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Title: Global Terrorism
What is terrorism?
•The use of violence against
people or property to force
changes in societies or
governments
•Since late 1960s – more
than 14,000 terrorist attacks
occurred worldwide
Terrorism Around the World
•Modern international
terrorism came to world
attention in 1972 – Summer
Olympics in Munich – two
Israeli athletes were killed
and nine taken hostage by a
Palestinian terrorist group
Events of September 11, 2001
War on Terror
•Campaign launched by G.W. Bush after 9/11
•The phrase denotes a global military,
political, legal, and ideological struggle against
organizations designated as terrorist and
regimes that were accused of having a
connection to them or providing them with
support or were perceived or presented as
posing a threat to the US and its allies in
general.
•Includes operations in Iraq, Afghanistan,
Pakistan, the Philippines, the Horn of Africa,
the trans Sahara.
Iraq: Truth and Lies in
Baghdad
As you watch the video, write down
10-15 facts that explain reasons why
the U.S. might have wanted to go into
Iraq.
Timeline of Operation Iraqi Freedom
•January 2002 – State of the Union Address –
G.W. Bush labels Iraq, Iran, and North Korea
members of an “axis of evil” intent on
developing weapons of mass destruction
•Nov. 2002 – UN security inspectors return to
Iraq, backed by Security Council resolution
•March 17, 2003 – Based on intelligence, later
found to be faulty, claiming Saddam harbors
weapons of mass destruction, G.W. Bush gives
him two days to leave Iraq or face a military
invasion
•March 20, 2003 – War in Iraq begins as U.S.
forces bomb Baghdad; grounds troops follow a
few days later
Timeline of Operation Iraqi Freedom
•April 9, 2003 – U.S.-led forces take control of Baghdad
•April 23, 2003 - The Coalition Provisional Authority,
an organization installed by the U.S. military, is created
to help rebuild the government and infrastructure of
Iraq. By May, the CPA is run by L. Paul Bremer until the
organization is dissolved in June 2004.
•May 1, 2003 - President Bush announces the end of
major combat operations in Iraq in a speech on the
aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln.
•August 2003 - Insurgency begins with attacks at the
Jordanian embassy and U.N. headquarters in Baghdad
and a car bomb explosion in Najaf, which kills 125
Iraqis.
•Dec. 14, 2003 - Saddam, who fled the capital during
the U.S.-led invasion, is captured in his ancestral home
of Tikrit.
Timeline of Operation Iraqi Freedom
•2004 – Insurgency grows
•2005 – Iraqis vote for representation in National
Assembly (Shiites win a majority of seats); Saddam stands
trial for crimes against humanity
•2006 – increasing numbers of civilians are killed in
insurgent attacks; Saddam Hussein is executed by hanging
•2007 – U.S. troop surge; Lt. General David Petraeus is
confirmed by Senate to lead troops
•2008 – Iraq’s parliament approves security pact with U.S.
that outlines withdrawal of U.S. troops by end of 2011
•2009 – Obama takes office and discusses possibility of
withdrawing troops earlier than 2011 deadline
•2010 – the Iraqi leaders are working towards creating a
new, legitimate government; future of Iraq is still
somewhat uncertain