The Iraq War
What month and year did the Iraq War start?
March 20,2003
What month and year did the Afghanistan war start?
Oct 7, 2001
What month and year did the 9/11 attack take place?
September 11, 2011
What month and year did the Persian Gulf start?
August 2, 1990
What month and year did the Israel/Palestine Conflict begin?
May 14th 1948
What month and year did the Iraq War end?
December 15, 2011
What month and year did the Afghanistan War end?
August 30,2021
Who was responsible for the 9/11 attack?
Al-Qaeda under the leadership of Osama bin Laden
Who was responsible for the Persian Gulf War?
Saddam Hussein
What event took place in 1948?
A group of countries called the Arab League attacked Israel.
What was the cause of the Iraq War?
The U.S. believed Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction and posed a threat to international security.
What was the cause of the Afghanistan war?
It was a direct response to the terrorist attacks by the Al-Qaeda terrorist network.
How many people died during this time?
About 2.996 people died
How many people died during this war?
Iraq: 20,000-35,000 soldiers died and cilivians: 100,00-200,000 died
U.S.: 294 died
What event happened in 1967?
Israel was attacked again. This is it was Egypt, Jordan, and Syria. It became known as the Six-Day War. The Israeli military was effective in this war and took control of East Jerusalem, the Gaza strip and West Bank.
How many people died from the Iraq War?
It has been suggested that 500,000 to over 1 million died during this time.
U.S. suffered: 2,400-2,459
Afghans suffered:66,000-78,000
Who was the U.S. President during this time?
When did this war end?
February 29,1991
What other area did the Israeli military take control over during this time?
It took over the Sinai Peninsula from Egypt and a region called Golan Heights in Syria.
Who was the president for the United States and Iraq during this time?
U.S. President: George W. Bush
Iraq President: Saddam Hussein
Who was the president for the United States and Afghanistan during this time?
U.S. President: George W. Bush
Afghanistan: Hamid Karzai
What areas were affected by the 9/11 terrorist attacks?
New York City: Two planes crashed into the North and South Towers (World Trade Center).
Arlington County Virginia: plane crashed into the Pentagon.
Washington D.C: plane was headed there but ended up crashing in field a located in Shanksville Pennsylvania.
What type of weapons were used during the Persian War?
F-117: Nighthawk, M1: Brahms battle tank, M2/M3: Fighting vehicles. F-15E: Fight Eagle, Cruise missiles, and Tomahawk
What happened in 1978?
Negotiations with the U.S. began to seek peace between Israel and its neighbors. The Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and the Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin met with U.S President Carter in secret.
After 12 days of negotiations they reached an agreement and called it "The Camp David Accords".