War In Iraq

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1. Slide 1: WAR IN IRAQ Akira Erica Rose
2. Slide 2: Start of War Invaded: March 20, 2003 • Causes: • – 9/11: Osama Bin Laden Wanted a world-wide Islamic revolution • – Gulf Slaughter in 1991 • UN security Council Resolution 687 made Iraq stop making chemical, biological, nuclear, and long range missile programs – Weapons of Mass Destruction – Iraq supported Al-Qaeda – Spread democracy – Oil reserves – Iraq government abused civil rights
3. Slide 3: Views of President Bush • Disarm Iraq to free its people and defend the world • Wanted to undermine Saddam Hussein’s authoritayy • Restore order in Iraq • Get rid of WMD
4. Slide 4: Views of Osama Bin Laden “Hostility toward America is a religious duty, • and we hope to be rewarded for it by God . . . . I am confident that Muslims will be able to end the legend of the so-called superpower that is America. “ \"Every American man is an enemy to us.\" • ``We are seeking to incite the (Islamic) nation • to rise up to liberate its land and to (conduct) jihad (holy war) for the sake of God.\" \"Acquiring weapons for the defense of • Muslims is a religious duty. If I have indeed acquired these weapons, then I thank God for enabling me to do so. And if I seek to acquire these weapons, I am carrying out a duty. It would be a sin for Muslims not to try to possess the weapons that would prevent the infidels from inflicting harm on Muslims.\"
5. Slide 5: Soldiers • in combat: 23000 – 100000 • Wounded: 30329 • Innocent Iraqi civilian casualties: 1,213,716 • US casualties: 4,079 • Allies with US: British, Australian, Poland, and Denmark
6. Slide 6: Fallen Soldiers
7. Slide 7: Opinions • Protestors: – Obviously believe that we should have never been in the war – Some are worried for their family and friends and even for the innocent Iraqi lives.
8. Slide 8: Opinions cont… • Some believe that if we should finish what we started – If we pull out now, we will leave a bigger mess than when we came in – The soldiers that are the last ones out will get a tsunami of attacks
9. Slide 23: Works Cited http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/images/0924 • detnews.com • www.thesmokehammer.com • http://www.globalpolicy.org/images/security/iraq/crude/ga • www.wikipedia.org/ • http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/iraq/index.html • www.icasualties.org • www.antiwar.com/casualties/ • • http://www.pigbird.com/images_war.html