1. Conflicts on the Persian Gulf

2. Modern Conflicts on the Persian Gulf Directions: Using the packet, The War in Iraq (on my website), and text pages 614-615 complete the WEB below. (Conflicts: Iran-Iraq War, Persian Gulf War, Operation Iraqi Freedom) Gulf War (1990) Iraq War (Operation Iraqi Freedom) (2003) Iran-Iraq War (1980) Conflicts on the Persian Gulf Causes Effects Causes Effects

3. Pre Class: List the similarities of the Conflicts on the Persian Gulf

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6. Iran-Iraq War 1980  Causes –  Ancient animosity between Iranians and Arabs  Tensions grew after the Islamic Revolution in Iran (Sunni vs. Shi’a)  Border disputes over Shatt al-Arab (waterway between Tigris & Euphrates Rivers and the Persian Gulf)  Iraq invades Iran = immediate cause

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11. Iran-Iraq War 1980  Effects  International involvement because of oil  Operation Earnest Will  Slows modernization  Massive human and economic losses  U.N. ceasefire in 1988 –neither accomplished their goals  Indirectly leads to Gulf War because of Iraqi war debt

12. Gulf War 1990  Causes  Debt  Civil unrest  Saddam wanting to increase popular support  Invaded Kuwait  Claimed that Kuwait belong to Iraq  oil

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16. Gulf War 1990  Effects  International involvement  U.N. condemning Saddam’s aggression  Trade embargo  Operation Desert Storm (UN coalition force)  Human shields  Weapons inspection (WMDs)  U.S. encourage Kurdish uprisings  Saddam remained in power

17. Iraq War (Operation Iraqi Freedom) 2003 -2011  Causes  History of Iraqi aggression  Identified as part of the “axis of evil”  Complete the unfinished business of Gulf War  Obstruction of weapons inspection/search for WMDs  Linked to al Qaeda (not proven)  Promote democracy

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19. Iraq War (Operation Iraqi Freedom) 2003 -2011  Effects  “Coalition of the willing”  UN supported diplomatic pressure  US no support from UN or NATO  Captured Baghdad and removed from Saddam from power – Shock and Awe  Saddam captured Dec. 2003  Executed 2004  No mass evidence of WMDs  Resistance  Established a new government  2004: power transferred to Iraqis  2005: Iraqis voted in country’s first multiparty election in fifty years  High cost of rebuilding: oil industry, public services  US Troops withdrawal December 2011 I regret

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22. Muntadhar al-Zaidi  Muntadhar al-Zaidi is an Iraqi broadcast journalist  December 14, 2008, al-Zaidi shouted "This is a farewell kiss from the Iraqi people, you dog" and threw his shoes at then-U.S. president George W. Bush during a Baghdad press conference  On March 12, 2009, he was sentenced to three years in prison for assaulting a foreign head of state during an official visit.  On April 7 the sentence was reduced from three years to one year.  He was released on 15 September 2009 for good behavior, after serving nine months of the sentence