Persian%20Gulf%20War/%20War%20in%20Iraq

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Persian Gulf War/War in Iraq
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Who is Saddam Hussein?

• Name means one who confronts
• 5th President of Iraq
• Hated Kuwait for their wealth and oil rights
• Revered by Iraqis
• Captured and hanged

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Persian Gulf War Causes

• Iraq claims Kuwait is stealing oil from Iraqi
  land threatens war (July 1990)
• Iraq invades Kuwait (August 2, 1990)
• Iraq annexes Kuwait (August 8, 1990)
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International Response

• United Nations Embargo placed on Iraq (August 6,
  1990)
• Great Britain and France send 10,000 troops
  (September 1990)
• UN sets deadline for Iraq to be out of Kuwait by
  January 15, 1991 (December 1990)

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Coalition Forces vs. Iraq
Number of troops sent in by country
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United States Involvement

• Congress gives President Bush okay to attack
  (January 12, 1991)
• Operation Desert Storm Begins at 3am (January 17,
  1991)
• Around the clock air bombing of major Iraqi cities

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Ground Combat

• February 22, 1991 President Bush tells Iraq if
  they dont withdraw in 24 hrs, ground combat will
  begin
• Saddams response this will be the mother of
  all battles
• February 24 Ground combat begin

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• Fighting lasts 100 hours!!!!! Booyah!

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February 26, 1991

• Hussein withdraws troops from Kuwait, burning as
  they go
• UN troops chase them out with bombs

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Iraq bombs Kuwait oil fields
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Iraq dumps oil into Gulf
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Kuwait Liberated Feb. 27, 1991
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Gulf Wars Major Impact

• Iraq under restriction by the UN to have weapons
  inspections
• Iraq starts refusing these inspections in 1998
• Cause War IN Iraq in 2003

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War in Iraq - Reason for war

• US and Great Britain believe Iraq had weapons of
  mass destruction
• Poison gas, biological weapons, yellowcake
  uranium, anthrax
• Weapons never found

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• Officially begins on March 20, 2003

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Goals of Invasion

• End Saddams regime and war crimes
• Destroy weapons of mass destruction
• Eliminate Islamist militants
• Distribute humanitarian aid
• Assist in creating new government

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Coalition forces take Baghdad
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Joint Occupation Zones
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Saddam Capture

• Saddam captured Dec 13, 2003 on a farm by US
  troops
• Operation Red Dawn
• 2005 Iraq has first new government elections
• Saddam hanged on Dec 30, 2006 after trial

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Exit Strategy

• Iraqis want coalition forces out and take total
  control
• Obama promised troops would be out by Aug 31,
  2010

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