Iraq wars 7&8 Flashcards
What does the UN decied to do?
nothing is ever voted on
What does USA decide to do?
go to war without coilition
What is Islam?
name of religoin, means surrender
What is a Muslim?
someone who belives in Islam
What are the Sunni and Shia?
difernat froms of Islam, diagree about who should succeed Mohammad as religous leaders
What percent of muslams around the world are Sunnis
85%
Who is Mohammad?
a profit, religien based on his teaching
What is the book that guides the Sunnis reloigiously?
The Koran
What is the Koran?
Muslaim holy book
Who can be a teacher in the Sunni religion?
anyone
What percent of Muslams are Shia?
15%
Which group is mainly in Iraq and Iran?
Shia
Who do Shia belive should be religious leaders?
Mohammad’s heirs
Which was Bin Laden?
Sunni
What percent of people in Iraq are Shia?
60%
When did the US attack Iraq?
March 19, 2003
Who were the Us’s allies in the attack?
Austrilla, Poland, UK
What was the seconed Iraq War called?
Operation Iraqi Freedom (O.I.F)
What were the US’s three goals for the war?
- remove Saddam Hussein from power
- find WMds
- create a stable deomcratic gov’t
How will they remove him from power?
kill, arest or force to flea
When was Saddam removed from power?
April 11, 2003- he fled
When was he found?
8 months later
What does the new Iraqi gov’t do with him?
hang him
Were active WMDs ever found?
no, no evidence of active WMDs program
Were WMDs in general found?
found +45000 of old WMDs
What did the US do with this information about the OLD WMDs?
kept it a secret
What do people think of the second Iraq war?
gratest mistake Us has ever made
Whose falst was it that we went to war and there were no WMDs?
Pres. Bush, Congress, CIA
How would you describe our third goal?
the harddest one to acomplish
What does a stable gov’t mean?
a gov’t that provides peace & security in a nation
What is democratic?
free, opean elctions for citizens
Which is harder, stbility or democorcy?
stability
When are the first elections for a perminet gov’t held?
dec. 2005
Was the new gov’t stable?
NO!
