HIS 1111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Arab Spring, Peak Oil, Unilateralism

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: History
• Course: HIS 1111
• Professor: Thomas Boogaart

Document Summary

Lecture outline: the 9-11 attack and bush"s war on terrorism, neo-conservatives and pnac, surge in iraq and the rise of isil. Timeline: 2001 9-11 attacks, 2001 toppling taliban, 2003 us led invasion of iraq, 2005 first post-saddam election, 2006 beginning of surge, 2011 us leaves iraq, 2011 civil war in syria begins, 2014 isil proclaimed. The wtc attack: background to 9-11, bin laden in soviet afghanistan, 1991 the gulf war rupture, 1993 somalia attacks, precursor attacks 1998-2000, clinton"s missile strike (2000) Asleep at the wheel: bush takes office, laughing off clarke, the cold warriors, ignored fbi informant, able danger identifies hijackers, rumors of the airplane plot, moussaoui arrested in tc, the rice briefing (9/9-2001) The september 11 plot: ksm and bin laden, smuggling in saudi operatives, four transcontinental planes, box cutters, faa security measures. The towers fall: first tower hit, emergency response, communications problems, my pet goat, second tower hit, jumpers, tower a collapses, tower b collapses.