The United States has become the target of the most recent terrorist attacks .
because of it's political involvement in the middle east. The United States has had .
involvement in the middle east ever since before the Gulf War which took place in .
the early 1990's. Their involvement began in the early 80's when they were called .
to help out Isreal, an ally which was being harrasses by Palestine. Their presence .
has been felt there since and the U.S. has acted like International Police.
The presence of the United States has been felt in that region of the .
middle east since the 1980's and has upset certain groups of muslims who do not .
want them there. The U.S. first became involved in the middle east when it finally .
recognized the Palestinian Liberation Organization (P.L.O.), an organization .
which was developed to help the Palestinians try to recover land that they lost .
when the country of Isreal was created in 1948. The United States foreign policy .
limited the P.L.O.'s success because it made of certain rules that the P.L.O. had to .
follow before the U.S. finally recognized it as being the representative of all .
Palestinian Arabs. The P.L.O. had to accept the existence Isreal as a .
state,withdraw troops from Isreal, and to live in peace within secure and .
recognized boundaries. This did not set well with the P.L.O. They refused to .
accept Isreal as a state and in return the Americans did not regcognize the P.L.O. .
as an organization but stil kept troops there to try and keep the peace. This is .
where the U.S. first seen signs of terrorism. There were bombings, hi-jackings, .
and shootings directed at civilian targets by palestinians who claimed that their .
actions were political statements. The P.L.O. failed to condem the use of .
internations terrorist tactics andeven thought they do have a no tolerance policy .
towards terrorism. .
Since the Gulf War, the United States has continued to conduct covert .
military operations in Iraq, which mostly involved the C.
