Iraq



The War in Iraq has many names to it. It also can be called [|Second Gulf War or Operation Iraqi Freedom]. Afther Septmeber 11, 2001 the Bush adminstration blamed [|Osama bin Laden] and Al-Qaeda for declaring the war on terrorism.Al-Qaeda claimed to be behind what happend on on 9/11. They were under assumption that Osama bin Laden was aiding Al-Qaeda forces.. They invaded Iraq on March 19, 2003 under President George Bush and the UK Prime Minister Tony Blair. We first sent over around 13,00 troops to invade Iraq. Within two years of this war, we have sent 150,000 U.S. soliders. In 2003, Saddam Hussein was captured.

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Fun facts is that in Novemeber of 2009, we still had around 115,000 still stationed over in Iraq. Some of the casualties in Novemeber of 2009 was[| 4,377]of United States soldiers. Around [|55%]were under the age of 25 years of age. More than [|70%] of them were enlisted in the U.S. army. Some casualties for the United Kingdom was 179. The estimate number on injuries as of Septmeber 2009 were 32,000. The number of Iraqi civilians injuries were estimated to be 1.1 million. That is about [|3 or 4 percent] of there population.

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