Unit 2: The Arab World The Iraq War. Background: Saddam Takes Power Iraq is made up of mostly Shiites. 1979: Saddam Hussein, a Sunni, became dictator.

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Unit 2: The Arab World The Iraq War

Background: Saddam Takes Power Iraq is made up of mostly Shiites. 1979: Saddam Hussein, a Sunni, became dictator His regime greatly oppressed the Sunni majority in Iraq. United States actually supported Hussein during the 1980s. WHY? Iraq was fighting a war against Iran. Iran: Shiite Government Iraq: Sunni Government Tomorrow, we’ll look at why the U.S. would have supported Iraq rather than Iran. Saddam Hussein President of Iraq,

Persian Gulf War (1991) In 1990, Saddam Hussein, invaded the small country of Kuwait Hussein’s goal: Use Kuwait’s oil wealth to help make Iraq the dominant power in the Middle East. Saudi Arabia, fearing invasion, asked the United States for military aid. Remember, Mecca is in Saudi Arabia! The U.S. and its allies gave Hussein an ultimatum, which he ignored. U.S. forces then defeated the Iraqi army and forced it to leave Kuwait.

Fast-forward to 9/11... Hussein had been allowed to stay in power in The U.S. and its allies did not want to have to build a new government in Iraq at that time. In 2002, President George W. Bush pushed for an invasion of Iraq. He claimed Iraq had WMDS (Nukes, Bio, Chem) Connections to Al Qaeda Many other nations wanted more of an investigation before invading Iraq U.S. invaded in March, 2003

Iraq War ( ) Saddam Hussein was easily defeated (2003) & later executed (2006) by new Iraqi government. No WMDs were found No connection to al Qaeda was found The United States had to stay in Iraq for 8 years in an attempt to create a new, stable government.

Iraq Today A (shaky) democratic government does exist in Iraq. American troops left Iraq in President Obama (USA) & Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi (Iraq)

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