1. Events

2. Events of 2011 Arab Uprising Arab Uprising Drought and famine in East Africa (Somalia, Kenya) Drought and famine in East Africa (Somalia, Kenya) Irene, Tornadoes, Earthquake Irene, Tornadoes, Earthquake Global climate change, in general Global climate change, in general Unemployment, Jobs Unemployment, Jobs Japanese melt down Japanese melt down Killing Bin Ladin, et.al. Killing Bin Ladin, et.al. Afghan/Iraq Wars Afghan/Iraq Wars Republican Primaries/Tea Party ascendancy Republican Primaries/Tea Party ascendancy Debt/Debt Ceiling Debate Debt/Debt Ceiling Debate Southern Sudan gains independence from North. Southern Sudan gains independence from North. Technological innovations: (first artificial organ transplant achieved, Cancer drug for melanoma, flying car, ipad 2, Technological innovations: (first artificial organ transplant achieved, Cancer drug for melanoma, flying car, ipad 2, Crazy shooters: Gabby Gifford, Norway Crazy shooters: Gabby Gifford, Norway An event that hasn’t happened yet. An event that hasn’t happened yet.

4. Name that Despot Hosni Mubarak King Abdullah Bin Ali Muammar Gaddaffi A.A. Saleh Al Bashir Al Assad Egypt Yeman Sudan Saudi Arabia Libya Tunisia Syria

5. Name that American Foreign Policy Person U.N. Ambassador CIA director Sec. of State Dept of Defense National Security Advisor Hillary Clinton Tom Donilon Susan Rice David Petraeus Leon Panetta

6. Changed the modern world

7. 1979

8. Bathists

9. The Soviets, worrying about the “stans”, roll into Afghanistan: the place “empires go to die.”

10. Iranian take American Embassy employees Hostage

11. Ronald Reagan elected President

12. Iran/Iraq age old enemies

13. Iran Iraq War 80s

14. In Afghanistan we began to supply the Mujuhadin with stinger missiles that turned the tide

15. Iraq Broke, Borders the same

16. Iraq went to where the money was

17. Saddam asks the U.S. for Permission, he says, he thinks, he gets the go ahead.

18. Iraq invades Kuwait

19. But Saudi Arabia is the big prize, U.S. freaks out

20. Feb 1991: Desert Storm Republican Guards surrender

21. Leave Saddam, Establish no fly zone to protect Shiites and Kurds.

22. Meanwhile, in 1988

23. Taliban take over

24. Osama moves to Africa

25. Bin Laden didn’t like American’s in the “holy land,” Saudi Arabia (Mecca and Medina)

26. 1993 The “Blind Sheikh”

27. 1998 Kenya Embassy Tanzania Embassy

28. Al Qaeda moves Al Qaeda moves Back to Afghanistan Back to Afghanistan