Saddam Hussein President of Iraq 1979-2003
Invaded Iran 1980, Invaded Kuwait 1990, Deposed 2003, Hanged 2005
Bush – President 1988-1992
Desert Storm – February 24 – 28, 1991
1991 US Planes over Kuwait
MI Abrams Tank – 68 Tons, Top Speed 42 MPH
The B-52 can fly at altitudes of 50,000 feet. It carries 70,000 pounds of bombs and has a
wingspan of 168 feet. It can fly 8,000 miles without refueling and was first built in 1954. It was
used extensively in Vietnam, the 1991 Gulf War and in Afghanistan and Iraq post 9/11.
Twenty 500 pound bombs are shown dropping from the belly of this B-52. The plane is equipped with a further
60,000 pounds of bombs. These bombs are dumb bombs. Once they are dropped they simply fall driven by
gravity. Today most of the munitions used are JDAMS – Joint Direct Attack Munitions - which can be steered to
a target, often by a soldier on the ground “lighting” a target with a laser.
Iraqi Highway of Death Out of Kuwait
President Bush and General Norman Schwarzkopf
No Fly Zones 1991-2003
UN Security Resolution 687 mandated the destruction of all WMD facilities and machinery used to develop them as
well as missiles with a range of more than 100 miles. No Fly Zones were enforced from the end of the Gulf War to 2003.
February 26 1993 – Ramzi bin Yousef explodes a 1,500 pound bomb in the parking garage of
one of the towers. Six people were killed and 1,000 injured. Yousef had hoped to topple one
tower into the other and kill 250,000 people.
Ramzi bin Yousef WTC Bomber 1993
Captured in Pakistan, February 7, 1995
1993 Twin Towers Attack
Khobar Towers, June 1996 Saudi Arabia – 19 Americans killed, 372 wounded
February, 1998 – Osama bin Ladin declared war on the United States. He urged the murder of
“any American, anywhere” as the duty of all Muslims. Describing Americans as the “worst
thieves and terrorists on earth” he said there was no difference between military and civilians
when it came to citizens of the USA – they are all targets. (page 64 of 9/11 Commission Report)
Omar al-Bashir – Sudanese Leader Hosts bin Laden
1991-1996
Bin Ladin and, to the right, the Egyptian who became Al Qaeda’s leader following Bin Laden’s death, Ayman alZawahiri. This picture was taken in Tora Bora, Afghanistan prior to 9/11.
Clinton Impeachment 1998
Tanzania Embassy Bombing – August 7, 1998 Ten killed and
seventy-seven wounded
US Embassy Kenya 8/7/98 – 291 Dead and more than
5,000 Wounded
US Embassy in Kenya
Desert Fox- December,1998
Iraq Bombarded After Two Years Impeding U.N Weapon Inspections
USS Cole Attacked off of Yemen – October, 2000
Attack on USS Cole – 17 Sailors Killed, 39 Wounded
9/11 Hijackers – 2,973 Dead in NY, Washington and
Pennsylvania
Ground Zero burned for 100 days – The confirmed death toll
stood at 2,749
Firefighters raise the flag
Anthrax Attacks 2001
Anthrax Bio Terror 2001 – 5 Dead, 17 Infected, Mass Fear
Likely Anthrax Terrorist Bruce Ivins – Government Scientist in Biodefense
specializing in Anthrax Vaccines - Committed Suicide July 29, 2008
AC-130 Gunship
AC-130 In Action
Used at Tora Bora Cave Complex
Tora Bora, 2001
An American soldier passing through an Afghan village somewhere in the Hindu-Kush Mountains.
Mullah Omar was the leader of the Taliban. He escaped Afghanistan and is presumably living in
Pakistan. He lost an eye fighting the Soviets in the 1979-1989 war. His refusal to turn Bin Laden
over to the American government led to the U.S invasion of Afghanistan in October, 2001.
Afghanistan’s Taliban Leader Mullah Omar lost an eye fighting the Soviets. He has eluded
American forces since the invasion of October, 2001. The last leader of pre-Taliban
Afghanistan was Najibullah. He and his brother were captured by the Taliban, beaten,
castrated, dragged behind jeeps and then strung up to die.
Khalid Sheikh Muhammad was the architect of the 9/11 plot. He was captured in
Pakistan – March, 2003 by American and Pakistani agents. He is in U.S custody.
View of Terrorist Prison Cells
Guantanamo(Gitmo)Bay, Cuba.
KSM was waterboarded 183 times as part of “enhanced
interrogation” techniques.
KSM in 2003 and 2009
Abottobad, Pakistan
This compound housed Osama bin Laden from 2005 to 2011 it is 35
miles from the Pakistani capital of Islamabad
President Obama, V.P Biden, Secretary of State Clinton and Defense Secretary
Gates monitor Seal Team Six as the raid that ended in bin Ladin’s death
proceeds – May 2, 2011