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Us presence in southwest Asia

By Renee212

  • The Persian Gulf War

    The gulf war happened in August 1990 Iraq invaded the small Persian gulf nation of Kuwait. The Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein wanted Kuwait's rich oil fields. The USA got Involved because of Kuwait's oil; the United States purchase oil from Kuwait and didn't want their oil supply invaded by Saddam Hussein.

  • 9/11 Terror

    Muslim territory group Alkyd attacked the USA by highjacking 4 US planes on September 11, 2001 and hit the Twin Towers, The Pentagon, and crashed in a field in Pynselvaina. The USA was devastated and thousands died from this act of terror.

  • The War On Terror

    Afghanistan was invaded by the USA on Oct. 2001; US forces quickly invaded Afghanistan to capture Osama BinLaden and stop the Taliban because they were killing people.

  • Suspicion In Iraq

    President Bush announced that the Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein was found a major threat to USA after 9/11 because he had "Weapons of mass destruction"

  • The Iraq War

    Iraq was invaded by the USA again in April 2003. Saddam Hussein was over thrown by the USA. There were not any weapons of mass destruction found in Iraq the US believes there were never any in the first place.