Iraq+War

=**Iraq War Overview** : = =**Iraq and other "Persian Gulf" countries were created following World War I as protectorates of Great Britain. They were carved out of Mesopotamia, formerly part of the Ottoman Empire.** **Iraq itself includes three major groups: Sunni Muslim Arabs i****n the center surrounding the capital of Baghdad, Kurds** **in the north and Shia M****uslims in the south. About 15% of the population is Kurdish, 80% Arab. Some 60% are Shi'ite Arab Muslims like their neighbors in Iran, but they are Arabs, not Persians. There are also significant Assyrian and Turkomen minorities in the north. None of of these groups were given any national rights in the League of nations settlement. National and tribal disputes, as well as friction with Western powers trying to control Iraqi oil, have played a great part in Iraqi history.**= =**Information From:** []=
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 * ARMY/NATIONAL GUARD**

Matthew Adam Hostler (Emily F. & Kylee P.) Christopher W. Howard (Chelsea T.) Maureen Simpkins (Courtney S.) James Gary Snyder III (Jess S.) Mark Andrew Yohn (Shane B.) Thomas C. Riggleman, Jr. (Jessica B.) Joshua J. Clemente (Brandon S.)
 * Paul Joseph Gongloff (Josh G.)

NAVY

Timothy Paul Allen (Connor H. & Matt R.) Tracy Jo Anderson (Caitlin S.) Joseph H. Anello (Eric A.) C. Timothy Collier (Karissa C.) Janet Louise Lantz (Brittany L.)

AIR FORCE

Andrew L. Holton (Buddy S.) Donald Wayne Stephens (Marquie P.) John Robert Watters III (Lynsey W.)

MARINES

Brandon Grannas (Amanda G.) Ronald Osborne (Mara M.) Ronald Burch (Briana B.)

COAST GUARD

Timothy Lewis McFarland, Jr. (Luke M.)**