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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Pakistan | A muslim nation with a military dictator whose arch enemy is India and chosen ally is Afghanistan. |
| Ports | main reason we need Pakistan |
| Good reasons | economic aid, life economic sanctions, threaten war |
| economic aid | money to build the economy |
| Risks for Pakistan | war with Taliban, citizens could revolt (muslim fundamnetalists) |
| Result | yes they switched allies-allies with us |
| Operation Enduring Freedom | USA military code name for war in Afghanistan, started october 7,2001 |
| Northern Alliance | anti- Taliban warlords and their followers who fought with the USA, main ally in 2007 |
| NATO | north atlantic treaty organization, defensive alliance, Turkey is the only muslim country in NATO |
| ISAF | international security assistance force; USA, NATO, other non-NATO nations |
| Operation New Dawn | ISAF code name for the war |
| Results in 2001-2002 | Taliban is kicked out of power (killed, arrested, fled to mtns of Afghan and Pak); Al Qaeda has same results as Taliban |
| Afghanistan sept. 2001 | 164,000 troops, 126,000 police |
| US sept. 2001 | 90,000 troops |
| International help(ISAF) sept. 2001 | NATO, other nations-49 total, 9 add major quanitites: UK, Italy, France, Spain, Turkey, Poland, Germany, Australia, Romania |
| Non Afghan Forces 2001 | 130,000 troops |
| Total fighting forces 2001 | approx 294,000 |
| Afghanistan | population is 20-32 million(estimate b/c of war), difficult nation to fight b/c of mountains |
| "The graveyard of empire" | Afghan- invading forces have never won |
| Yemen | where AQ bases today |
| Af/Iraq war | afpak-2001-?, Iraq 2003-2010: we switched our focus |
| Goal from Obama- March 2009 | to disrupt, dismantle and defeat AQ in Pakistan and Afghan and to prevent their return in the future |
| How we win- Military | clear areas of AQ and Taliban (make them feel like they're always on the run), disrupt supply lines, bomb factories and command centers, use Himars and drones |
| Himars | mobile rockets |
| Drones | remote controlled airplanes |
| Hold the area | after we clear it, Afghan forces are critical to help with this |
| Locals | get them on our side if they dont support the taliban, taliban might quit because of no support (people wont follow orders) |
| How we win- Economic | help build/rebuild infrastructure |
| Infrastructure | structure on the inside that isnt always seen that is critical for the structure to function properly, 5 main componenets are power, water, sewege, communication, transportation |
| education | the #1 way to defeating power |
| How we win- Political | pakistan-- get maximum support, Afghan- president Karzai, eliminate as much corruption as possible |
| Corruption | when government officials work for personal benegit or are dishonest |
| General David Patraeus | takes over command in the war in 2010, asked for 40,000 troops- got 30,000(2010), now head of CIA, under Bush recieved 17,000 troops |
| surge | mass amount of troops |
| Islam | name of the religion, "surrender" |
| Muslim | people who believe in Islam |
| Allah | god |
| Quran/Koran | holy book of Islam; muslims read it in Arabic |
| Muhammad | islams final prophet, his teachings are what Islam folllows, born in Meccia, SA (holy place), founded islam while he was living in Arabia in the 7th century |
| prophet | messenger from God |
| What Islam teaches | set similar standars as christianity and judaism, honor parents, be honest and kind, protect the weak, service to others |
| common prophets | moses, abraham, and jesus |
| Sunnis | 85% of muslims, believe they get guidance from Koran traditions(anyone can preach, not just descendants),OBL was a Sunnis with an extreme interpretation of the Koran |
| Shiites | 15% of muslims, mainly in Iraq and Iran, believe true guidance is only from Mohammads heirs the Imam, |
| Imam | mohammads heirs--spiritual leaders |
| sunnis and shiites | division is over who should succeed mohammad as religious teacher |
| Muslim | only 18% of muslim population is Arab |
| Arab | language- Arabic, Genealogical- descendants from people who lived on Arabian Peninusula |
| PGF | Persian Gulf War: 1990-1991 |
| Operation Iraqi Freedom | 2003-2010, USA code name |
| Saddam Hussein | Iraq leader,Dictatorship, He orders Iraq to attack Kuwait |
| Territory | Oil,Port (access to Persian Gulf |
| Economy | was in decline after 8 years at war |
| Coalition | alliance of 39 countries organized by the UN/US; goal was to liberate Kuwait from Iraq |
| Desert Shield | building up of troops to protect Saudi Arabia |
| Desert Storm | the actual attack on Iraq by the coalition |
| 100 hour war | we bombed Iraq for 4 weeks, then actually fought, won easily, liberated Kuwait |
| Cease Fire Agreement | Iraq had to get rid of and couldn't operate any more WMDs; coalition had to stop fighting/attacking Iraq |
| Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty | 1. Agree to not sell/buy nuclear weapons/materials for nuclear weapons 2. Agree to use nuclear technology for peaceful uses 3. Agree to allow Inspections |
| WMDs | weapons of mass destruction: -Biological- releases living organisms (virus's, diseases) small -Chemical- releases chemicals(poisonous gases) -Nuclear- bombs |
| IAEA | international atomic energy agency- UN inspections agency |
| 1991-1998 | inspections were on and off, Saddam wouldn't let then in, kicked out in 98, we didnt know if they had disarmed all of them |
| Sanctions | placed on Iraq by most of the world until they were finally disarmed; iraq couldn't sell oil(created economic hardships) |
| 2002 | USA had been attacked on 9/11(#1 priority of pres is to defend USA), New defensive policy: attack terrorist before they attack us, Info/ intelligence said Iraq STILL had WMDs, UN had passed 11 resolutions (warning letters) telling Iraq to disarm already- had no effect, Therefore- Bush goes to UN (Asks for help in disarming Iraq,Led resolution 1441) |
| Resolution 1441 | Last chance, Must give a written report about all WMD's within 30 days,Allow inspection (Anywhere, anytime, anyone,Must start in 45 days,60 days to inspect)Must comply or serious consequences |
| Nov/Dec 2002 | UN inspectors go into Iraq, Found no WMD's, Did not have complete access, Led to a UN debate over what to do |
| UN debate | USA says: Iraq did not comply, no proof of no WMDs, go to war France says: no proof of any WMDs, need more time for inspections, no war |
| March 19, 2003 | USA attacked Iraq, allies: Australia, Poland, UK |
| Goals for the war | remove saddam hussein from power, find WMDs, create a stable democratic government |
| April 11,2003 | Saddam was removed from power- he fled |
| December 2005 | elections for a permanent government were held; been in Iraq so long to make sure stable/secure(peace, no chaos) |
| insurgents | radical Muslims who didn't want democracy (Al Qaeda ect), prefer a nation ruled by religious authority,anti- American |
| militias | local tribal organization (at least 23)-- political control, control of oil, military control |
| Civial war | Sunnis vs. Shiites, reason- Saddam and history, AQ helped Sunnis(Saddam discriminated Shiites), Shiites are majority of population |
| Improvements | 2007-2008 Surge( Gen. David Petraeus,30,00 troops) Sunnis Awakening(stopped supporting AQ, supported USA, Sons of Iraq), Intel and Technology (from sons of iraq, drone attacks) |
| Sons of Iraq | tribal leaders, paid by USA |
| 1998-2002 | We don't know (kicked out) , 9-11-01 |
| 2002 | resolution 1441 |
| 2003-2010 | operation Iraqi freedom |
| 2011 | total troop withdrawal |
| 2001-? | Af/Pak war |
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