Mr. Bruns will be gone tomorrow so quiz will be on Wednesday.
War in Afghanistan
- We sent more troops to Iraq in 2009 (about 20,00 troops) called surge
Describe how the US has helped Afghanistan while we have been there
Differences
- Bush--Anounced the war on terror
- Obama--a lot of people died his first few months; wants to end by 2014; promoted economy, healthcare, education, helped build infastructure (roads & buildings)
War in Iraq
Pursian Gulf
- -Desert Shield--8/90--(US) sent troops to Saudi Arabia to protect them from being invaded; sent message to Hussain that he should back off and free Quwait;
- -Desert Srorm--1/91--Iraq invaded Quwait, iraq believed they were lossing too much money in oil
Saddam Hussein
- Born April 14, 1937--Iraq
- abused by step-father
- Batth--his politial pary
- denied military school
- involved in politic
- --helped economy
- ----oil
- Cult of personality--puts statues everywhere; god-like
- 5th. president of Iraq
- Kurds (kurdish people) gased people in North
- 1979-2003
- 2003 we invaded
- killed in 2006--killed by Iraqy people
1991-2003
- weapons inspectors--Hussein wanted people to think he had weapons (Iran)
- No fly zone--flew over North and South several times a day to make sure no military
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