PPT-Iran-Iraq War and the Persian Gulf War

2 Iraqi History A British Mandate B British Backed Monarchy Post WWII British colony King chosen by England C Dictatorships 1958 Baath Revolution 3 Thinking Slide How might Iraqi history affect how they view the Americans amp their British allies in the current war in Iraq. Jon Wolfsthal. Deputy Director CNS. US Institute for Peace – June 10, 2014. US-Iranian Ties/Tensions Have a Long History. 1950s with Overthrow of Iranian PM . Mossadegh. 1960s - 1970s US Support for Shah. D.J. Crockett. Who were involved? . United States. Saudi Arabia,Turkey,France,Spain,. Pakistan,Niger,Spain,. Canada,Netherlands,. United Arab,Syria. Bangladesh,. Kuwait,. Oman and . Egypt. . Who was in Charge? Military Personna. There are three peninsulas in the area – . Arabian. , . Anatolia. , & . Sinai. .. Peninsula. – a piece of land surrounded by water on three sides.. The Sinai Peninsula is separated from Africa by the Suez Canal, which was dug in 1868.. What is this war about anyway. ?. Saddam Hussein . Ayatollah Khomeini . Iraq has oil…. Iraq’s oil is good quality. It exists in great quantity . It is cheap to produce. Costs about $1.00 . a barrel (yes 1 dollar). Both Kurdish and . Shi’a. issues have. played a role in the Gulf conflicts. 1. Based in longstanding disagreements. Religious, ethnic, and territorial. Iranian revolution as the catalyst. Khomeini called on Iraqi Shi’a to rise up against Hussein. Oct 19 – After almost 2 weeks of aerial bombardments, US Army Rangers launch raids into Afghanistan from Pakistan. Oct 20 – 2 US soldiers die in a helicopter crash – 1. st. military casualties of the war. . SS7G5. Locate the following places on your map:. Euphrates River. (Turkey, Iraq, Syria). Jordan River. (Jordan, Israel) . Tigris River. (Turkey, Iraq). Suez Canal. (Saudi Arabia, Egypt). Persian Gulf. The Gulf War. Student: Bianca Elena Vîlcu. Professor Coordinator: Arkadiusz Kotliński. Poland,2013. Introduction. Since the beginning, Iraq had always claimed Kuwait part of its territory.  One of the early claims surfaced in the 1930's when oil was discovered in the region.  Another claim came right after Kuwait gained its independence, but Britain and the Arab league rejected that assertion.  . Asia’s. Geography. STANDARDS:. SS7G5 The student will locate selected features in Southwestern Asia (Middle East). . Locate . on a world and regional political-physical map: Euphrates River, Jordan River, Tigris River, Suez Canal, Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz, Arabian Sea, Red Sea, and Gaza Strip. . © 2011 . Clairmont. Press. Southwest Asia. Other names:. Middle East. Near East. These other names are an indicator of location relative to Europe. . Many international groups have chosen to name the region based on the relative location within the continent of Asia. . Why did the Gulf War happen?. It happened when an lraq leader, Sadden Hussein, wanted to take over the Kuwait’s oil fields. He did this because Iraq was near bankruptcy so they needed the oil to make more money. U.S president George Bush formed a coalition to stop Iraq. A coalition is when a group of allies work together to achieve a goal. Tigris and Euphrates Rivers Both rivers begin in Turkey and flow south through Iraq. In southern Iraq, the two rivers join to form one waterway. That waterway, Al- Arab Shatt, empties into the Persian Gulf. WORLD HISTORY READERS Level 1- ⑨ THE PERSIAN EMPIRE The Acropolis in Athens, Greece When and where did the Persians have their empire? For almost two hundred years, from 550 BC to 330 BC, the Persian Empire was the most powerful state in the world. Presentation to the. Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans Illnesses. June 11, 2019. By. James N. Woody MD, PhD. CAPT MC USN ( RET) Former Commanding Officer. of NAMRU-3, Cairo, Egypt (1985-1989).