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Conflicts in the Middle East and Afghanistan

Conflicts in the Middle East and Afghanistan. An Introduction to the Arab-Israeli Conflict and Intervention of the West. Questions. What is the Middle East? What one word comes to mind when you think of the Middle East?. Iran Developing Nuclear Technology.

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Conflicts in the Middle East and Afghanistan

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  1. Conflicts in the Middle East and Afghanistan An Introduction to the Arab-Israeli Conflict and Intervention of the West

  2. Questions • What is the Middle East? • What one word comes to mind when you think of the Middle East?

  3. Iran Developing Nuclear Technology • Iran developing a 2nd nuclear site to use for energy, president Mahmoud Amadinejad claims • Nuclear technology can be used for weapons or energy • United States, France, and Great Britain condemn Iran at the G20 summit in 2010 • Missiles capable of delivering warheads were tested recently

  4. Middle East Peace Talks Going Nowhere • Arab-Israeli conflict • New York city peace talks between U.S., Israel, and Palestinian leader end with no solutions • Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu • Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas

  5. Osama bin Laden Message to Europe • Video message from Osama bin Laden to European viewers urges Europe to distance themselves from U.S. • Video claims that the U.S. is losing the war in Afghanistan • Video hit in 2010

  6. Claims of Fraud Abound in recent Afghanistan Presidential Elections • Incumbent President Hamid Karzai claimed victory in 2010 • Many claims of huge voter fraud • Afghanistan destabalizing with U.S. troops in the middle

  7. Libyan Leader Rambles at United Nations Meeting Last Year. Now faces unrest… • Moammar Kadafi, Libya’s leader praisee Obama in 2010 • Calls U.N. Security Council the “Council of Terror” • Calls the Invasion of Iraq the “Mother of all Evils • Recently welcomed home a Libyan terrorist who killed 270 people in Scotland in 1988 who was released • Libya in rebellion today

  8. Wars Continue in Iraq and Afghanistan

  9. Military Leaders Ask for More Troops

  10. Muslims Pray for Peace at U.S. Capital

  11. Does Everyone Want Peace?

  12. Opening Discussion • How did we get here? • What Does Israel Have to do With Conflicts in the Middle East?

  13. What is Jerusalem? • The Kingdom of Heaven: • Temple Mount • Western Wall • Church of the Holy Sepulchre • Temple of Solomon • Dome of the Rock • al-Aqua Mosque

  14. Unit Outline • Geography and Vocabulary • What is Terrorism? • Crusades Overview and Review • Comparative Religion: • Christianity • Islam • Judaism • Arab-Israeli Conflict • Western Intervention in the Middle East • Gulf War • U.S. Foreign Policy in the Middle East • War in Iraq • War in Afghanistan • Recent Rebellions in the Middle East • Human Rights in the Middle East and Afghanistan • U.S. Options for the Future in the Middle East

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