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| coalition of countries, principally the United States and Great Britain that invaded Saddam Hussein’s Iraq, because they were suspected of developing chemical weapons and weapons of mass destruction. It lasted just three weeks |
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| also called Dessert Storm it began when Saddam Hussein 's Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990. The US and colitition forces quickly won when Iraq was pushed out of Kuwait. |
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| Iraqi president; prime minister and head of the armed forces 1979–2003 During his presidency, Iraq fought a war with Iran 1980–88 and invaded Kuwait 1990,Believing he was developing weapons of mass destruction, the US, with coalition forces, invaded Iraq in 2003. He was overthrown and later tried for crimes against humanity and executed. |
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| (and appreciate where it is) city Saudi Arabia considered by Muslims to be the holiest city of Islam;birthplace in ad 570 of the prophet Muhammad, |
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| fundamentalist Muslim movement whose militia took control of much of Afghanistan in the mid 1990s and set up a radical Islamic state. They were forcibly removed from power by the US and its allies after the September 11, 2001, attacks and now are back in power in Afghanistan. |
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| the use or threat of violence to achieve political change. |
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| a complex international Islamist terrorist network started as a Jihaadist struggle against the Soviet Union in Afghanistan. Eventually were responsible for the attacks of 9/11. |
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| a domestic scheduled passenger flight that was hijacked by four al-Qaeda terrorists on board as part of the September 11 attacks that eventually crashed in Shankesville, Pennsylvanian following an attempt by the passengers and crew to regain control of the plane from the hijackers. All 44 people on board were killed, including the hijackers. |
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| Islamic law derived from the teachings of the Quran and of Muhammad. It is not a list of rules but rather a set of principles and is interpretted differently by different Islamic groups |
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| a terrorist extremist and leader of Al Queada who planned the September 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center and was intent on driving Western influence from the Muslim world |
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| a struggle or fight against the enemies of Islam or holy war: "he declared a jihad against the infidels" |
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