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1
Q
  • united forces assisted the rebels

- took down dictator gaddafi

A

libya

2
Q
  • civil war between the morci forces and the military
  • dangerous setting with many citizen death
  • turmoil
A

egypt

3
Q
  • military powerhouse/best military
  • jewish stronghod in muslim world
  • benjamin netanyahu
A

israel

4
Q
  • at peace

- islamic nation

A

lebanon

5
Q
  • religious problems
  • strong military
  • nuclear power
A

turkey

6
Q
  • killing field for assadi government
  • saran gas
  • thousands dead
A

syria

7
Q
  • south of syria
  • no civil strife/ stable gov. good economy
  • scared of syria
A

jordan

8
Q
  • lost 4500 causalities
  • weapons of mass descrution
  • oil
  • ciivl war among the arab tribes
A

iraq

9
Q
  • developing nuclear weapons
  • persians
  • want to dominate middle east
  • new leader rouhani
A

iran

10
Q
  • training grounds for terrorists
A

yemen

11
Q
  • stable, secure, oil rich, no civil strife
A

oman

12
Q
  • war against saddam to save oil

- desert storm

A

kuwait

13
Q
  • kabul

- taliban controled using opium/heroine to get $

A

afganistan

14
Q
  • try to ally with

- suspicious of their intentions

A

pakistan

15
Q
  • rich in oil, secure economies, wealthy infra structure
A

bahrain , united arab emirates, qatar (terrorists)