1. Iraq

2. Ottoman colony pre WWI British mandate post WWI Independence post WWII Saudi Prince installed as King US/GB backed Never seen as legitimate Three groups competing for power Overthrown in 1958 Rise of the Ba’ath Party in 1960s Saddam Hussein Consolidates power and ruled as a dictator Overthrown in 2003 Overview of Modern Iraq

3. Persian Gulf War In 1990 Saddam invades Kuwait. Internal revolts by Shia Muslims and Kurds against Saddam In 1991 UN forces drive Iraqi forces out

6. Coalition Forces for the First Gulf War

7. Results of the Persian Gulf War Saddam Hussein defeated but not overthrown Internal Kurdish and Shiite revolts crushed Shows how oil dictates the actions of the international community

9. What do these lists represent? United States United Kingdom Australia Poland Denmark Philippines (medical support) United States Saudi Arabia Kuwait United Arab Emirates Oman Qatar Pakistan Afghanistan Egypt Australia South Korea Philippines (medical support) Argentina United Kingdom France Italy Spain Poland Norway Greece Netherlands

10. Second Gulf War Goals Disarm Iraq of WMDs Overthrow Saddam Destroy terrorist cells Democratize Iraq

11. Results Bush declared the war over in May 2003 Hussein executed in 2006 US troops leave in 2011 Weak and ineffective democratic government Why? Rise of ISIS in 2014

12. The Iraq War through cartoons