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Name of the Persian Gulf nation that has large oil reserves that was taken over by Iraq in 1990 |
Kuwait |
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Name of UN and US led military operation to protect Saudi Arabia from Iraqi takeover in 1990 before the Persian Gulf War |
Operation Desert Shield |
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Name of UN and US led military operation during the Persian Gulf War when we attacked Iraq with our troops |
Operation Desert Storm |
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Name of the UN resolution that gave Iraq a final chance to comply with UN demands that he disarm all WMDs |
Resolution 1441 |
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Name of the UN organization that sponsored weapons inspections in Iraq from 1991-1998 |
Interal Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) |
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Name of the treaty signed by nations of the world, including Iraq and the USA, to stop the spread of nuclear weapons around the world |
Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty |
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The former leader of Iraq who served as an authoritarian dictator |
Saddam Hussein |
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One reason why President Bush believed the USA should attack Iraq in 2003 |
They did not fully comply, and there was no evidence that they got rid of ALL of their WMDs |
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Name for radical Muslims, like Al Qaeda, who came into Iraq and were fighting because they were anti-American and did not want democracy to succeed |
Insurgents |
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Name for local tribal organizations who created their own private armies and were fighting in Iraq because they wanted power and control |
Militias |
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The Three Types of WMDs |
-Biological |
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Military code name for the CURRENT war in Iraq |
Operation Iraqi Freedom |
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The three goals the USA had had for the war in Iraq |
-remove Saddam from power |
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The three main causes for changes and improvements in the war in Iraq |
-The Surge |
