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| 1) What was the result of Kuwait being created? | Iraq lost its access to the Persian Gulf |
| 2) Who is Saddam Hussein ? | Iraqs dictator |
| 3) Who took Kuwaits side in the Persian Gulf War? | The US |
| 4) Alot of the US oil came from Kuwait and ______? | Saudi Arabia |
| 5) What was 'Operation Desert Storm'? | A military mission to recapture Kuwait |
| 6) Saddam set their oil fields on fire before they left ... why? | so the US/ Kuwait couldnt follow them home |
| 7) Who imposed an embargo that prevented Iraq from importing and exporting goods? | the UN |
| 8) When would the UN remove the embargo? | whenever Iraq destroyed all of its chemical and biological weapons and made sure they made NO more nuclear weapons |
| 9) The US, Great Britain,Australia,+ more countries launched a military invasion of Iraq...what was this called? | 'Operation Iraqi Freedom' |
| 10) O.I.F. results? | Saddam Husseins government collapsed quickly |
| 11) Who went into hiding? | Saddam Hussein |
| 12)When was Saddam found? | 2003 |
| 13) When was Saddam executed? | 2006 |
| 14) What is Taliban? | An extremely religious group |
| 15) Taliban was thought to be harboring _______ terrorist group al-Qaeda? | Osama bin Laden |
| 16) Osama bin Laden was behind the attack on the ..? | twin towers and pentagon |
| 17) These terrorist (Osama bin Laden) hijacked 4 _____ | planes |
| 18) Navy Seals raided Osama bin Laden's compound in Pakistan, in result of..? | Osama bin Laden was shot and killed during this raid |
| 19) why was Osama's body buried at sea? | nobody would accept his body |
| 20)What was Osama hiding in for ten years before the raid? | a compound in Pakistan |