1. Shah of Iran (not great)

2. Iranian Revolution 1979
Ayatolla Khomeini (really bad guy) reclaims Iran from Shah who was supported by the US

4. Iran Hostage Crisis
Lasts from November 1979 to January 1981

5. Hostages released partially because of fear of a new US President

6. Iran/Iraq War 1980-1988 Over 1,000,000 Dead
* Cost over 1 trillion Dollars

8. Iraq Debt Leads to Saddam invading Kuwait

9. Operation Desert Storm 1990

11. Operation Iraqi Freedom March 20, 2003-2011

12. Resolution 1441!!

13. US Troops Leave Iraq on December 13 2011
US Casualties
4,493
US Wounded
32,000
Iraqi Casualties
Est 100,000

14. Power Vacuum Leads to…

15. Arab Spring

16. The Rise of Isis
Video link

17. Syria and the Refugees