War+in+Iraq

=War In Iraq by Sierra Lakey, Shelby Powers, Faith Hillaker and Nick Baker= = = [|The Iraq War Cost]

[|Casualties and Hometowns]
=__Overview__=

On September 11, 2001, [|Al-Qaeda], a suicide attack group, hijacked four American airplanes. Crashing two into the Twin Towers of the [|World Trade Center], one plane into The Pentagon, and the last into a field, after passengers tried to regain back control of the plane. This was one of America's biggest national upsets ever. The leader of the terrorist attack was Osama Bin Laden. At first America invaded Afghanistan, creating The War on Terror. Later during The War on Terror, The War in Iraq was declared by the United States of America on March 20, 2003 from the voice of our former President George W. Bush. Doing so he anounced the operation Desert Storm. Then on April 9, 2003 American tanks with the help of Iraq citizens pulled down the statue of Saddam Hussein in Baghdad. Starting the war was a deeply debated issue, because the main reasons for invading Iraq was the threat of WMD (weapons of mass destruction), and the idea that Iraq was linked to the incident on September 11, 2001, which were both highly debatable. It started with the bombing of Baghdad. This war and its goal was to remove Saddam Hussein from Iraq power. After months of war, [|Saddam Hussein]was captured by the U.S. infantry on December 13, 2003. Many years later, the United States reported that 15 out of the 18 goals for the Iraqi government had been met, showing improvement with the war. Although, not everyone felt that improvement was occuring. The War on Terror came back into play on December 25, 2010 when an airliner headed for Detroit, was attacked by a [|Muslim Extremist]. The Muslim Extremist attempted to detonate a bomb, but he failed. It could have been a huge catastrophe. War has been the most controversial issue in America and still continues to be. The thought of terrorism frightens Americans and for some time war was the only thing that gave people closure and safety. But after years and years of the same war, people get worried, and agitated. Wondering if it's all really worth it. Or if it is even helping. The War in Iraq is a very heated war and will continue to bean issue until peace is gained.


 * __Overview__**

Ever since the attack of September 11, 2001, and even before that, Iraq has been seen as a huge threat to America and the world. America gave Iraq a warning on January 29th 2002 then on march 3rd 2003, American Spirit Bombers Nighthawk Stealth Fighters flew to Bagdad on a surprise mission to kill Saddam Hussein because they knew it was important to remove him from power. We suspected that Iraq was developing nuclear, and biological weapons which they would use against us and many other countries. At the time they had already produced chemical weapons.Having used them in their previous 1980's war with Iran. In an effort to try to keep the peace, we told them that we would do an inspection of certain areas in their country to see if this was true. They denied that it was and refused to let America fly over and check. Later, we discovered that they had been lying and there really were those weapons that could kill millions of people at once. Iraq used the time that we gave them, while trying to settle matters peacefully, to gain an advantage over us. Iraq has the power as well as the recourses to terrorize millions of people and the war they started continues to this day.

**Overview ** ﻿After the collapes of the Soviet Union a new kind of threat was presented to America, in the form of "new terrorisim". (A sucicide group called Al-Qaeda, was amoung this new threat). On September 11, 2001, Al-Qaeda hijacked american planes, two of wich crashed into the World Trade Center (towers one and two), another crashed into the Pentagon, and the last plane's hijackers were over thrown by the passangers and crashed into a empty field. This was a clear attack upon America, and caused much panick amoung American citizens. The leader of the Al-Qeada Group was Osama Bin Laden. This incident was later linked to Iraq, which caused president Bush to declare war, which caused much debate and confliction in Americans because the reasoning for going to war was the threat of WMD, which turne out to be flase (Editorial Board). Only after a few months of fighting before everyone whanted to go to war to try and avenge their countrymen or women that where in the world trade center and the Pentagon. After seeing how bad war was we whanted to pull out but we where already to deep in to do anything about it. After the statue of Saddam Hussein was pulled down, a bombing on Bagdad began. The main goal of the war became to remove Saddam Hussein from power, and on December 13, 2003 he was. The war in Iraq is still going today, even though President Obama said he would end it. Many people are anger with the way the situtation in Iraq is being handled, and was done in the first place (Lessons of War). The American public is still not completely on one side whether to think the war is good, or bad, due to the fact that no weapons of mass destruction were found, and not all the goals that were set out to be achived in Iraq were (Lessons of War).

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=__Source Annotation__= "The World's Hot Spots: Iraq." Green Haven Press. Detroit. 2004. Print.

Summery:This book really explained how the Iraq War was started and what happened. It also explained how Iraq had been the focus of threat from many countries, especially after the nine eleven attack on the Twin Towers. America suspected that the country was developing nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons, making them an even bigger threat. This source made a huge difference with my understanding of the Iraq War.

Asses: This book is extremely thorough and gives a ton of information and lots of background. For example, it tells how Saddam Hussein came to power and even about his child hood. It also has details about the invasion of Kawait and many other things.

Reflect: I would use this source mainly for background and details. It is very useful for this.

"The Iraq War" Deborah White. About.com. US Liberal Politics. March 31, 2011

Summary: This source is very useful for finding facts and statistics about the Vietnam War. If you want to learn solid facts, and not just opinions and perspectives, than I recommend this source.

Asses: It does not explain every detail of the war, but it does provide a lot of solid information. It is absolutely full of facts and actually quite interesting to read more and learn about.

Reflect: The source will better your full understanding of the Iraq War and lean many new things about it that you never knew before.

"﻿A Time Line of the Iraq War." Think progress. org. 2005. May 6, 2011

Summery: This source shows an extremely long and detailed timeline of what happened in the Iraq War. It is a great source to find dates and numbers of American soldiers killed in battle. It does not explain thoroughly, however, how the War was started. Like many articles, it looks down on Bush's decisions, but other than that it is a good source.

Assess: It takes a lot of time to go through the whole timeline since a lot of things happened during the Iraq War. It is not extremely detailed but gives you a good idea of what happened on what days.

Reflect: Since it is a time line, the best way to use this source is to find exact dates of events and the number of people killed during the war and what days certain numbers were killed. It also talks about what the American government did about the war.

Garamone, Jim "//Iraq and the use of chemical weapons//", U.S Department of Defense, january 23, 2003 Summery: This source gives you a date when Saddam Hussein authorized the usage of chemical weapons in the war against Iran. Also to use for his own personal use to despose of people inside the country that objected to the rule of Saddam. An estamation reveals that up to 60,000 soldiers where exsposed to diffrent types of gases.

Assess: It dosn't take much time to go through and read the page and it provides good historical evidence that Iraq had, produced and used chemical weapons for the past 30 years.

Reflect: this particular artical is only really for the use of the specific suporting fact that Iraq had, used and prouduced chemical weapons. This can also go to suport the idea that they may have had even more powerfull weapons.

William Dundly, Iraq Opposing Viewpoints, Bonnie Szumski, New york, 2004

Summery: This book states lots of different conflicting viewpoints that come from all sorts of people like soldiers, politicians and citizens. It basically gives you a basic history of the conflicts in Iraq since the US got involved in it. Then it goes on to explain all the these different view points from people from all walks of life that talk about the pros and cons of the war and debating whether the war was over oil or the finding of WMD (weapons of mass destruction) or if it was over both.

Assess: it was too long of a book to read in one or two class periods but it gets pretty in depth about all these different ideas and statements that other people have made about their ideas on the war.

Reflect: I could use this source to gather information on the publics thoughts and feelings on the different aspects of the Iraq war. Also this would be a good place to help understand more on how the conflict started between our two nations.

"9-11 Research: The 2003 Invasion of Iraq." //9-11 Research: An Independent Investigation of the 9-11-2001 Attack//. Vol. 1. 331. 24 July 2006. Web. 10 May 2011.

Summary: This source provides the information of how the whole Iraq War started. It also provides casualties of the Iraq citizens/soldiers and the U.S. casualties of our soldiers. It also gives me references that I can link to and find more information of the war. It gives invoice on President Bush and his decisions. This site makes me curious about other topics in relation to the war that I could look up.

Assess: This information is good in my opinion because it's not a real lengthy website that I have to scramble through to find the information. Its all right there in a brief summary that I don't have to struggle and waste my navigating time, reading it. It gives me lead offs and ideas to look up other information.

Reflect: I can use this source to give casualty facts and explain why we are in the war, or the effects of the war. Both here in the United States and in Iraq. And I can used it to help accumulate ideas of what would help my research be more defined.

//"Frontline: The Invasion of Iraq".// PBS. 26 February 2004. Copyright 1995-2011. Web. 11 May 2011

Summary: This source provides quality information in my opinion. It has interviews with Generals, Commanders, Journalists, and Military Analysts of the war available to read and watch. Which is interesting to interact with and get real spoken information. The site also provides a chronological time line that starts off with former President Bush's decision to invade Iraq. So, that source really helped me get the main idea of what occurred to start the entire Iraq War. Along with those two great parts of the site, it has an analysis page. This explains and questions if the war really did anything or helped. And the price American Citizens paid to fight for our country. It is very interesting.

Assess: The information is very thorough and trustworthy. It provides several assets that really give it a nice quality. It is easy to follow and read and has many things that help to keep you on track. Such as pictures, videos, time lines, etc;.

Reflect: I could use this source for many things. It has many things to get valuable research off of. It could help me create a time line of my own too. It is a very professional site, that could lead me to excel in many directions.

//The World's Hot Spots: Iraq. Green Haven Press. Detroit. 2004. Print.//

Summary: This book contains historical content about Iraq. Whether it's about the political or geographical history. It mentions a lot of people that impacted the war such as Saddam Hussein, and Osama Bin Laden. It also talks about the aftermath of the war for the United States and Iraq. It talks a lot about the state of terrorism and how that fueled the fire of the war. It has a lot of viewing aspects of America and why we declared war. It gives a sort of time line in the back; mentioning important dates that are useful to know. It gives me a ton of valid information about and around the war.

Assess: This information is surely trustworthy because it was published into a book. It isn't a biased book that is specifically viewing one side of the war and it doesn't just focus directly on the war. It gave me a lot of background information that could have been hard to find on the internet. And the book was laid out very easily so I could locate and pinpoint information fast.

Reflect: I could use this source to really help explain the war. Explain what America was thinking and what Iraq was thinking, and a bunch of information in between about anything and everything that I need to know about Iraq, and the U.S.

**IRAQ: Opposing View Points. Green Haven Press. Farmington Hills. 2004. Print.**
 * Summary: This book provides information on deeply debated topics before, and during war in Iraq through speeches, articles, and statements on the war given by famous people such as President George W. Bush, and John E. Farley. It gives an account of the American governments intentions in Iraq by using both sides of the argument. It gives a lot of information on specific debates, and uses many different sources. However, it doesn't give much information on clear solid facts that both sides can agree upon.**


 * Assess: The information in this book is really reliable because it all comes from primary sources. It allows anyone looking for a two sides of an argument on Iraq to find the information quickly and be able to reference their opinion to other peoples'. It would be a great resource for a argumentative paper.**


 * Reflect: This book was a great resource to help shape my opinion on the war in Iraq. It gave me information on what was happening in the US government before and during the war that I don't think i would have thought of, or found online.**
 * Lessons of War, Questions of Peace. PBS. 26 Feb 2004. Copy right 1995-2011. Web. 22 May 2011. **
 * Summary: This source uses the opinion of Iraq soilders to discuss the status in Iraq, what really mattered, and what lessons and war startigies should be taken away from the war in Iraq **
 * Assess: This source is reliable, because it comes straight from soliders who have expereinced what is really going on in Iraq, what worked to achive there goals, and what they learned from being in Iraq. **
 * Reflect: This source was amazing to read, to hear what happened from a soliders point of view. It was great to learn what they took away from the war, and what they think should be known for future wars. **
 * The War in Iraq and American Democracry. WSW. 20 Jan 2007. Web. 22 May 2011. **
 * Summary: This source discusses the political movements of actually declaring war on Iraq with the reactions of the America public. It also uses recent date and polls to discuss staying in Iraq as well as going there in the first place, and reflects on President Bush's choice and motives for going into Iraq. **
 * Assess: This information is reliable, and matches what other good sites have to say on the topic. It gives background and reasoning for all the theories and claims they conclude (when no one or fact can really prove one way or the other). It's easy to use and is organized in a logical order. **
 * Reflect: This source opened up some interseting points on the war in Iraq, President Bush's decision to go to war, and the American opinion of the war. It allowed me to gain different views on the war as well as find facts about the American opinion on the war that i was not able to find else where.**

=__Reflections and Conclusions__= I have really learned a lot from this project. Before this, I knew that there was an ongoing war in Iraq, but I never really understood why it started in the first place. Yes, we were attacked on 9/11/01, and I knew that was a clear reason, I just never knew the history. I never really understood or even knew about all the ongoing battles and terrorist attacks before hand the only one that i knew about was the gulf war. There were a lot more times to that we were threatened or attacked. And now I understand the war a lot more and have a better view of it. Now I can really have an opinion on it. At first it was just me saying that we shouldn't be at war, but I didn't really know why. Other than that it is sucking our economy dry and killing off our soldiers But, now I can back up my opinions with detail and reason of why we shouldn't be at war and why we should. But, writing my overview was fun because I couldn't use my opinion and I had to be unbiased. So, I don't know about the rest of my group, but did you guys enjoy it? Did you know a lot before? Or was it all new to you like it was to me? I agree that the war was a mix on good reasons and bad ones on why we are at war but i think that at least out of all this mess we still managed to stop the oppression of a whole race and the death of some very bad people. Who thought that there only mission in life was to kill of as many non tribal brothers (people not in his tribe) without regard for their own life. I think that the war had its ups and downs but the good news is that threw it all we are safer than what we where when it started.

=__Multimedia__= As the war in Iraq continued, the american opinion of it began to change: media type="youtube" key="Fezqbw1Mn4U?rel=0" height="349" width="425"
 * I really enjoyed learning about the Iraq war this way. It allowed me to learn things at my own way and at my own pace. I enjoyed being able to pick out things I wanted to learn about, as well as use things like youtube clips to learn about them. I learned a lot about what really happened in the war, nothing new about what caused the war (I already knew about 9/11 being linked to Iraq and the threat of Weapons of Mass Destruction). Doing this project allowed me to advance my research skills and learn things about subjects related to Iraq as I researched information for this project. I enjoyed using the multimedia to represent information I learned, but wrtting the overview was a bit more difficult because I was a bit unclear on what kind of format was needed there. I tryed to include that the Iraq War was, and is very open to discussion, but I also wanted to stick to facts more than opinions. I don't think doing this project on Iraq has really change my opinon of it (which I will keep to myself so I don't get a bunch of people arguing with me) because I came into it already biased.**
 * I really thought that looking up all this information on the Iraq war was pretty interesting because i never really knew how far back that the conflict betwen the U.S and Saddam really whent back. Or the that Suddam had really gased his own subjects because he didn't like them or that he figured that they could have been a means to an end for him and his reighm. I also liked how we where able to go on line and look up all this stuff about the war because i managed to find information and websites that i didn't even know that exsisted or that people even put their time into doing it. like the one website at the top of the page that list all the soldiers who died and indicates on a map where they died and there hometown with a picture and a description of how they died. To me i just thought that that person had lots of time on his hands because this is the first website that i have made and it was kind of hard for me to help out and build it. I also thought that this was a good learning experiance for me because i'm really bad with computers and this just helped me to understand how they work better. So this has been one of the more interesting projects that i hve done not only on the historical factor but that we here are also making history by starting to be the first class to do all there projects and work online. I also found it interesting how the war was declaried over yet we still have lots of troops and fundins still being diverted to help prop up iraq as our puppet for there oil.**

President Obama ends the war...but is it really ever over? media type="youtube" key="uxG0JrWNDaU" height="349" width="425" =__Works Cited__= Editorial Board. "The War in Iraq and American Democracy." //World Socailist Website.// 20 Jan. 2007. Web. 22 May 2011.   //"Frontline: The Invasion of Iraq."// PBS. 26 February 2004. Copy 1995-2011. Web. 11 May 2011. __﻿__ Haugen, David. //IRAQ: Opposing View Points//. Green Haven. Farmington Hills. 2004. Print. //The World's Hot Spots: Iraq//. Green Haven Press. Detroit. 2004. Print. 9-11 Research: The 2003 Invasion of Iraq. //An Independent Investigation of the 9-11-2001 Attack//. Vol. 1.331. 24 July 2006. Web. 10 May 2011. "Lessons of War, Questions of Peace." //Frontline.// 26 Feb. 2004. Web. 22 May 2011. 