1
a chemical, biological or radioactive weapon capable of causing widespread death and destruction
2
codename for an invasion of Iraq begun in 2003 by a coalition of forces led by the US and that resulted in the overthrow of Saddam Hussein’s regime
3
the codename for the US-led UN operation to liberate Kuwait from Iraq (1991)
4
Arab militant leader and founder of Al-Queda. Suspected leader of the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington of September 11, 2001. Killed by US Special Forces in Pakistan in 2011.
5
leader of Iraq from 1979-2003. He led Iraq into the Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988) and the Persian Gulf War (1991) but was taken out of power and captured by the US-led invasion of 2003. He was executed in 2006.
6
an essay in a newspaper or magazine that gives the opinions of its editors or publishers
7
the fact of being in a particular place
8
an act of entering as an enemy, especially by an army
9
a Muslim fundamentalist group that took control of the government of Afghanistan in 1996. Suspected to have been protecting Osama bin-Laden, they were overthrown by the US in 2001. They continue to fight to regain control.
10
a radical Islamic group organized by Osama bin Laden in the 1990s to engage in terrorist activities.
