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Section III (Peace and Conflict): Conflict in the Gulf 1980-2011
Quick questions on 2003 Iraq War, invasion and fall of Baghdad: HSC Modern History Conflict in the Gulf
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What is the advance?Show answer
The 3rd ID under Major General Buford Blount conducted the fastest sustained armoured advance in US Army history: around 230 kilometres in 48 hours. The Republican Guard's Medina Division was engaged at Karbala (31 March-1 April).
What is the looting?Show answer
In the absence of organised Coalition civil control, Baghdad and other cities were extensively looted from 9 to 21 April. Government ministries (except the Oil Ministry), the National Museum (around 15,000 items stolen), the National Library, universities, hospitals, ammunition dumps, and Saddam's palaces were stripped.
What is cPA Order Number 1 , De-Baathification?Show answer
Excluded the top four ranks of the Baath Party (around 30,000 senior members) from any government, military, or educational position. Removed the country's professional class.
What are cPA Order Number 2 , Dissolution of Entities?Show answer
Disbanded the Iraqi army (around 400,000), the air force, the Republican Guard, the Special Republican Guard, the Ministry of Information, and seven other regime bodies. Around 500,000 Iraqis lost employment overnight.
What is q1?Show answer
Source A is CPA Order Number 2 (23 May 2003) dissolving the Iraqi armed forces. Using Source A and your own knowledge, explain the early occupation. [5 marks]
What is q2?Show answer
Evaluate the extent to which the failures of the 2003 to 2006 occupation were due to flawed planning rather than Iraqi conditions. [25 marks]
What is q3?Show answer
Compare the views of Thomas Ricks and Ali Allawi on responsibility for the post-invasion collapse. [10 marks]
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