assigned blog #6
ireland
- interesting facts about the country, why people want to visit, basic facts, population, GDP, what makes it cool, interesting, what do people do, resources,
how did bush and obama deal with it differently? - afghanistan
iraq war in 2003
obama in first term took 80% of soldiers out of afghanistan, now trying to bring more all troops by the end of 2014, promoted health care, education for females, economy in afghanistan
IRAQ
operation desert shield - august 1990
iraq invaded kuwait - thought they were stealing oil money (oil desputes)
if we don't help kuwait, iraq would attack us too
sent troops to saudi arabia
send message to sudam hussain, to tell them to get out of kuwait
operation desert storm - january 1991
we told them if they didn't take troops out, we'd attack
we started bombing in feb
our goal: free kuwait - done within a month
suddam hussain's background
1937 in iraq-born
dad left , brother died before born
mom had depression
lived with uncle, abused from step father
same into politics
graduated at 18 , went into law school but dropped out
joined BAATH party
secondary school teacher
married - 2 kids
married to second lady
57th prime minister and president of iraq
1979-2003 he was in power
we captured him in 2003 and killed in 2006
went through trial and was killed
helped economy by creating jobs
in the 80's we supported him
trial - using gas warfare against his own people
why did we go to war in iraq in 2003
1991-2003
1. weapons inspectors - might by making weapons of mass destruction0 he kicked them out, we said we'd put consequence on them, let them back in- made us think he was trying to hide things
2. no fly zone - fly airplanes on north and southern parts to enforce that there were no soldiers on those ends
3.
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