WAR IN IRAQ

Akira EricaRose

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

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

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."

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

Fallen Soldiers

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.

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

Works Cited• http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/images/

0924-05.jpgvv• detnews.com• www.thesmokehammer.com• http://www.globalpolicy.org/images/security/iraq/

crude/gasflare.jpg• 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