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War in iraq and afganistan
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Soviet Forces Enter Afghanistan
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Iraq bombed Israel with chemical war fare
WHen Iraq was bombing the Israelis the U.S. told them not to fire back to let them take care of them to avoid a wider war path -
Kuwait is invaded
Kuwait was invaded by iraq after several threats from Suddam Hussain, the invasion caught the world by suprise -
leading up to desert storm
This plan to get Iraq forces out of Kuwait -
Desert Sheild
Alies begin first steps of desrt storm known as Desert Sheild -
Cease Fire
George W. Bush declares "Cease Fire" on iraqis that leftKuwait -
Iraqis began to retreat from kuwait
Iraqis began to retreat from Kuwait and sat fire to 700 Kuwati oil wells -
al Queda attack world trade center for the first time
al Queda attacks the world trade center with a bomb injureing 1000 killing 6 -
black hawk down
18 service men were killed in black hawk down which was suspected to be at the aid of al-queda members -
world trade center is attacked
world trade center is attracked by terrorist from afganistan. members of the Taliban which is led by Osama Bin Ladin -
congress approved use of milary force
3 days after 9/11 congress passed the use of military force to allow George W Bush to use military force to attack al queda and the taliban to killl terrorist -
Beginning of Iraq War
George W. Bush authorizes the U.S. to use force against Iraq to get their WMD's (weapons of mass destruction -
maines belive the war was over
marines beleive that the war was almost over due to little resistance when the took over the capital city and other citys and tore down the huge statue of Saddam Hussain in the capitol city -
Bush Declares win
George W. Bush lands on the USS Lincoln air craft carrier and declares that the war was comeing to an end already and the U.S. has won -
Suddam Hussain sons are killed
Suddam Hussains sons are killed to show the Iraqi skeptics the U.S. means business -
Suddam is captured
Suddam Hussain was captured, he was found in a "spider hole" a hole in the ground with room for one person to live. he was not for from his home town. he also was armed with 2 ak47's and a pistol -
Iraqs first free democratic election
Iraqs first free democratic election that was accomplished from the help of the U.S. the winner of the elction was Talibbani -
since the start of the war in iraq 4,333 U.S. soliders die to this day
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Osama Bin Laden is killed
Osama Bin Laden is killed by the U.S. Special Ops and CIA -
Troops Withdrawl From Afganistan
First with drawl of troops from Iraq -
since 2001 the strat of afganistan war till this date 2,063 were killed
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Obama asked for 10% cut on war funds
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obama has hopes to have most of the troops out of afganistan by this time
obama has hopes to have most of the troops out of afganistan by this time but a handful will have to stay behind to keep peace -
obamas hope to remove troops from afganistan and iraq will have to leave a few behind for peace keepers so although not all troops will be home a large majority will be and hopefully the ones left will not be threatend by any thing or anyone
