HIST 1112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Osama Bin Laden, Hamid Karzai, Donald Rumsfeld
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Saudi arabia is considered an ally because of their oil. Afghanistan: war begins on 10/7/2001, operation enduring freedom- name used to describe the global war on. Osama bin laden cornered but escaped: quick defeat of taliban and al qaeda, us installs new government, hamid karzai. Probably not, there is no incentive for them to change their own situations, because other countries solve their conflicts for them. A billion american dollars a month for 14 years being in afghan. Osama and saddam two very different people who were not in relations with one another: colin powell makes case at un for war. Supposed evidence they were trying to buy uranium in africa. American media spreads claim with no independent investigation: us willing to go to war alone if it does not receive support, worldwide protests (15 million) Russia, china, france, and germany opposed to the conflicts. Made the claims that this was against international law and un charter.
