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The former monarch or Shah of Iran leaves the Country in to exhile because of the Islamic revolution
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Happened sometime in mid January.
U.S. citizens from the U.S embassy are taken hostage -
Ayatollah Khomeini lead a revolt in Iran, which is known as the Islamic Revolution, when he and his followers took power over the Monarchy
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Hostages are taken in Iran from The U.S. Embassy during a revolt in Iran
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A 9 year conflict that started because the USSR wanted to protect there intrests in Afghanistan from neighboring countries and Western Powers.
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A covert mission to try and rescue the hostages that were taken from the U.S. Embassay in Iran. This mission failed to rescue the 52 American hostages.
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The Shah admired the U.S. and wanted to civilize Iran
He was allowed in to the States for Cancer Treatment -
The Iraqis invaded the country of Iran because of a long history of border disputes between the countrys.
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We provided Iraq with money to inhance its ability to get loans and money from other countries. Also the U.S. didnt want an Iranian Victory so we helped Iraq.
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96 TOW anti-tank Missiles
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408 more TOWs
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The Iran-Contra Scandal was a scandal that broke out because the press leaked that the United States traded weapons to Iran for the U.S. hostages
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18 Hawk Anti-Aircraft missiles
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500 TOWs
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500 TOWs
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508 TOWs, 240 Hawk spare parts
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Hawk spare parts
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500 TOWs
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The U.S. sold Weapons to Iran for the safe return of 52 americans
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The money from the Iran-Contra Scandal was Given to Nicaragua To aid Contra rebels
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Iraq invaded Kuwait in response to many diplomatic and economical reasons
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On the morning of August 2, 1990 the Iraqi Republic Guard invaded Kuwait and took controll of the the country. U.S. troops were deployed on August 7th to stop the invasion.
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We spied on them to protect citizens from air-raids
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4 United State Commercial airliners are hi-jacked. All planes crashed. 2 planes into the north and south Twin Towers in New York. Another one crashed into the Pentagon. The last one was on its way to the White house when the passangers of it tried to take command of the plane and it crashed into a field. There were no survivors on any of the planes.
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We invaded in response to the September 11 attacks. Also to find Osama Bin Ladin and other high ranking Al Queda members.
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U.S. Sends troops to Iraq to Find Saddam Hussein and free the people of Iraq from His control