Question 9 options: match the word with the definition a) osama bin laden b) persian gulf war/operation desert storm c) partitioning d) saddam hussein e) invasion of iraq/operation iraqi freedom 1. an international coalition of forces assembled under the united nations that forced the withdrawal of saddam hussein's iraqi forces from kuwait, which they had invaded and occupied in august 1990. 2. a american led invasion of iraq on the basis that the government led by saddam hussein was creating weapons of mass destruction and selling them to terrorist groups like al-queda 3. dictator of iraq prior to the invasion of iraq. overthrown by american forces in operation iraqi freedom. 4. dividing up of a territory or country into smaller territories or countries. 5. leader of the terrorist group known as al-queda.