US Intervention in the Middle East

By mccark20

  • SAUDI ARABIA - Saudis had first contact with americans via chrisrten missionary doctors based in Bahrain

    SAUDI ARABIA
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    US Intervention in the Middle East Since 1920

  • SAUDI ARABIA - The founder of the country commissioned an American to look for oil

    SAUDI ARABIA

  • SAUDI ARABIA - The Arab Amrican oil company (ARAMACO) begins work

    SAUDI ARABIA

  • SYRIA - CIA backs a coup to oust the elected leaders

    SYRIA

  • IRAN - The CIA backs a coup to oust leader Mossadegh

    IRAN

  • IRAN - The oil is privatized with Britian and US in control

    IRAN

  • SYRIA - US attempts to distrupt the merger of Eygypt and Syria

    SYRIA

  • IRAQ - US provides support to Kurdish rebels in an attepmt to rid the country of commusim

    IRAQ

  • IRAQ - US supports a coup to rid the country of communist influence

    IRAQ

  • SAUDI ARABIA - Oil embargo enforced by Saudi Arabia limits the supply of oil for the US

    SAUDI ARABIA

  • IRAQ and IRAN - US supports Kurdish reblels as a way to weaken Iraq and strethen Iran

    IRAQ and IRAN

  • IRAQ and IRAN - US removes support for the Kurds due to an end of fighting between Iraq and Iran.

    IRAQ and IRAN

  • IRAN - Iranian hostage crisis rebels stormed US embassy and took control, held 52 people for 16 months

    IRAN

  • IRAQ - Iraq/Iran war begins US renews ties with Iraq

    IRAQ

  • IRAN - Iran Coutra Affair - US is caught selling weapons to Iran

    IRAN

  • IRAQ - Iraq launches chemical weapon attack aganist the Kurs, US continues to support Iraqi gov't

    IRAQ

  • IRAN - US mistakinly shoots down an Iranian passenger plane, killing 290 people

    IRAN

  • IRAQ - The US invades after Iraq invades Kuwait Öperation Desert Storm¨

    IRAQ

  • IRAN - US renews trade ban

    IRAN

  • IRAQ - US led sanctions aganist Iraq

    IRAQ

  • IRAQ - U funds anti - Saddam Hussein groups

    IRAQ

  • SAUDI ARABIA - The 9/11 attacks in NYC and DC, 17/19 hijackers were Saudi nationals, damages the relationship between US and SA

    SAUDI ARABIA

  • IRAN & IRAQ - Pres. Bush calls these 2 countries part of the Äxis of Evil¨

    IRAN & IRAQ

  • IRAN - major earthquake kills 50,000 people, US supplies direct humanitarian aid

    IRAN

  • IRAQ - US invades in order to remove WMDs (Weapons of mass destruction); eventually arrest and execute Saddam Husseien

    IRAQ

  • IRAN - President of Iran sends a letter to President Bush asking to open dialouge; no responce from President Bush

    IRAN

  • IRAQ - US pulls compat troops out of Iraq, the country descends into civil war

    IRAQ

  • SYRIA - President Obama proposes strike aganist Syria after found of using chemical weapons

    SYRIA