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Somebody-Wanted-But-So… “U.S. Presence in Southwest Asia” KEY Persian Gulf Conflict – “Operation Desert Storm” Somebody Wanted But So… Saddam Hussein & Iraq To access to Persian Gulf & control of Kuwait’s oil fields, The United Nations wouldn’t let them take over Kuwait, Iraq lost the war & burned Kuwait’s oil wells on the way out. Kuwait To Iraq to leave their country, They didn’t have a strong enough military to back, They United Nations for help. U.S. & Coalition Nations To protect their oil interests in Kuwait, Iraq had a strong military and WMDs, They joined together & declared war on Iraq. It lasted for 6 weeks and they won. 2. The Iraq Invasion – “Operation Freedom” Somebody Wanted But So… Iraq The world to believe that it had WMDs and to aid The US & other countries wouldn’t allow them to have WMDs and declared war on Iraq in 2003. Hussein went into hiding, was found, tried, & executed in 2006. U.S. To prevent Iraq from having/making WMDs and aiding al-Qaeda (note: connection to al-Qaeda was never proven), Saddam Hussein wouldn’t cooperate with UN inspection team, The US, Britain, & countries invaded Iraq. The war lasted for two months and the government was overthrown. The Afghanistan Invasion – “Operation Enduring Freedom” Somebody Wanted But So… U.S. To find Osama bin Laden because he was believed to be responsible for 9/11 attacks, Afghanistan’s anti-American government was believed to be aiding bin Laden and al-Qaeda, The US invaded Afghanistan and overthrew the Taliban, but bin Laden escaped until he was caught 10 years later. Osama bin Laden & To escape the US government while bringing an end to Western influence in the Middle East, The US continued to search for bin Laden, US special forces located bin Laden at his compound in Pakistan and killed him in 2011.
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