Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Two Wars on Terror: Iraq and Afghanistan

Afghanistan War


War in Afghanistan was started in 2001 and still is going on in present day. The war refers to the intervention of Afghan Civil War by the United States and its allies. The war was started following the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 to dismantle Al-Qaeda and to bring down the Taliban in Afghanistan.


A political cartoon about the war in Afghanistan that has been going on for over 12 years now. 

Iraq War

The Iraq War was an armed conflict in Iraq that consisted of two phases. The first was an invasions Ba'athist Iraq on March 20, 2003 by an invasion force led by the United States. It was followed by a longer phase of fighting which ended with the newly formed Iraqi government and the United States pulling troops on December 2011. 

President Bush argued that the vulnerability of the United States follow September 11, 2001, combined with Iraq's alleged continued possession and manufacture of weapons of mass destruction and its support for terrorist groups, made disarming Iraq a main priority of the United States. 


This is a picture of a solider watching while the statue of Saddam is being brought down from it post and destroyed. 

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