A Concise History of the Middle East

426 • 21 THE WAR ON TERRORISM The regime's success has so far averted any terrorist threat within Jordan. The king since 1999, A ...

Survey of Terrorism ••• 427 American Oil Company between 1972 and 1980. At present, 40 percent of Saudi crude oil exports go Chi ...

428 • 21 THE WAR ON TERRORISM Yemen has traditionally had awkward relations with Saudi Arabia, partly because most Yemeni people ...

Survey of Terrorism • 429 license. Having had a constitution since 1999, it will eventually hold elec¬ tions for a consultative ...

430 • 21 THE WAR ON TERRORISM cooperating with the US in the war on terrorism. Between 1990 and 1997 these two extremist groups ...

Survey of Terrorism ••• 431 Osama bin Laden O sama bin Laden ( 1957- ) was born into Saudi Arabia's wealthy bin Laden clan. The ...

432 • 21 THE WAR ON TERRORISM people who openly defy the West. The invasion of Afghanistan did even¬ tuate in the formal electio ...

The Iraq War • 433 defense, had in 1992 authored "Defense Planning Guidance," which pro¬ posed military guidelines for the Penta ...

434 • 21 THE WAR ON TERRORISM Review, the New Republic, and Sun Yung Moon's Washington Times. Many evangelical Christians suppor ...

The Iraq War • 435 and military cooperation, and a world at peace, they should review the Middle East policies that this country ...

436 • 21 THE WAR ON TERRORISM Syria .-''\ y \ Turkey I Tigris Al Mawsi? Kirkuk Tikritt Samarra'* Fallujah I Ar-Ramadi As-Sulayma ...

The Iraq War • 437 The invaders quickly defeated Iraq's army and drove Saddam Husayn and the Ba'thists from power. Aerial attack ...

438 • 21 THE WAR ON TERRORISM countries. What everyone did learn in May 2004 is that thousands of Iraqis had been rounded up and ...

The Contest for Palestine (Redux) • 439 both sides, giving the extremists the upper hand. Professor Davidson be¬ lieves the main ...

440 • 21 THE WAR ON TERRORISM Most Americans blamed Arafat for not accepting what seemed to be Barak's generous offer, which wo ...

The Contest for Palestine (Redux) • 441 The effect of the 9/11 attacks was to bring together the US and Israel in what Bush at f ...

442 • 21 THE WAR ON TERRORISM The Separation Wall Israel Qalqitiya ^ The VlimNhk and Gaza sirip, captured in 1967, comprit© 22% ...

The Contest for Palestine (Redux) • 443 they saw televised pictures of Israeli tanks rumbling into the streets of Jenin and Nabl ...

444 • 21 THE WAR ON TERRORISM Besides, most Palestinians do not live in the occupied territories; rather, they are refugees in t ...

The Contest for Palestine (Redux) • 445 ters to a politically appointed supervisory committee, the intended target being pro-Ara ...