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The 2003 Invasion of Iraq: Key Events and Impacts

This quiz tests knowledge on the key events, legal arguments, and figures involved in the 2003 invasion of Iraq, enhancing understanding of this significant historical event.

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1 Which of the following titles did the 2003 invasion of Iraq have?

2 At the same time, Bush Administration officials advanced a parallel legal argument using the earlier resolutions, which authorized force in response to Iraq's 1990 ________.

3 On March 23, a convoy from the 3rd Infantry Division, including the female American soldiers ________ and Lori Piestewa, was ambushed after taking a wrong turn into the city.

4 It was reported that the ________ was among the looted sites.

5 US General ________ assumed control of Iraq as the supreme commander of the coalition occupation forces.

6 The primary bases for the invasion were in ________ and other Persian Gulf nations.

7 [206][207][208][209][210] ________, an American diplomat investigated claims that Iraq had sought uranium for nuclear weapons in Niger and reported that they had no substance.

8 Three weeks into the invasion, US-led Coalition forces moved into ________.

9 SAD teams then combined with ________ to organize the Kurdish Peshmerga.

10 O'Neill later backtracked, saying that these discussions were part of a continuation of foreign policy first put into place by the ________.

💡 Interesting Facts

  • The Price of Loyalty claims that the 2003 invasion of Iraq was not a reaction to the attacks of September 11.
  • Lt. Colonel Karen Kwiatkowski was a policy analyst at the Pentagon for four and a half years before retiring and becoming a vocal critic of the Bush administration's policy in Iraq.
  • the Mitsubishi Type 73 Light Trucks were made bulletproof for the Japanese military deployed in Iraq following the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
  • A Year in the Merde by Stephen Clarke is a humorous look at the tense Franco-British relations during the time of the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
  • Douglas Brand, chief police adviser to the Iraqi Interior Ministry in the aftermath of the 2003 invasion, was nicknamed "The Tower of London" due to his distinctive height.
  • Major-General Tim Cross was one of the most senior British military officers involved in the reconstruction of Iraq after the 2003 invasion.
  • Tony Blair said that it was a mistake to say on Fern Britton Meets... that he would have still wanted to join the 2003 Iraq invasion if there were no weapons of mass destruction.
  • Australian jazz singer Grace Knight, ex-Eurogliders, organised a nude protest of 750 women against the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
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