Iraq/ Afghanistan Wars
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 oil | liquid fossil fuel formed from marine organisms that is burned to obtain energy and used in the manufacture of plastics |
| Baghdad | The Capital of Iraq |
| Tigris and Euphrates Rivers | The two main rivers that are located in Iraq |
| Ottoman Empire | Iraq was formerly part of this Empire |
| Mandate | a document giving an official instruction or command of a country. Britain had one on Iraq. |
| Kurds | An ethnic society found in the mountains of Iraq, Saddam formed a genocide on them |
| 1932 | The year Iraq gained independence. |
| 37 | The amount of nations in the coalition during the Persian Gulf War. |
| 1991 | The year the Persian Gulf War occurred |
| Kuwait | The small country Saddam Hussein took over in 1990 |
| Operation Desert Shield | Operation that had a Military build-up of coalition troops in Saudi Arabia in 1990 and early 1991. |
| Operation Desert Storm | Military operations that started on January 16, 1991, with a bombing campaign, followed by a ground invasion of February 23 and 24, 1991. The ground war lasted 100 hours and resulted in a spectacularly one-sided military victory for the Coalition. |
| George H.W. Bush | The U.S. President that was in charge during the Persian Gulf War |
| George W. Bush | The U.S. President in charge during September 11, 2001. |
| Osama Bin Laden | The Al-Qaeda leader and the man who built the September 11, 2001 attack on America |
| Mayor Giuliani | The Mayor of NYC during the September 11, 2001 attack on the World Trade Centers |
| Al-Qaeda | A radical Islamic Organization dedicated to driving American influence out of Arab Countries. |
| Taliban | The group in charge of Afghanistan in 2001 when the United States invaded |
| Operation Enduring Freedom | The operation that was held by the United States in Afghanistan. The goal was to get the Afghanistan people free from the Taliban |
| 1,731 | The amount of deaths of American troops due to the Afghanistan War from 2001 to 2012. |
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