Ch 25 Section 4
Published on Nov 19, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
GRENADA, 1983
- Is a small Caribbean island
- Grenada started making ties with communist Cuba
- President Reagan sent about 2,000 Troops to the island
- There they overthrew the pro-Cuban government
- It was replaced with one that was friendlier to the us
PANAMA, 1989
- President Bush sent about 20,0000 soldiers into Panama to overthrow & arrest General Manuel Antonio Noriega
- He was charged with drug trafficking
- He had been receiving pay from the CIA sense the 1960's
- Noriega was taken by force by the American military and flown to Miami to stand trial
- In April 1992, Noriega was convicted and sentenced to 40 years in prison
THE IRAN-CONTRA SCANDAL
- Terrorist groups loyal to Iran took a number of Americans hostage in Lebanon
- Reagan denounced Iran and urged U.S. allies not to sell arms to Iran for its war against Iraq
- In 1986 Reagan had approved the sale of arms to Iran. In exchange for those sales, Iran promised to win the release of seven American hostages held in Lebanon by pro-Iranian terrorists
THE PERSIAN GULF WAR
- Iraq claimed than Kuwait was theirs
- On August 2, 1990, Iraqi troops invaded Kuwait. The Iraqi invaders looted Kuwait
- Bush then launched Operation Desert Storm
- On January 16, 1991, the United States and its allies staged a massive air assault against Iraq
- On February 23, they launched a successful ground offensive from Saudi Arabia
THE PERSIAN GULF WAR(CONTIUED)
- On February 28, 1991, President Bush announced a cease-fire. Operation Desert Storm was over
- Kuwait was liberated
- The un forces only took 400 casualties but the Iraqi forces took 100,000 military and civilian casualties
