Four of the tourists died, and two others--including one US citizen--were wounded during a Yemeni Government rescue attempt that liberated the remaining hostages. Following the incident, the group issued a statement calling for the lifting of sanctions against Iraq. ... Continuing efforts begun in 1997, the Yemeni Government took further steps to rein in foreign extremists. ... The government also instituted the requirement that Algerian, British, Egyptian, Libyan, Sudanese, and Tunisian nationals seeking entry into Yemen travel directly from their home counties. Nevertheless, the government&#...

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Terror groups such as Al-Qaeda, Al-Shabaab, Mujahedeen, Taliban, Boko Haram and the latest Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or IS) are a serious threat to lovers of peace in the Middle East and the rest of the world. ... On some occasions, legitimate governments advance such radical views by enacting legislation that elevate Islam over other religions and just falls short of pure application of Sharia law. ... According to Azumah (2015), there has been a rising record of beheadings by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. ... Another cause for worry over the rise of radical Islam in...

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"The movement made progress before 1914, but it remained a minority movement until 1918, when the Arab revolt, the British agreement with Sherif Hussein, and the British defeat of the Ottomans left the dominant faction of the Syrian and Iraqi Arab notables with no alternatives to Arabism.... This obviously left the Arabs feeling that they had been betrayed by the British government. ... This agreement, however, was not fully carried out after the war but led to the Arabs not trusting the government in the future. ... Named after Arthur James Balfour, the British Foreign Secretary, the Ba...

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Additionally, it will look at how the media has been used by the government to aid social control by creating a politics of fear discourse that has allowed it to infringe on civil liberties and create support for US foreign policy. ...

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With widespread attention on the escalating issues in the Middle East after 9/11 and the current war in Iraq, this issue was brought to public attention. ... The Bush Administration's interest in drilling in Alaska is primarily financial as drilling fees are collected by the federal government. ... Although legislators have the final say in what happens to the ANWR, non-governmental environmental organizations play an important role. ... Although the proposal to drill was led by the Bush Administration and other high-ranking government officials, public opinion was probably one of ...

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The land that was promised to Abraham by god, the city of Jerusalem that was built by a Jewish king before Islam ever existed, and the remains of the temples that were destroyed when Babylon invaded and occupied the country after-which the citizens were sent into exile to neighboring countries such as Iraq, Iran, and Syria or elsewhere where they were treated as second class citizens for two thousand years until their return in the late 1800's and early 1900's. ... His overall prescription calls for a more vested interest of the public in the government without alienating the elite...

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After the Mongols, much of the Middle East also had Mongolian features, including much of its government and economic systems. ... The Ayyubid state was only in control of small parts of Iraq and Syria and thus only made the Mongol invasion of the Middle East a bit more significant in their addition to the Ilkhanate Horde. ...

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To date, rulers have been forced from power in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, and Yemen; civil uprisings have erupted in Bahrain and Syria; and major protests have broken out in Algeria, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Morocco, and Sudan. ... Complicating Factors In Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Yemen "in that order" undemocratic leaders were ousted and replaced by popularly elected bodies or, in the case of Yemen, a transitional government. ... The reason for this is that comprehensive democratic reforms are necessary, and an orderly and purposeful transitional period accompanied by economic development...

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It has long been debated by many that Islam promotes inequality, it could be argued that if one does not look deeper into the matter, it would seem like that would be the case. What one can tend to do is solely blame it on religion; which is often the case. Looking at Middle Eastern states such as S...

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