Modern World History

  • The First Gulf War

    The First Gulf War
    It was a response by the UN to attack Hussein after refusing to pull out of Kuwait. They were battling in Kuwait over religious differences.
  • World Trade Center Bombing

    World Trade Center Bombing
    This was a terrorist attack on the twin towers in NYC. They blew up a truck at the bottom of the north face tower.
  • Oklahoma City Bomobing

    Oklahoma City Bomobing
    This was a terrorist attack on the Alfred P. Murrah Federal building. There was a total of 168 confirmed kills.
  • Olympic Bombing

    Olympic Bombing
    During the summer Olympics there was a bombing. two pwoplw died and 111 were injured.
  • US involvement in Serbia

    US involvement in Serbia
    NATO bombed Yugoslovian militarians because they were doing ethnic cleaning. That means that they were slaughtering peopl based on their ethnicity.
  • Attack on USS Cole

    Attack on USS Cole
    This was a terrorist attack on an american guided missile ship while it was refeuling. The person who led the attack was Al-Qaeda.
  • 9/11

    9/11
    The twin towers on this were destroyed by terrorists. The terrorists were of Muslim culture.
  • Invasion of Afghanistan

    Invasion of Afghanistan
    We at first supported the Taliban in their conquest by providing weapons. Then we decided to not support them and have been fighting ever since.
  • Invasion of Iraq

    Invasion of Iraq
    The entered in to Iraq to overthrow their current leader. The operation was nicknamed Iraqi Freedom.
  • Texas Shooting

    Texas Shooting
    In Fort Hood, Texas someone named Nidal Malak Hasan who went on a shooting rampage. He ended up killing 13 people and one unborn child.