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1 The Gulf War The 1 st One!

2 Saddam Hussein

3 George Bush, Sr. President after Reagan

4 Created a Plan Dick CheneyColin Powell

5 Operation Desert Storm: Attack IRAQ

6 Ground Attack… to liberate Kuwait

7 100 Hours Fewer than 300 coalition troops were killed Cease-fire agreement: Feb. 1991 American troops returned home!

8 Operation Iraqi Freedom 2003

9 The Leaders George W. BushSaddam Hussein

10 U.S. Military Leaders Left: Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld Right: Supreme commander General Tommy Franks

11 Connections? George Bushes (plural) Finish what Dad started? Are 9/11 and the Kuwait invasion of 1990 similar? Quick defeats of the Iraqi army twice 2 nd time went into Iraq Oil interests? You analyze and write your thoughts into questions, comments or descriptions

12 Back Again… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkOCI fNQXP0&feature=related – Bush announcing the invasion http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkOCI fNQXP0&feature=related WMD: http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/librar y/news/iraq/2003/iraq-030205-powell-un- 17300pf.htm http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/librar y/news/iraq/2003/iraq-030205-powell-un- 17300pf.htm http://thinkprogress.org/iraq-timeline/

13 Sectarian Violence 2005-2007 Sunni vs. ShiiteWhy? Sunni Shiite Split: Interview with Michigan proph from 2006 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/ story.php?storyId=6572670&ps=rs http://www.npr.org/templates/story/ story.php?storyId=6572670&ps=rs This is the story from 07 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/ story.php?storyId=7332087 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/ story.php?storyId=7332087

14 The Surge - 2007 http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2007/09/06/world/middleeast/20070907_BUIL DUP_MAIN_GRAPHIC.html http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2007/09/06/world/middleeast/20070907_BUIL DUP_MAIN_GRAPHIC.html http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1708843,00.html http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2007/09/06/world/middleeast/20070907_BUIL DUP_DETAIL_GRAPHIC.html?neighborhood=overview Did the Surge work -2007 http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2007/09/06/world/middleeast/20070907_BUIL DUP_DETAIL_GRAPHIC.html?neighborhood=overview Find your own!

15 Obama’s View Pull troops out by the end of 2010 ◦http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp- dyn/content/article/2008/07/20/AR2008072001416.htmlhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp- dyn/content/article/2008/07/20/AR2008072001416.html

16 Approval Ratings Gallup Polls http://www.gallup.com/poll/1633/Iraq.aspx http://www.gallup.com/poll/1633/Iraq.aspx http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/mood_of_america/mood_ of_america_archive/war_on_terror/42_say_u_s_and_allies_winning_war_on_terror http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/mood_of_america/mood_ of_america_archive/war_on_terror/42_say_u_s_and_allies_winning_war_on_terror

17 The Future for Iraq and the US http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/870 3804.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/870 3804.stm

18 1978-Today http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/afghanistan/in dex.html?scp=4&sq=invasion%20of%20afghanistan&st=cse New York Times: History of Afghanistan http://www.economist.com/research/articlesBySubject/display.cfm?id=796681 Research on Afghanistan from the Economist

19 Invasion of Soviet Union http://www.youtube.co m/watch?v=w8Vmx9Pg5 Js CNN video http://www.youtube.co m/watch?v=w8Vmx9Pg5 Js The US sent money to the Mujahedeen Lessons we can learn: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8365187.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8365187.stm Mujahedeen Soviets

20 Taliban Mullah Omar http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1753 72,00.html http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1753 72,00.html In their own words: http://www.newsweek.com/2009/09/25/the-taliban- in-their-own-words.html http://www.newsweek.com/2009/09/25/the-taliban- in-their-own-words.html Photos http://photo.newsweek.com/content/photo/2009/9/p hotos-the-taliban-in-their-own-words.html http://photo.newsweek.com/content/photo/2009/9/p hotos-the-taliban-in-their-own-words.html Who are the Taliban: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/1549285.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/1549285.stm

21 Al Qaeda “The Base” Brief Description http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_6270000/new sid_6270300/6270352.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_6270000/new sid_6270300/6270352.stm Osama Documentary (Pre 9/11) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLmG9mOxLn4 Osama links: http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopi cs/people/b/osama_bin_laden/index.html http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopi cs/people/b/osama_bin_laden/index.html New York Times topics page on Al-Qaeda http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/orga nizations/a/al_qaeda/index.html http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/orga nizations/a/al_qaeda/index.html Osama Article Sept. 2001 http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,1000871,00.ht ml http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,1000871,00.ht ml

22 9/11 http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference /timestopics/subjects/s/sept_11_2001/in dex.html?scp=1- spot&sq=9/11%20&st=cse http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference /timestopics/subjects/s/sept_11_2001/in dex.html?scp=1- spot&sq=9/11%20&st=cse

23 Approval Ratings and 1,000 Deaths http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fgw-afghan-toll-20100529,0,5268387,print.story US Death toll reaches 1,000, has approval ratings http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fgw-afghan-toll-20100529,0,5268387,print.story Aug. 2009 ABC poll http://abcnews.go.com/PollingUnit/Afghanistan/war- afghanistan-abc-news-washington-post-poll/story?id=8363179 http://abcnews.go.com/PollingUnit/Afghanistan/war- afghanistan-abc-news-washington-post-poll/story?id=8363179

24 Obama Admin’s Plan http://www.nytimes.com /2009/12/02/world/asia/ 02prexy.html?_r=1 http://www.nytimes.com /2009/12/02/world/asia/ 02prexy.html?_r=1 http://video.nytimes.com/video/2009/12/01/world/middleeast/1247465934592/p resident-obama-s-speech-on-afghanistan.html Speech on December 1, 2009

25 Future of Afghanistan Challenge of Poppy plants: http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1970017,00.html?loomia_si=t0:a16:g2:r3:c0.062132:b31263262&xid=Loomia http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1970017,00.html?loomia_si=t0:a16:g2:r3:c0.062132:b31263262&xid=Loomia Working with Hamid Karzai http://www.newsweek.com/2010/04/08/our-man-in-afghanistan.html Al-Qaeda #3 killed http://www.newsweek.com/blogs/declassified/2010/06/01/al-qaeda-no-3-reportedly-killed-in-missile-attack.html Summer offensive in Kandahar http://www.economist.com/research/articlesBySubject/displaystory.cfm?subjectid=796681&story_id=16068910

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