The US-LED War on Terrorism

Overview: For this assignment, you will be required to demonstrate your knowledge of
the current situations in Afghanistan and Iraq. You will be in the Small Lab in the LRC on
Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. The assignment will be due on Friday. The details
on the assignment are listed below.

Directions: Below are boxes for you to check off as you complete each one in an
organized fashion.

 Received the readings on Afghanistan and Iraq

 Received the questions that go along with each reading
 Read each document
 Please answer the following questions concerning the US-led War in Afghanistan:
o What happened before the war began?
o Why did the war begin?
o What was the purpose of the war?
o What happened during the war?
o What has happened since the Taliban have been kicked out of power in
2001?
o What does Afghanistan’s future look like?
o Include 2 pictures with captions that illustrate points
o Cite sources at the end of the paper
 Please answer the following questions concerning the US-led war in Iraq that
includes:
o What happened before the war began?
o Why did the war begin?
o What was the purpose of the war?
o What happened during the war?
o What has happened since Saddam Hussein’s government has been
overthrown in 2003?
o What does the future of Iraq look like?
o Include 2 pictures with captions that illustrate points
o Cite sources at the end of the paper
 Stapled my Afghanistan and Iraq questions together
 Handed in my Answered questions by FRIDAY.
 Extra Credit: Wrote a ½ page paper on Osama bin Laden’s (a) involvement in
current wars & (b) his current whereabouts

Resources you can use are:

(a) Readings
(b)Power-points on the Pathfinder
(c) Pathfinder websites
(d)Books in the LRC

Grading: 50 points
Grading Scale Requirements
A = 45 – 50 points Thoroughly answered questions and were very accurate,
 grammatically correct
B = 40 – 44 points Answered questions and were accurate, Grammatically good
C = 35 – 39 points Answered questions but not thoroughly and / or accurate, decent
grammar
D = 30 – 34 Attempted to answer, but were incomplete – missing pieces and
points grammar
F = 00 – 29 points Questions not completed and / or completed appropriately