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9/11
September 11, 2001
Cypress Woods High School
U.S. Foreign Policy• The U.S. is the largest supporter
of the Jewish state of Israel.
• The Arab states consider Israel their number one enemy.
August 2, 1990• Saddam
Hussein invades neighbor to south, Kuwait.
• Iraq claims Kuwait as part of Iraq.
• U.S. and United Nations condemn invasion.
The Gulf War (Desert Storm)
• U.S. President George Bush (#41) successfully put together a coalition of over 30 nations including neighboring Egypt and Saudi Arabia to drive Iraq out of Kuwait
Saudi Arabia•The presence of pro-Israeli U.S.
troops on Arab soil (Saudi Arabia) during this time was unacceptable to some Islamic fundamentalists
•Among them was Osama bin Laden – son of a wealthy Saudi family (he was expelled from Saudi Arabia for speaking out against U.S. troops)
Update: Killed May 2011 by U.S. Forces in Pakistan
Al-Qaeda• Bin Laden had
financed many the terrorist attacks against countries in the Middle East.
• The organization that he was a part of has become Al Qaeda
• They targeted U.S. interests during the 1990’s
Bin Laden with current head: Ayman al-Zawahiri, an Egyptian surgeon turned radical
• February 1993 - explosion at the WTC in New York City (6 killed)
• October 1993 – 10 U.S. soldiers killed in Somalia (East Africa)
• June 1996 – Truck bomb explodes outside a military complex in Saudi Arabia killing 19 U.S. servicemen and injuring hundreds of others
• August 1998 – bombing of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania (East Africa) kills 224 including 12 Americans
• October 2000 – bombing of the USS Cole while it is in port in Yemen (Arabian Peninsula) 17 U.S. sailors killed
Terrorist Attacks by Al-Qaeda
September 11, 2001
Pentagon Building Shanksville, PA
New York City
2753 victims
911 Hijackers• 15 of 19 from
Saudi Arabia• Some trained
at Al-Qaeda terrorist camps
• In U.S. for a few months and lived in either San Diego or South Florida
War on Terror - AfghanistanOct 7, 2001- Present
• The U.S. and allies invaded Afghanistan to oust Taliban regime, capture bin Laden and eliminate al-Qaeda
War on Terror – IraqMarch 20, 2003- August 19,
2010• Goals: Look for
WMD (weapons of mass destruction)
• Oust dictator Saddam Hussein
• Bring democracy to Iraq
5,800+ U.S. military killed40,000+ U.S. military injured
Iraqi and Afghan civilian and military deaths:Range from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands(depends on survey used)
Terrorism Today• Civil War in Syria• ISIS/ISIL in Syria and Iraq• Hezbollah in Iran and Middle East• 2015 Terrorist attacks in Beirut,
lebanon and Paris
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