A Brian Vaughan graphic novel about this war spread the story of four lions who escaped from a zoo during it, only to be shot.
A Brian Vaughan graphic novel about this war spread the story of four lions who escaped from a zoo during it, only to be shot. During this war, locals used earthmoving equipment to break dykes and reflood dried reed marshes, and troops occupied a resort called Dreamland for one siege, after which generals denied their use of white phosphorous shells as incendiary weapons. For two years, Ray Odierno commanded this war's multi-national force. A president spoke about it aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln a month before the capture of the so-called "ace of diamonds." After the fedayeen fell, this war involved the setup of a "Green Zone" in a captured capital and the ambush of four contractors in Fallujah. For 10 points, name this war and insurgency begun in 2003, in which the US ousted Saddam Hussein.
A Brian Vaughan graphic novel about this war spread the story of four lions who escaped from a zoo during it, only to be shot.
Iraq War [or War in Iraq; accept Second Persian Gulf War; prompt "Operation Iraqi Freedom," "Iraqi insurgency," or "War on Terror;" do not accept "Operation New Dawn"]