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APUS57 · **on:** Jul 4, 2018

Violent resistance to the American presence in Iraq escalated when

a. the new Iraqi government relied heavily on former Sunni members of Hussein's government.
b. former dictator Saddam Hussein began leading a guerrilla movement.
c. Al Qaeda members captured in Iraq were taken to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
d. it was revealed that some American soldiers had humiliated Iraqi captives in the Abu Ghraib prison.
e. Americans bombed substantial civilian districts of Baghdad.

Question 2

In June 2004, the United States handed over ____ to the new interim government of Iraq.

a. the Abu Ghraib prison
b. political power and limited sovereignty
c. former dictator Saddam Hussein
d. captured weapons of mass destruction
e. militant Islamic rebels and insurgents