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What event led the US to attack Afghanistan
9/11
6 Day War, 1967
new map of Israel and calls for Israel to return occupied territories
Mustafa Kemal also known as?
"Father of the Turks"
Yom Kippur War 1973
Egypt and Syria attack Israel on the Jewish day of atonement
HAMAS
Palestinian Sunni- Islamist fundamentalist organization (1987)
Calls for the unity of all Arab people based upon a shared heritage
Pan-Arabism
Intifada, 1987 & 1990’s
Palestinian protest of Israeli troops
Shah Mohammad Pahlavi
industrialized and modernized Iran (more traditional roles for women)
Iran-Iraq War
territorial dispute and religious rivalry between Sh’ia & Sunni Muslims
Al Qaeda
militant Sunni Islamist org (1988)
1979 Iranian Revolution
Ayatollah Khomeini lead rev. to overthrow Shah believed that modern/ western ways violated basic teachings of Islam
Kurds
ethnic group in Western Asia mostly in Iran, Iraq, Syria, turkey
wanted to create an independent nation
Saddam Hussein
President of iraq until he got overthrown in 2003
Persian Gulf War
Iraq invades Kuwait for oil
Taliban
Sunni Islamic fundamentalist org in Afghanistan
Palestinian Liberation Organizations goal?
to eliminate Israel as a nation and create a Palestinian homeland
Arab League
to strengthen & coordinate political, cultural, economic and social programs of its members; to mediate disputes between them
Sh’ia
Iranians (followers of Muhammed’s cousin Ali)
Suez Crisis
US doesn't aid president Nasser of Egypt to build the Aswan dam (he responds by nationalizing the Suez Canal)
Hezbollah
Sh’ia Islamist political party & military group in Lebanon (1980)
OPEC
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Venezuela)
cartel that cooperates to reduce market competition
results of iranian revolution
Iran becomes a theocracy
Sunni
Iraqis-believes the new leader should be
elected among those capable 85% of Muslims
Israeli War for Independence
May 15th many different Arab armies enter Palestine (Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Egypt and Ira
(State of Israel is secured)
ISIS
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Syria) 1999