US Presence in Middle East

attacked the US on September 11, 2001

• Taliban

• Al Qaeda

• Saddam Hussein

• Afghanistan

led for many years by Osama bin Laden

• Taliban

• Al Qaeda

• Afghanistan

• Iraq

Osama bin Laden was eventually killed in 

• Afghanistan
• Saudi Arabia
• Pakistan
• Iran

What is a Al-Qaeda?

• Government of Afghanistan

• a group trying to get control of OPEC

• Terrorist Organization

• a Jewish group in the West Bank

Who were the Taliban?

• Former ruling group that controlled Afghanistan's government

• A terrorist group that is responsible for 9/11

• organization known for spreading peace in the Middle East

• Group that wanted communism

While the Taliban ruled in Afghanistan they allowed this terrorist group to train in Afghanistan:

• Hezbollah
• Hamas
• ISIS
• Al-Qaeda

What is the main reason the U.S. went to war in Afghanistan?

• Free the people from the brutal rule of the Taliban
• Attacks of September 11, 2001
• To help the Afghans fight the Soviets
• The U.S. wanted to fight the Taliban

Why did the United States get involved in the Persian Gulf war?

• Because they had an alliance with Kuwait
• They had a peace treaty with Iraq
• They were dependent on Kuwait for oil
• They used Kuwait as a trading port

What caused the Persian Gulf War?

• The U.S was bombed by Saudi Arabia

• Iraq invaded Kuwait hoping to have control of the oil

• Al-Qaeda invaded Pakistan

• the Taliban used WMDs on a mosque

Why did the United States get involved in Afghanistan in 2001?

• The group responsible for 9/11 was living and working there

• Saddam Hussein was invading Kuwait

• The United Nations asked the US to get involved

• The US believed that Afghanistan was building WMD's