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GCMTERU16RCPRCPH5502XMLgVHLC012320012320141xml 7541295. 14 May 1948: Zionist leader David Ben-Gurion declares that Israel is an independent state.. Egypt, Syria, Transjordan, Lebanon, and Iraq invade on 15 May.. Fighting continues until Jan 1949.. Israel prevails and gains territory in Galilee to the north and the Negev Desert to the south.. Overview. Enlisted Force Foundation. US Air Force Enlisted Force Evolution. World War II. The Career Force. CMSAF and SEAs. The Enlisted Force Structure. General Responsibilities. Enlisted Education. 1958: Monarchy is overthrown by a military coup. 1968: Major . Baathist. -led coup. 1979: Saddam Hussein becomes president. 1980-88: Iran-Iraq war. 1982: Killing of 150 . Shi’a. in . Dujail. following an attempt on Saddam’s life. Cleveland CH: 11 pt. 2. Essential Question: What problems did the boarders of Iraq cause? . Iraq Between the wars. What was the Ethnic and Religious . m. ake up of Iraq? . What was the economic make up of Iraq?. 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. enemy in Iraq and Afghanistan, U.S. Marines were the “�rst Sudan, and the typhoon in the Philippines. As the Nation’s recon�gure and re�t to meet coming Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm- Timeline 1990/1991. 2. nd. August- Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. 8. th. August- US begins troop build-up in Saudi Arabia. 10 August- Arab League condemns the invasion of one Arab country by another. Kuwaiti liberation coalition begins to form.. The Middle East. FSMS. 7. th. Grade Social Studies; Unit 2. Change: U. S. Military Involvement in SWA. Gulf Wars I & II + War on Terror. Georgia Standard SS7H2(d). Standard. SS7H2 . The student will . 2013. Map of Middle Eastern Countries. Where is Iraq?. Geography. Continent: . SW Asia (Middle East). Landforms: . Desert, mountains. Waterways: . Persian Gulf, Tigris & Euphrates Rivers. Famous Landmarks: . you must first know about it’s . ethnoreligious divisions. !. II. Iraq- . History. 1918-32 British rule. Even after independence Britain retained oil rights and kept military bases in Iraq. Monarchy. 1991-2004. Try, try, try again – then succeed and the trouble. US Foreign policy toward Iraq from the end of the Gulf war to the Invasion in 2003. US policy was two fold -- . 1. . Contain and pressure . UN Charter and ‘territorial integrity’. Gulf War 1990-1991. Somalia and Rwanda. Yugoslavia. (Bosnia). Kosovo. East Timor. Humanitarian Spaces. Contemporary interventions – Libya, Sierra Leone, Syria. hronology of Events in Iraq UNCHR Ankara COI Team February 2003 Page 2 17/02