In the days and weeks following Israel's proclamation of independence however, neighboring Arab nations attacked the new state of Israel in an attempt to regain Palestine as an Arab nation. ... The invasions of Israel by Arab Muslim nations comes as no surprise as while the Jews hold their holy land of Israel as a state of their own, the Arab Muslims do not. ... In June 1967, the six-day war commenced between the Israeli's and the Arabs. ... The followers of Ali and Husayn came to be known as the "Shiites." ... Often, bloody violence breaks out between the Shiites and the Sunnis. ...

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The three ethnic groups that are tarring apart at Iraq from the inside out are the Sunni Arab, the Sunni Kurd, and the Shiite Arab. ... Iraq has three main culture regions: the Sunni Arab, the Sunni Kurd, and the Shiite Arab. ... All three groups are located at different points through Iraq, with the Sunni Kurd in the northern part of Iraq, the Sunni Arab in the eastern part of Iraq, and the Shiite Arab in the southwestern part of Iraq. The Sunni Kurd and the Sunni Arab overlap, the Sunni Arab and Shiite Arab overlap, but the Sunni Kurd and the Shiite Arab do not overlap. ... The main over...

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Saddam Hussein, an Iraqi political leader, was born to a poor Arab family on April 28, 1937. ... Hussein started this war to control Arab-inhabited areas and especially for oil resources. ... Some of the countries that opposed Iraq's invasion and that sent forces to this region were the United States, Canada, and several Arab and Western European nations. ... In March of 1991, the Shiites in Southern Iraq and in the Kurdish areas in the north rebelled and opposed The Iraqi government. ... In August, 1992, the U.N. had to step in to protect the Shiites. ...

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After the Post-Arab Spring, fundamental changes came to the entire Middle Eastern region. ... Since the Arab Spring, ISIS numbers within the country of Iraq have grown at an accelerated pace due to the discontent with the state of Iraqi government. ...

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This martyrdom gradually took on an enormous significance for Hussein's former followers, who would become the sect of Muslims known today as the Shiites. ... Many of the Muwali joined forces with the Khariji and became Shiite Muslims. Even among the Arabs there was factional fighting. ... They favored financial equality for non Arab peoples, and decentralization of Caliphal power. ... They joined forces with the Shiites and destroyed the Umayyad caliphate in 750. ...

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Shiite Arabs ended up in Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, and the eastern provinces of Saudi Arabia. ... Lebanon included large Sunni and Shiite populations, as well as Alawites and Druze. The dominant population of the Middle East, Sunni Arabs, were split among numerous states. ... By splitting the Middle East into many different sections, Britain also went against a promise of independence made to the Arabs in the 1910s (Border Lines Still Rock the Middle East). ... It is that support for authoritarian rule, more than other frequently criticized U.S. policies, which she sees as being at the heart of A...

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The Baath party's basic principles were unity and freedom inside an Arab nation. The party also believed that Arabs had a special mission to end western colonialism. ... In 1978, Saddam had been working with other Arab nations to expel Egypt for its diplomatic proposal in resolving the Israel/Arab question. ... In 1980, since it seemed that the Shiites could be a threat to Saddams presidency, Iraq invaded Iran and conducted an eight-year war against one of its closest neighbors and the home of the Shiite fundamentalist Muslims. ... The Iraqis also perceived revolutionary Iran's I...

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As a result of the Arab conquests of the seventh century, many people were attracted to the unity of this Islamic society. ... The early Arab conquests began in 632 with Egypt and ended with Syria and Iran by 661. ... Arab Islamic armies conquered the lands from Egypt to Iran and united them under one rule. ... Three new religious sects developed from Islam: Sunni, Shiite, and Kharijites. ... The success of the Arab conquests was a result of tolerance for other religions and openness to diverse cultures. ...

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Islam- year 1200, Arab traders; Mughal; Jewish Torah, Christian Gospels are incorporated; god; prophets; Mohammed; Qur"an; monotheism; Five Pillars; fasting c. ... Islam- divisions; Sunnis, Shiah, Kharijites, Shiites, and others, do eat meat c. ...

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-632), the Arabian Peninsula was inhabited by nomadic Bedouins and city-dwelling Arabs. ... At his death in 632, Muhammad was the leader of an Arab state growing rapidly in power. ... The Shiites are the only surviving major sectarian movement in Islam. ... The Shiites believe in a series of 12 Imams, beginning with Ali. The 12th and last imam disappeared in 880, and the Shiites await his return, at which time they believe the world will be filled with justice. ...

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There has been an eye full of hate cast over the west, mainly the United States, by most Arab countries. ... There are 3.5 million Jews in Israel, whereas there are over 200 million Arabs that all hate the Israelis. ... One section was the Arabs; the other was the Jews (CQ 29). Immediately war broke out between the two, more commonly known as the Arab-Israeli war. ... It is said, that Arabs claim Israel is America's "little baby,"" like one of those protective parents who think "anything their baby does cannot be wrong.""...

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In the 12th century a group from Iran called the Ismailis or Shiites Muslims were responsible for terrorist acts against religious and political leaders of the Sunni Islam. ... The Sunnis were wiped out of the Arab nations after numerous attacks by the Ismailis. ...

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But Iraq continued to back Palestinian terrorist groups that sought the destruction of Israel, even as it paid service to supporting the idea of Arab-Israeli peace negotiations. ... But experts also include other reasons, including a lack of preparation for and reluctance to run a post-Saddam Iraq; reluctance to fight house to house in Baghdad and other Iraqi cities; concern that Iran would take advantage of further regional instability; fears that Iraq would fragment, with the Kurds in the north seeking independent statehood and the Shiites in the south seeking to join Iran; and expectations ...

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Due to the sensitivity of the issue of who next becomes Caliph, Islam then, broke out into two sects: Sunnis and Shiites. ... In contrast, Shiites believe in a direct blood relation to Muhammad. ... o First, Turkey wanted to rid themselves of an Arab Islam. ...

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This build up was regarded by many as simple sabre rattling and the thought of one Arab attacking another Arab nation was unthinkable in the Middle East. The then American ambassador spelt out the United States view to Iraq, April Glaspie when she allegedly informed Saddam on 25 July 1990 that the United States had "no opinion on Arab - Arab conflicts, like your border dispute with Kuwait". ... He felt that no Arab state would allow United States forces to be based on their soil and that in any case, chemical and biological weapons would give him an unassailable advantage. ... Politically...

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With the danger clear and characterized, willing accomplices in Iraq, Syria, and other Arab countries (and even, perhaps, Iran, which has an enthusiasm for seeing the Shiite government in Baghdad stay in force), and the backing of most Americans, a more extensive mediation against ISIS must happen - one that crushes the spirit of this terrorist association and restores security in the area....

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Most Persian Gulf Arabs and their leaders felt threatened after Iraq's seizure of Kuwait and were grateful for the strong U.S. leadership in the 1991 war against Saddam Hussein's regime. ... Many Arabs in the Gulf cannot shake the sense that the war was not fought for international law, self-determination, and human rights, as the Bush administration said, but rather to protect U.S. access to oil and to enable the U.S. to gain a strategic hold in the region. It is apparent that a continued U.S. presence is welcome only as long as Arabs feel they need a foreign military presence to pr...

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Furthermore it will conduct a case study on Ireland's IRA and the Arab-Israeli Conflict. ... A group of Ismailis (Shiite Muslims) founded in the 12th century in Iran, carried out terrorist acts against religious and political leaders of Sunni Islam. ... The Arab-Israeli conflict is responsible for some of the worst terrorist acts ever committed. In 1948 the United Nations organization decided that Palestine should be divided, Israel for the Jews, and Palestine for the Arabs. ... They also tried to kill Arabs like Arafat, whom they considered traitors. ...

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Fundamentalism in Judaism is less relevant to us, except to the extent that it fuels the conflict between Arabs and Israelis. ... Two main branches of Islam: Sunni and Shiite. Shiites believe that Muslims must be led by a descendent of Muhammad. ... In the 16th century, and the beginning of what we consider to be the modern age (1492), three great Muslim empires were established: Ottoman empire in Asia Minor, which wielded substantial world power until after World War I; Safavid Empire in Iran (the major Shiite nation); and the Moghul empire on the Indian subcontinent. ...

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OUTLINE TOPIC: War with Iraq THESIS: Many people believe that the war with Iraq was justified. SUPPORTING DETAIL 1: The Iraqi regime used war as a way to threaten its neighboring countries. SUPPORTING DETAIL 2: Saddam Hussein used chemical weapons on the citizens of Iraq th...

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The Persian Gulf War-the Feat of the Western Countries On August 2nd, 1990 Iraqi military forces invaded and occupied the small Arab state of Kuwait. ... Iraq accused Kuwait, and also the United Arab Emirates, of breaking agreements that limit oil production in the Middle East. ... The military coalition consisted of Afghanistan, Argentina, Australia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Canada, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Hungar...

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Bin Laden was able to recruit Islamist Jihadists to fight as Arab Afghans against the Soviet Union. Bin Laden trained the Arab Afghans while the CIA and the Pakistani ISI trained mujahidin in training camps in Pakistan. ...

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Under the 1975 Algiers Agreement, Iraq ceded 518 km2 of oil-rich borderlands along the Shatt al-Arab in exchange for an Iranian agreement to stop supporting Kurdish rebels in Iraq. But after the fall of Muhammad Reza Shah Pahlevi which resulted in a weak Iranian military, Iraq decided to reclaim the Shatt al Arab. By 1979, however, Saddam Hussein had clawed his way to the top of the ruling junta of Iraq and took advantage of the chaos unleashed by the recent Iranian Revolution to shift the disputed border back in Iraq's favor, with the excuse being that the predominantly Arab population...

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In 1968, when the British Government announced its decision (reaffirmed in March 1971) to end the treaty relationships with the Persian Gulf sheikdoms, Bahrain joined the other eight states (Qatar and the seven Trucial Sheikhdoms, which are now called the United Arab Emirates) under British protection in an effort to form a union of Arab emirates. ... Only 18% of Muslims live in the Arab world; a fifth are found in Sub-Saharan Africa; and the world's largest Muslim community is in Indonesia. ...

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