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US PRESENCE IN SOUTHWEST ASIA

By HomestuckForever

  • PERSIAN GULF WAR

    PERSIAN GULF WAR
    Kuwait was invaded by Iraq because Saddam Husein believed that the land was belonged to him and that he want the oil reserves. United States got involved because the oil reserves were theirs.

  • 9/11 TERROR

    9/11 TERROR
    September 11,2001, a few Muslims took over planes and crashed into the twin towers, destroying them. The master mind being this act was Osama bin laden.

  • THE WAR ON TERROR

    THE WAR ON TERROR
    October 2001, Afghanistan has been invaded by the US because they believed that they were hiding Osama bin laden.

  • SUSPICION IN IRAQ

    SUSPICION IN IRAQ
    In 2002, president bush announced that Saddam Hussein had "weapons of mass destruction". Saddam was found a major threat after 9/11.

  • THE IRAQ WAR

    THE IRAQ WAR
    In April 2003, Iraq was invaded and Saddam Hussein was overthrown. He was later then hung by his people. Later on in the Iraq war the US discovered that there was no "weapons of mass destruction"