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Iraq Quiz

By Jim Cox

April 15, 2004

Which nation
financially supported Iraq's Baath Party's rise to power in the
1960's?
1. Iran
2. US
3. Soviet
  Union
Which
nation allied itself with Saddam Hussein from 1980 to 1990?
1. Iran
2. US
3. Soviet
  Union
Which nation's
ambassador to Iraq pledged that it would remain on the sidelines
when
Hussein inquired about the reaction to invading Kuwait in 1990?
1. Iran
2. US
3. France
Which
country was the first to gas Iraqis?
1. Iraq
  itself
2. Great
  Britain
3. Soviet
  Union
Who drew
the borders of Iraq?
1. Iraqis
  themselves
2. The
  British
3. Iranians
Which
country opposes the secession of the Kurds from Iraq?
1. Iran
2. US
3. Kuwait
Colin
Powell has stated that the intelligence on Iraq's WMD was:
1. accurate
2. flawed
3. never
  to be questioned
The most
secular government in the Middle East in the 1990's was:
1. Iran
2. Iraq
3. Kuwait
Which
of these countries has been the most tolerant of Christians during
the
last 20 years?
1. Iran
2. Iraq
3. Saudi
  Arabia
Into what
country has Iraq never sent troops?
1. Kuwait
2. US
3. Iran
Which of
the following countries was not represented among the 19
hijackers of
9-11?
1. Eqypt
2. Iraq
3. Saudi
  Arabia
Which
country supplied Saddam Hussein with chemical weapons during the
1980's?
1. Turkey
2. US
3. Soviet
  Union
Which
country's intelligence operatives helped overthrow the only Islamic
democracy
in the Middle East in 1953?
1. Iraq
2. US
3. Soviet
  Union
Who made
two trips to meet with Saddam Hussein during the 1980's as a special
representative of his country to confirm a renewal of diplomatic
relations?

Kim
Il Sung
Donald
Rumsfeld
Jacques
Chirac

Which
is the only Middle Eastern/Southwest Asian country not
in possession of nuclear weapons?
1. Israel
2. Iraq
3. Pakistan
Which country's
intelligence information supplied to the UN weapons inspectors
in Iraq was concluded to be "garbage after garbage after
garbage."
1. Iraq
2. US
3. France
According
to UN estimates, the US-led embargo against Iraq from 1991 until
1996 resulted in:
1. no
  deaths, only pressure on Saddam Hussein to reform
2. the
  death of 500,000 Iraqi children
3. the
  death of 500 Iraqis, total
After
the 1991 Gulf War, who encouraged the Kurds to revolt against
Saddam Hussein only to withdraw support after the revolt began?
1. Kofi
  Anon
2. George
  H. W. Bush
3. Vladimir
  Putin
Who made
the decision for UN weapons inspectors to leave Iraq in 1998?
1. they
  were evicted by Saddam Hussein
2. UN
  weapons inspector Richard Butler in anticipation of a US/British
  military attack
3. UN
  weapons inspectors did not leave in 1998
The number
of American combat deaths during the first 12 months of which
conflict was the greatest?
1. Vietnam
  1965
2. Iraq
  War 2003
3. Gulf
  War 1991

The
answer to each question is "b."

Which nation
financially supported Iraq's Baath Party's rise to power in the
1960's?
1. Iran
2. US
3. Soviet
  Union
This is
the political party of Saddam Hussein. The
US helped bring the Baath Party (a socialist party) to power.
Which
nation allied itself with Saddam Hussein from 1980 to 1990?
1. Iran
2. US
3. Soviet
  Union
The
US had no compunctions about allying itself with Hussein
even though it was during this period when the majority of the
killings of his own people as well as the gassing of the Kurds
occurred.
Which nation's
ambassador to Iraq pledged that it would remain on the sidelines
when
Hussein inquired about the reaction to invading Kuwait in 1990?
1. Iran
2. US
3. France
Said
U.S. Ambassador Glaspie — "We have no opinion on your
Arab-Arab conflicts, such as your dispute with Kuwait. Secretary
(of State James) Baker has directed me to emphasize the instruction,
first given to Iraq in the 1960′s, that the Kuwait issue is
not associated with America."
Which country
was the first to gas Iraqis?
1. Iraq
  itself
2. Great
  Britain
3. Soviet
  Union
Great
Britain used gas to quell an uprising by the Kurds in 1920.
Who drew
the borders of Iraq?
1. Iraqis
  themselves
2. The
  British
3. Iranians
The British
drew the borders of Iraq after World War I.
Which
country opposes the secession of the Kurds from Iraq?
1. Iran
2. US
3. Kuwait
Bush
has pledged that the current boundaries of Iraq — no Kurdish
independence — will be maintained.
Colin Powell
has stated that the intelligence on Iraq's WMD was:
1. accurate
2. flawed
3. never
  to be questioned
In 2004
Powell
acknowledged that the information presented to the UN to
justify the invasion of Iraq which he presented in 2003 was
"flawed."
The most
secular government in the Middle East in the 1990's was:
1. Iran
2. Iraq
3. Kuwait
"Iraq
was not controlled by a fundamentalist Muslim government, something
that is now a possibility. One could even purchase a drink
in Baghdad. The Baath government tolerated both Jews and Christians,
something not to be seen in Muslim countries like Indonesia,
Turkey, and Iran"
Which of
these countries has been the most tolerant of Christians during
the
last 20 years?
1. Iran
2. Iraq
3. Saudi
  Arabia
"Unlike
any other regime in the Middle East, Saddam
has permitted Christians to occupy high public office. This
includes the Iraqi Foreign Minister, Tariq Assiz, who is a Roman
Catholic. In addition, Saddam's regime has permitted a degree
of free practice for Christians that is positively enviable
compared to the situations experienced in such U.S. u2018allies'
as Pakistan and Saudi Arabia. Christmas and Easter decorations
always abound, even in Baghdad, and attending church does not
require an act of courage."
Into what
country has Iraq never sent troops?
1. Kuwait
2. US
3. Iran
Iraq sent
troops into Iran during its 1980-1988 war, and into Kuwait in
1990, but never into the US.
Which of
the following countries was not represented among the 19
hijackers of
9-11?
1. Eqypt
2. Iraq
3. Saudi
  Arabia
Of
the 19 hijackers, 15 were from Saudi Arabia, and 4 from
Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, and Lebanon.
Which
country supplied Saddam Hussein with chemical weapons during the
1980's?
1. Turkey
2. US
3. Soviet
  Union
The US
sold chemical weapons to Saddam Hussein between 1985 and
1990.
Which country's
intelligence operatives helped overthrow the only Islamic democracy
in the Middle East in 1953?
1. Iraq
2. US
3. Soviet
  Union
Along with
the British, the
CIA overthrew the democratically elected Iranian Prime Minister
Mohammed Mossadegh in 1953, ending the only Islamic democracy
in the Middle East.
Who
made two trips to meet with Saddam Hussein during the 1980's as
a special representative of his country to confirm a renewal of
diplomatic relations?
1. Kim
  Il Park
2. Donald
  Rumsfeld
3. Jacques
  Chirac
Reagan
sent special high level envoy, Donald
Rumsfeld to confirm the new relation with Iraq in 1983.
Which is
the only Middle Eastern/Southwest Asian country not in
possession of nuclear weapons?
1. Israel
2. Iraq
3. Pakistan
Pakistan
is known to have nuclear weapons, Israel does not confirm or
deny, but it's no secret. Iraq has none.
Which country's
intelligence information supplied to the UN weapons inspectors
in Iraq was concluded to be "garbage after garbage after
garbage."
1. Iraq
2. US
3. France
The US
supplied information on where to hunt for weapons in 2002 and
2003, none
of which proved to be fruitful.
According
to UN estimates, the US-led embargo against Iraq from 1991 until
1996 resulted in:
1. no
  deaths, only pressure on Saddam Hussein to reform
2. the
  death of 500,000 Iraqi children
3. the
  death of 500 Iraqis, total
In 1996,
Secretary
of State Madeline Albright stated approval of the sanctions
even with the estimate of 500,000 children dying as a result.
Neither the Clinton nor Bush administration ever disputed these
estimates.
After
the 1991 Gulf War, who encouraged the Kurds to revolt against
Saddam Hussein only to withdraw support after the revolt began?
1. Kofi
  Anon
2. George
  H. W. Bush
3. Vladimir
  Putin
Overly
confident that Hussein would be overthrown, G.
H. W. Bush reneged on his plans and more than 100,000 Iraqis
were killed.
Who made
the decision for UN weapons inspectors to leave Iraq in 1998?
1. they
  were evicted by Saddam Hussein
2. UN
  weapons inspector Richard Butler in anticipation of a US/British
  military attack
3. UN
  weapons inspectors did not leave in 1998
Hussein
did not kick out the UN weapons inspectors; they left to
avoid being killed in the ensuing attack.
The number
of American combat deaths during the first 12 months of which
conflict was the greatest?
1. Vietnam
  1965
2. Iraq
  War 2003
3. Gulf
  War 1991
US
losses in Iraq during the first 12 months were 550, March
2003-February 2004; 65
in Vietnam in 1965; 148
during the 1991 Gulf War.

April
15, 2004

Jim
Cox is an Associate Professor of Economics and Political Science
at the Lawrenceville Campus of Georgia Perimeter College and author
of The
Concise Guide to Economics. His website is: http://www.gpc.edu/~jcox/.

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