1. Conflicts on the Persian Gulf

2. Iran-Iraq War (1980) Conflicts on the Persian Gulf Iraq War Gulf War
Modern Conflicts on the Persian Gulf
Directions: Using the packet, The War in Iraq (on my website), and text pages
complete the WEB below.
(Conflicts: Iran-Iraq War, Persian Gulf War, Operation Iraqi Freedom)
Gulf War
(1990)
Iraq War
(Operation Iraqi Freedom)
(2003)
Iran-Iraq War
(1980)
Conflicts on the
Persian Gulf
Causes
Effects
Causes
Causes
Effects
Effects

3. Pre Class: List the similarities of the Conflicts on the Persian Gulf

4. Mini-Bio Sadam Hussein
Sadaam Hussein Mini – Bio (3:34)
Sadaam Hussein Profile Video

6. History in the Making: 1984
8:49

7. Iran-Iraq War 1980
Causes –
Ancient animosity between Iranians and Arabs
Tensions grew after the Islamic Revolution in Iran (Sunni vs. Shi’a)
Border disputes over Shatt al-Arab (waterway between Tigris & Euphrates Rivers and the Persian Gulf)
Iraq invades Iran = immediate cause

9. Iran - Contra
Scandal
Video 1
Video 2
Hands of Victory

10. 7:00 use

11. 7:00

12. Iran-Iraq War 1980 Effects Slows modernization
International involvement because of oil
Operation Earnest Will
Slows modernization
Massive human and economic losses
U.N. ceasefire in 1988 –neither accomplished their goals
Indirectly leads to Gulf War because of Iraqi war debt

13. Gulf War 1990 Causes Debt Civil unrest
Saddam wanting to increase popular support
Iraq Invaded Kuwait
Claimed that Kuwait belong to Iraq
oil

16. Video Yearbook Collection: 1991
4:02

17. Gulf War 1990 Effects International involvement
U.N. condemning Saddam’s aggression
Trade embargo
Operation Desert Storm (UN coalition force)
Human shields
Weapons inspection (WMDs)
U.S. encourage Kurdish uprisings
Saddam remained in power

18. Iraq War (Operation Iraqi Freedom) 2003 -2011
Causes
History of Iraqi aggression
Identified as part of the “axis of evil”
Complete the unfinished business of Gulf War
Obstruction of weapons inspection/search for WMDs
Linked to al Qaeda (not proven)
Promote democracy

19. Video 4:00
Permanent Blot
Article

20. Iraq War (Operation Iraqi Freedom) 2003 -2011
                                 
Effects
“Coalition of the willing”
UN supported diplomatic pressure
US no support from UN or NATO
Captured Baghdad and removed from Saddam from power – Shock and Awe
Saddam captured Dec. 2003
Executed 2004
No mass evidence of WMDs
Resistance
Established a new government
2004: power transferred to Iraqis
2005: Iraqis voted in country’s first multiparty election in fifty years
High cost of rebuilding: oil industry, public services
US Troops withdrawal December 2011
I regret

21. Spider Hole
We got him Bush
3:56
verdict
Inside Story of the
Capture of Saddam
Comedy Central
Spider Hole 2:54
Saddam’s Capture
60 Minutes 4:51 - use
Operation Red Dawn

22. Shoe Video
2:14
again
Game

23. Muntadhar al-Zaidi Muntadhar al-Zaidi is an Iraqi broadcast journalist
December 14, 2008, al-Zaidi shouted "This is a farewell kiss from the Iraqi people, you dog" and threw his shoes at then-U.S. president George W. Bush during a Baghdad press conference
On March 12, 2009, he was sentenced to three years in prison for assaulting a foreign head of state during an official visit.
On April 7 the sentence was reduced from three years to one year.
He was released on 15 September 2009 for good behavior, after serving nine months of the sentence