1. Iraq Conflicts
We will study two conflicts in which the USA has been involved in Iraq:
Gulf War/Desert Storm:
Operation Iraqi Freedom:

2. Saddam Hussein Military dictator of Iraq Instigator of instability
Over-all bad guy

3. Gulf War/Desert Storm
Jan-Feb 1991

4. Gulf War/Desert Storm Iraq needed $$$ to pay for recent war vs. Iran
Iraq invaded neighboring Kuwait to obtain more oil fields and Persian Gulf ports

5. Gulf War/ Desert Storm World wide coalition formed against Iraq,
AFGHANISTAN
AUSTRALIA 
BAHRAIN
BANGLADESH
BELGIUM 
BRITAIN 
CANADA
CZECHOSLVAKIA
EGYPT
FRANCE  
GERMANY
HONDURAS
HUNGARY
ITALY 
KUWAIT  
NEW ZEALAND
NIGER
OMAN
POLAND 
QATAR 
ROMANIA 
SAUDI ARABIASOUTH KOREA 
SYRIA 
UNITED ARAB EMRIATES UNITED STATES
Gulf War/ Desert Storm
World wide coalition
formed against Iraq,
including many Arab
countries

6. Gulf War/Desert Storm
Iraq booted from Kuwait, Hussein left in power

7. War in Iraq / Operation Iraqi Freedom
Mar 2003 – 2011

8. War in Iraq / Operation Iraqi Freedom
Goal was to oust Hussein and establish democracy in Iraq

9. War in Iraq / Operation Iraqi Freedom
US claimed Hussein had WMD’s but none were found

10. War in Iraq / Operation Iraqi Freedom
Operation lead by US, received little support from rest of world

11. War in Iraq / Operation Iraqi Freedom
Controversial: no clear reason to start, no clear victory in the end

12. Kurds (stateless nation)
Ethnic group living in Iraq, Iran, and Turkey
Want their own country but will unlikely get one