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1.   What was the major cause of the 1991 Persian Gulf War?
    Iraq began amassing weapons of mass destruction
    Iraq invaded Kuwait
    Iraq used poisonous gas against the Kurds

2.   What was the major cause of the Iran-Iraq war (1980–1989)?
    water
    oil
    religion

3.   During the Iran-Iraq war whom did the U.S. support?
    Iraq
    Iran
    The U.S. remained neutral

4.   What branch of Islam do the majority of Iraqis follow?
    Wahhabi
    Shi'ite
    Sunni

5.   How many United Nations Security Council Resolutions has Saddam Hussein violated since 1990?
    None—while never fully cooperative, Saddam Hussein has always stopped just short of a "material breach" of a UN resolution.
    1441
    16

6.   What is the size of Iraq's oil reserves?
    The tenth largest
    The second largest in the world
    The largest in the world

7.   Who is President Bush referring to when he speaks of a "coalition of the willing?"
    His inner circle of top advisers on Iraq
    Countries that support U.S. military action in Iraq without a UN mandate
    The U.S., Britain, Bulgaria, and Spain

8.   How many countries sent combat troops to fight in Iraq?
    Fourty-Five
    Four
    Only the United States and Britain have sent troops

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