Iraq War

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1. Slide 1: I R A Q WA R By: Ethan Blum
2. Slide 2: Why we went • 9-11 attacks started a war on Terror • Free the citizens of Iraq from Saddam Hussein
3. Slide 3: Why we went (cont.) • Iraq was suspected of weapon trading with Al-Qaida and thought to have weapons of Mass Destruction
4. Slide 4: Declaration of War • October 11th 2002 – Majority rules and the Senate votes ‘Yea’ for an Iraqi invasion • March 19th , 2003 – President Bush declares war on Iraq
5. Slide 5: Alliances and Enemies
6. Slide 6: Operation Iraqi Freedom • ‘Decapitation attack’ – Capture Saddam Hussein and other Iraqi leaders • Two waves of air strikes hit Baghdad • Troops march from Kuwait to Baghdad
7. Slide 7: Operation Iraqi Freedom (cont.) • About 1,000 paratroopers land in Northern Iraq to squish Iraqi Resistance Forces • American tanks roll into Baghdad and inflict heavy Iraqi casualties • April 9th, 2003 – Baghdad falls – Still sporadic fighting throughout the city
8. Slide 8: Weapons Used • M16A2 Rifle • M-9 Handgun – 3 round burst or single – Powerful sidearm shot
9. Slide 9: Tanks & Missiles • Tomahawk Cruise Missile – Gets coordinates to attack target with heavy power • M1 Abrams – Highly mobile – Heavily armored
10. Slide 10: Airplanes • F-22 nicknamed the Raptor – Can fly up to Mach 2.42 (1,600 mph) – Can out maneuver any other jet in a dogfight
11. Slide 11: More Airplanes • F-15 aka the Eagle – Fly Mach 2.5 – Perform air-air as well as air to ground missions
12. Slide 12: ?????? • Hussein fled • Couldn’t find him or the weapons of mass destruction
13. Slide 13: “We got him” • December 14, 2003 Saddam Hussein captured • Victory!?
14. Slide 14: Saddam Hussein • He was tried for war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide • The Coalition Provisional Authority voted to create the Iraqi Special Tribune (IST), consisting of five Iraqi judges
15. Slide 15: Verdict • Sentence to death by hanging • Saddam shouted, “Long live the people. Long live the Arab nation. Down with the spies.”
16. Slide 16: Difficulty • Insurgents keep fighting American and Iraqi soldiers • New posted Government officials keep getting assassinated
17. Slide 17: New misson • Establish a democracy – Government – Police – Army
18. Slide 18: Casualties as of May 6th, 2008 • American casualties – Wounded around 30,000 – Dead around 4000 • Iraqi/Insurgents casualties – Death around 27,000
19. Slide 19: Economy of the war • From the start of the war to this year the war has cost over a trillion dollars • It has paid for transportation, weapons, medical supplies, food, salaries of the soldiers, etc...
20. Slide 20: America at home • At first it was very supported • As it dragged people starting questioning why we were there
21. Slide 21: Cindy Sheehan • Famous person to openly object the war and start to picket out side the Bush ranch • Son died in Iraq • Asked: “Why are fighting?” • Soon people started to follow her and picket as well
22. Slide 22: IMAGES OF THE WAR
23. Slide 26: THE END