Conflict in SW AsiaSince the times of Abraham, there has been conflict in the Middle East. The conflicts that we focus on are:
1- Arab & Israeli conflicts and wars 2- The Persian Gulf War - 1991 3- The Invasion of Afghanistan - 2001 4 - The Invasion of Iraq - 2003 The United States has been directly or indirectly involved in these conflicts because of our support of Israel, stabilizing world oil supplies, retaliation for terrorist attacks on 9/11, and prevention of terrorist groups from obtaining weapons of mass destruction: biological, chemical, and nuclear weapons. |
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The British partitioning of Iraq has lead to years of violence between different ethnic and religious groups that were forced to be a part of the same country.