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The U.S. and Terrorism: The Path to 9/11 Mr. Bach United States History. The Persian Gulf War of 1991. Cause: Iraqi Leader Saddam Hussein invades Kuwait Problem: Threatens the control of the Middle East’s Oil Supply. Operation Desert Storm.
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The U.S. and Terrorism:The Path to 9/11Mr. BachUnited States History
The Persian Gulf War of 1991 • Cause: Iraqi Leader Saddam Hussein invades Kuwait • Problem: Threatens the control of the Middle East’s Oil Supply
Operation Desert Storm • President George H.W. Bush leads a UN coalition to expel Saddam for Kuwait • The war lasts about 5 days and is a complete US victory
Postwar Plans • Bush makes the decision not to remove Saddam Hussein from power • U.S. troops remain based in Saudi Arabia to patrol “No-Fly Zones” over Iraq
World Trade Center Bombing - 1993 • Truck bomb in parking garage kills 6 and wounds over a thousand • U.S. troops remain based in Saudi Arabia to patrol “No-Fly Zones” over Iraq Ramzi Yousef
U.S. Intervention in Somalia • In 1992, the U.S. sends troops into Somalia to protect ethnic minorities and alleviate the suffering due to a famine • U.S. troops get caught in a Somali Civil War involving Islamic warlords
Black Hawk Down • 18 U.S. troops are killed in street fighting by soldiers loyal to Islamic warlord Mohammed Farah Aidid • President Clinton decides to withdraw all U.S. troops from Somalia
Oklahoma City Bombing - 1995 • 168 Americans are killed in a truck bomb blast • Target is a federal government building • Worst act of domestic terrorism in American history
Timothy McVeigh • Persian Gulf War Veteran • Revenge for government action at Waco, Texas and against militia groups
Embassy Bombings - 1998 • Hundreds of people are killed in twin bombings at the American embassies in Tanzania and Kenya • Credit claimed by Egyptian Islamic Jihad • Osama bin Laden put on the FBI’s 10 Most Wanted List
Columbine - 1999 • Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold kill 13 people at Columbine High School in Colorado and then commit suicide
USS Cole - 2000 • Al-Qaeda launches a suicide attack on the U.S.S. Cole in a port off Yemen. • 17 sailors killed; 39 injured
September 11, 2001 • 2,995 people are killed including 19 hijackers • Worst attack on American soil since Pearl Harbor
The Patriot Act • Gives the NSA and FBI greater ability to conduct searches of phone, computer and other communications (to name a few provisions) to fight terrorism • Department of Homeland Security established.
Invasion of Afghanistan - 2001 • Target: Break-up the Taliban government that has been harboring Al-Qaeda training camps • Osama bin Laden escapes (most likely to Pakistan)
Invasion of Iraq - 2003 • Target: Remove Saddam Hussein from power because he is holding WMDs • Bush Doctrine: Pre-emptive war against states sponsoring terrorism
The War on Terror Continues “The Underwear Bomber” Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab “The Times Square Bomber” Faisal Shahzad