The Global War on Terror

When does Iraq invade Kuwait

2 August 1990

When is the collapse of the USSR - Gorbachev
resigns

25 Dec 1991

When does the First Gulf War – bombing begin

7 Jan 1991

When does the war in Yugoslavia begin

March 1991 

When is the genocide in Rwanda

April-July 1994

When does the US invade Iraq

20 March 2003

When was the World Trade Centre truck bomb

Feb 1993 – killed 6, injured 1500

When was the Car bomb at US facility in Riyadh

1995

When were the bombings of US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania

1998 -  killed 224, injured 5,000

When was the USS Cole Bombing

2000

What was the fallout of 9/11

• 2,996 dead
• 6,000 injured
(greatest casualties on US soil
since Pearl Harbor)
• 762 arrested, ACLU claims none
were ever charged.
• GWOT enters the lexicon
• Search for Osama Bin Laden

What is the world reaction to 9/11

• Sept 12, 2001 NATO invokes Article 5
• US begins air strikes against Afghanistan 7 October 2001
• Supported by the UK, the Northern Alliance
• UN SC authorizes ISAF Dec 2001
• Eventually 43 states, including all NATO states