and how did it end
The war ended with an armistice in 1949. An armistice is an agreement to end fighting in a war. Under this agreement, the Gaza Strip became Egyptian territory. East Jerusalem and the West Bank fell under the control of Jordan.
The war lost public support
When WMD intelligence proved illusory and a violent insurgency arose
What role does the US play in Afghanistan?
what happened to the planes
Two of the planes were flown into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, a third plane hit the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, just outside Washington, D.C., and the fourth plane crashed in a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
The long-running Iran-Iraq War had ended in a United Nations-brokered ceasefire in August 1988, but by mid-1990
the two nations had yet to begin negotiating a permanent peace treaty.
what happened when the war ended
Peace did not last long. In 1956, Israel, allied with Great Britain and France, tried to take control of the Suez Canal.
Saddam was
captured, tried, and hanged and democratic elections were held
What are 2 US military goals in Afghanistan?
We went to Afghanistan almost 20 years ago with clear goals: get those who attacked us on September 11th, 2001, and make sure al Qaeda could not use Afghanistan as a base from which to attack us again. We did that.
what happen to the U.S when the 9/11 attack killed 3,000 people died
which triggered major U.S. initiatives to combat terrorism and defined the presidency of George W. Bush.
what happened after the foreign ministers met in Geneva that July
Two weeks later, however, Hussein delivered a speech in which he accused neighboring nation Kuwait of siphoning crude oil from the Ar-Rumaylah oil fields located along their common border. He insisted that Kuwait and Saudi Arabia cancel out $30 billion of Iraq’s foreign debt, and accused them of conspiring to keep oil prices low in an effort to pander to Western oil-buying nations.
Why did Great Britain and France, tried to take control of the Suez Canal.
This important artificial waterway, built in the mid-1800s, connects the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea. Britain and France had controlled the canal until Egypt gained its independence in 1952.