Raw+War

**By: Nathan Weaver/Travis Hudson/Bryan Rebert ** **Vocabulary: **  No Fly Zone- a piece of land in which aircraft was not allowed to fly, usually military  Pre Emptive Strike- an attack on an enemy as a precautionary response to a possible attack or war  Weapons of Mass Destruction- a weapon that can kill a large number of people and destroy structures and possibly the biosphere itself  **Basic Information: **  When? - March 20th 2003 till present time  <span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Where? – Iraq <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">What? – Otherwise known as the Second Gulf War, it started after the First Persian Gulf War when Iraqi forces invaded Kuwait. 34 nations gathered to fight against Iraq in a short war that lasted only 6 months. Before the Second Gulf War the governments of the U.S, U.K, and Spain claimed Iraq posed an imminent threat to them and their allies. On March 20th 2003 the U.S. led an invasion on Iraq. <span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Who? Good Bad <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; text-decoration: none; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-no-proof: yes; text-underline: none;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> [|Peshmerga] <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; text-decoration: none; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-no-proof: yes; text-underline: none;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> [|United States] <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; text-decoration: none; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-no-proof: yes; text-underline: none;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> [|United Kingdom] <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; text-decoration: none; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-no-proof: yes; text-underline: none;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> [|Australia] <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; text-decoration: none; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-no-proof: yes; text-underline: none;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> [|Romania] <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; text-decoration: none; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-no-proof: yes; text-underline: none;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> [|Awakening Councils] <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; text-decoration: none; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-no-proof: yes; text-underline: none;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> [|Other Coalition forces] <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; text-decoration: none; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-no-proof: yes; text-underline: none;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> [|Turkey] || <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; text-decoration: none; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-no-proof: yes; text-underline: none;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> [|Iraq] (under Saddam Hussein) <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; text-decoration: none; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-no-proof: yes; text-underline: none;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> [|Baath Party Loyalists] <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> [|Mahdi Army] <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; text-decoration: none; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-no-proof: yes; text-underline: none;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> [|al-Qaeda in Iraq] [|Islamic Army of Iraq] [|Other Insurgent groups] <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; text-decoration: none; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-no-proof: yes; text-underline: none;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> [|Kurdistan Workers Party] || <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; text-decoration: none; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-no-proof: yes; text-underline: none;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> [|Nouri al-Maliki] <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; text-decoration: none; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-no-proof: yes; text-underline: none;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> [|Massoud Barzani] <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; text-decoration: none; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-no-proof: yes; text-underline: none;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> [|Martin Dempsey] <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; text-decoration: none; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-no-proof: yes; text-underline: none;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> [|Ray Odierno] <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; text-decoration: none; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-no-proof: yes; text-underline: none;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> [|John Howard] <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; text-decoration: none; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-no-proof: yes; text-underline: none;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> [|Kevin Rudd] <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; text-decoration: none; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-no-proof: yes; text-underline: none;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> [|Andy Salmon] <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; text-decoration: none; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-no-proof: yes; text-underline: none;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> [|Abdullah Gul] <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; text-decoration: none; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-no-proof: yes; text-underline: none;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> [|Tayyip Erdogan] <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; text-decoration: none; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-no-proof: yes; text-underline: none;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> [|İlker Başbuğ] || <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; text-decoration: none; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-no-proof: yes; text-underline: none;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> [|Saddam Hussein] [|#] [|☠] <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; text-decoration: none; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-no-proof: yes; text-underline: none;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> [|Qusay Hussein] [|☠] <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; text-decoration: none; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-no-proof: yes; text-underline: none;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> [|Uday Hussein] [|☠] <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">– [|Muqtada al-Sadr] <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; text-decoration: none; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-no-proof: yes; text-underline: none;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> [|Izzat Ibrahim ad-Douri] [|Ishmael Jubouri] <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; text-decoration: none; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-no-proof: yes; text-underline: none;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> [|Abu Musab al-Zarqawi] [|☠] <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; text-decoration: none; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-no-proof: yes; text-underline: none;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> [|Abu Ayyub al-Masri] <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; text-decoration: none; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-no-proof: yes; text-underline: none;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> [|Murat Karayilan] || Iraq Flag || <span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> <span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">What policies crated by the US government launched us into war? The Patriot Act <span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Was their a lot of government support for the war and who were they? There was a lot of government support by George Bush and those who wanted to declared war on Iraq. Now a days there isn’t as much support as there used to be. <span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Did the United States formally declare war in Congress and when? In 2003 the United States officially declared war on Iraq. It united and strengthening America by providing appropriate tolls and required to intercept, extract, and destroy terrorists. <span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> George W. Bush <span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Where was most of the combat taken place?- Most of the combat has taken place in Iraq. A city in which a lot of combat has taken place was is Fallujiah. <span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">When and what was the first battle of the U.S. were a part of? How many forces were committed? What were the casualties? How did it change the war? The first battle of the war in Iraq occurred in the city of Fallujiah. Marines say it was the heaviest urban combat that they have had to deal with since the Vietnam War. 95 U.S. Marines died and 560 were wounded. The U.S. killed 1,350 + and captured maybe more than 1,500. It never really changed the war because not many citizens wanted to be there and the home front means a lot. An American Soldier <span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">What technological advancements did the war produce? Much technological advancement has come about in the Iraq war. Many things that we have used in the past have become much better, much better than they were 10 years ago in the first gulf war. <span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Where there any unique tactics the US military used to help win the war? Tactics used in this war have been airstrikes, intense urban combat, and many night prisoner extraction missions. They tactics are just about the same as they were in the first gulf war just the technology has become better.
 * <span style="font-size: 16pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The War in Iraq **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">
 * <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; text-decoration: none; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-no-proof: yes; text-underline: none;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> [|Iraq] (post-Saddam Hussein)
 * **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Commanders ** ||
 * <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; text-decoration: none; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-no-proof: yes; text-underline: none;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> [|Jalal Talabani]
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 * <span style="font-size: 16pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Technology and Tactics: **
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Home Front: ** <span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">What did the home front do to help during the war? The home front has done a lot to help out soilders and fallen vets of the Iraq war. However the home front has not been on the side of our government. The majority of people in the country do not think we should be there and that we are wasting our time and US lives. <span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">What kind of media was used to report on the war? Internet has been huge with the war in Iraq. For the first time you can watch videos of actual combat happening in Iraq. It hasn’t been able to happen in any war that the US has been in so far so you can see first hand what is going on. <span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Was their any unpopular support for the war? Who were they and why? Yes there is a lot of unpopular support for the war. In the beginning it was fine because the American people thought that we would be basically going in and getting out once Saddam was taken out. Its 2009 and we went to war in 2003. That explains it all.

Political Cartoon of the Iraqi War