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During WWI
British Invaded Ottoman Empire
Ottoman allied with Germans
British lost influence before
They want oil
British made deals with other powers
They broke these deals
Caused disruption and warlords -
McMahon-Hussein Agreement
Series of letters
Promise Arabs Government and other stuff
From British
In direct opposition to Balfour Declaration -
Sykes-Picot Agreement
Divide up Ottoman empire
Ignores ethnic borders
Between British and France -
Balfour Declairation
Promise Jews a land without Arabs
In direct contradiction to McMahon-Hussein Agreement -
Article 22
Say middle east cannot support itself, so west will
Essentially hidden colonialism -
British Control of Iraq After Independence
Had airforce base
Big economic control -
US becomes involved in Middle East
British say they cant afford Iraq
US pitches in
Oil
Stop communism from spreading -
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Iran-Iraq War
Dispute over Oil and Water causes
Islamic Revolution scared Saddam Hussein so he wanted to stop the spread
US concerned about Iran
Support Iraq in 1986 through supplying arms and intel
Created and embargo against Iran
US sold arms to Iran in Contra Affair to stop communists
Reagan scandal -
Period: to
Kurdish Genocide
Hussein target them because they could support Iran
depend on aid
bad -
Persian Gulf War
Operation Desert Storm
Bush 40 president
Both sides had strengths and weaknesses
Hussein invade Kuwait to get oil and trading resources
Expand Sphere of influence
US get involved because they want oil and to liberate Kuwait
US goes in, war over fast -
Period: to
Iraq War
Pro War- WMD 9/11 Fast Cheap Democracy
Anti-War-Power vacuum no WMD no 9/11 bad bad bad Go to war
Hurt soldiers and humanitarian crisis
No WMD no 9/11
Cause ISIS
bad
Refugee crisis -
Period: to
Arab Spring
Tunisia-
Starts in Tunisia
Guy sets himself on fire
Starts revolution
Government flees Iraq-
Continued
ISIS Egypt-
President is overthrown
Dangerous to be a women Turkey Algeria Syria-
Civil War Yemen-
Civil War Libya-
Gaddafi in power
Killed
Not functional Iran UAE Saudi Arabia Jordan Qatar Bahrain often compared to the Velvet Revolution in europe in the late 80s
When countries sanctimonious left the USSR
Called spring because of hope and life -
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Syrian Civil War
Teens wrote anti-gov graffiti
Tortured
Rebels v. Gov
Protests
Escalation
War
Everyone commits war crimes
ISIS rises
Refugee Crisis