1. AFGHANISTAN EA Scholarship Candidate Interview Sign-ups Dear ,
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2. AFGHANISTAN (cont.) The Taliban- Muslim Fundamentalists
1994 gained strength and power
1996 seized the capital, Kabul
Declares Afghanistan an Islamic State
Sharia, Islamic law
TV and non-religious music banned
Women forbidden to hold jobs or be educated

3. AFGHANISTAN (cont.) Northern Afghanistan Civil war again
Anti-Taliban (receiving outside help)
Civil war again
Misery and hunger
Targeted by U.S. after September 11, 2001
Taliban harboring terrorists
Osama bin Laden’s base in Afghanistan
Al Qaeda

4. AFGHANISTAN (cont.) Taliban defeated late 2001
Interim government established
All political groups represented
Hamid Karzai became interim president
He was opposed by many, but in Oct. 2004, he won a U.N.-sponsored presidential election
Afghanistan became a major producer of opium
NATO assisting with security
ISAF – International Security Assistance Force

5. SYRIA

6. SYRIA (cont.) President Assad At war with Israel
Died in 2000
Son Bashar al-Assad became President
At war with Israel
Six day war-1967
Lost Golan Heights
1973, joined Egypt to attack Israel, Yom Kippur War
1975-dominated Lebanon
Restored order-1991
May 2004, Bush charged Syria with failure to take action against terrorist groups in Syria
Hezbollah

7. LEBANON

8. LEBANON (cont.) 1943-Independence from France
National Covenant/Consitution
Dictated Leaders based on religion
Christian/Muslim
Became the banking & intellectual center for the Middle East
“Jewel of the Middle East”
1970’s-PLO Headquarters - Arafat
Israel bombed

9. LEBANON (cont.) 1975-Civil War 2000 2005
Syria seized control
300,000 Palestinian Refugees
Border Issue with Israel
1990 peace agreement that ended the civil war
2000
Israeli troops leave Southern Lebanon
2005
Syrian troops leave Lebanon

10. LEBANON (cont.)
Rafik al-Hariri, a popular prime minister, was killed by a truck bomb in Feb, 2005
Syria was blamed for the attack
UN investigating the assassination
Fouad Siniora becomes new PM
Backed by the U.S.
Hezbollah gains the majority in Parliament
Terrorist group supported by Iran & Syria
Constitution does not change
Muslim majority v. Christian minority

11. LEBANON (cont.) July 2006, Hezbollah/Israeli War
Hezbollah captured two Israeli soldiers
Israel responded with heavy fire on southern Lebanon, attacking suspected Hezbollah bases
Beirut bombed by Israel
A U.N. sponsored cease fire ended the conflict
U.N. charged Israel of using “Cluster Bombs”
Hezbollah demands more political power

12. JORDAN

13. JORDAN (cont.) 1946-Independent Peace Treaty with Israel - 1994
King Hussein
Son Abdulla II becomes president
1948
gained control of Jerusalem & West Bank

14. JORDAN (cont.) 1967-Six Day War Supported Iraq during Persian Gulf War
Lost to Israel
Lost Jerusalem &the West Bank
700,000 Palestinian Refugees
1/7 of 5m. Population
Supported Iraq during Persian Gulf War
Lost foreign aid

15. SAUDI ARABIA

16. SAUDI ARABIA (cont.) ¼ of the World’s oil reserves Long time U.S. Ally
King Abdullah has ruled since 2005
Ruled by royal family
Most of Saudi Arabia is Sunni Muslim

17. SAUDI ARABIA (cont.) Islamic Religious Code-Law 1948 No alcohol
No western entertainment
Women-inferior status
1948
Fought with Israel
Aided PLO

18. SAUDI ARABIA (cont.) 1973 1990’s 1996 Oil Embargo
“World’s most extravagant welfare state”
(1970’s & 80’s)
1990’s
Tension
Terrorism
1996
Truck bomb kills 289 civilians

19. SAUDI ARABIA (cont.) Terrorist suicide bombings in 2003-2006
52 people killed in 2003 suicide bombing
Another suicide bombing took place outside a police building in 2004
2006 a suicide bomb attack was prevented from blowing up Abqiaq oil and gas facility
911 Terrorists came from Saudi Arabia