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Conflicts and US Presence in SW Asia

Horizontales
___ bin Laden, Al-Qaeda leader, was found hiding in the mountains of Pakistan in 2011.
(two words) The US military Operation also known as the Persian Gulf Conflict
In 2005, Iraqi citizens took part in a free ____ to vote for its leader.
Saddam Hussein was captured, tried, and sentenced to death by the Iraqi _____ system.
(two words) Great Britain gave control of Palestine to this international group after WWII.
Due to unrest, the British government prevented many Jewish ____ from entering Palestine.
The United Nations imposed an ____ on Iraq until Iraq met conditions about their weapons.
The ____ imposed strict Sharia law in Afghanistan when they ruled in the late 90's and have recently taken over again.
The US gave support to this guerrilla group in the mountains of Afghanistan to prevent a Soviet takeover.
In the 1980s, this country fought Iraq and maintained control of the Shatt Al-Arab waterway that flows into the Persian Gulf
The land currently called Israel was once called ____.
Many survivors of the Holocaust lived in ____ Persons camps after WWII.
Theodor ___ was the creator of the Zionist movement in 1897.
The movement in which Jewish people around the world strived to create a Jewish homeland.
Operation ____ Freedom involved invading Afghanistan to draw out members of Al_Qaeda who were believed to have been responsible for the 9/11 attacks.
Verticales
Weapons of ___ Destruction, or WMD, can include chemical, biological, or nuclear weapons.
Many Jewish immigrants fled to Palestine before and during WWII to escape _____.
On May 15, 1948, the League of ____ invaded Israel. They included Egypt, Jordan, Syria, and Iraq.
From 1979-1982, this country fought to keep out Soviet invaders.
After WWI, the ____ government gained control of Palestine.
39 nations, including the US, joined a ____ to prevent the invasion of Kuwait.
(dash not included) A group of terrorists, led by Osama bin Laden, whose goal is to rid the Middle East of western influence
To divide up into parts
A declaration of the British government in 1917 that officially supported the Jews being given their own homeland in Palestine.
Dictator of Iraq who invaded Kuwait
Troubles in Iraq continue today between ___ and Sunni Muslims in a conflict over power.
The small country along the Persian Gulf that sells oil to the United States and borders Iraq
Created in 1948 as a Jewish homeland