Gulf Wars & Afghanistan Summary

Persian Gulf War Invasion of Afghanistan Operation Iraqi Freedom When Why Who Results

Persian Gulf War Invasion of Afghanistan Operation Iraqi Freedom When Why Who Results Jan Oct US Iraq 39 coalition countries US Taliban in Afghanistan US Iraq Iraq invaded Kuwait – claimed Kuwait was stealing their oil US got involved to protect oil Afghanistan was hiding terrorist & Osama bin Laden – they were responsible for 9/11 attacks US went in to get these terrorists Thought Hussein was making WMD’s Iraq left Kuwait – set 700 oil fields on fire & dumped millions of gallons of oil into Persian Gulf Hussein stayed in power – but weaken due to losing the war 2011 – bin Laden captured & killed Taliban fled Afghanistan US still there Hussein – captured, found guilty of mass killings, & was executed US helped Iraq establish a democracy.