After the Post-Arab Spring, fundamental changes came to the entire Middle Eastern region. The fall of Saddam Hussein laid a foundation for democracy to be started but also set ... as a threatening but medium-sized guerrilla organization, and the Naqshabandi Army, an underground network of remnants of the former Baathist regime of Saddam Hussein. (Spencer). Since the Arab Spring, ISIS numbers within the country of Iraq have grown at an accelerated pace due to the discontent with the state of Iraqi government. The group has grown from a ... originates from. The leaders that were elected are fr...

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... clashes and power struggles that continue into modern times. Also, many groups were split among several nations. The Kurdish population was divided between four states: Turkey, Iran, Iraq, and Syria. Shiite Arabs ended up in Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, and the eastern provinces of Saudi Arabia. The Alawites took residence in northern Lebanese, Syrian, and southwestern Turkish coasts. Israel, Lebanon, and Syria ... held the Druze. Lebanon included large Sunni and Shiite populations, as well as Alawites and Druze. The dominant population of the Middle East, Sunni Arabs, were split among numero...

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... to intimidate Kuwait into helping him financially. This build up was regarded by many as simple sabre rattling and the thought of one Arab attacking another Arab nation was unthinkable in the Middle East. The then American ambassador spelt out the United States view to Iraq, April Glaspie when ... she allegedly informed Saddam on 25 July 1990 that the United States had "no opinion on Arab - Arab conflicts, like your border dispute with Kuwait". As the build up continued and became real preparation for invasion, Saddam used bluff and lies ... this difficulty was exacerbated when Saddam be...

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... France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Honduras, Italy, Kuwait, Morocco, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Niger, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, South Korea, Spain, Syria, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The war also was financed by countries which were unable to send in troops. Saudi Arabia and Kuwait were the main donors ... February 28, 1991 was criticized, because it allowed Baghdad to rescue a large amount of military equipment and personnel that were later used to suppress the postwar rebellions of its Sh...

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... government still kept their focus on the oil. Under the 1975 Algiers Agreement, Iraq ceded 518 km2 of oil-rich borderlands along the Shatt al-Arab in exchange for an Iranian agreement to stop supporting Kurdish rebels in Iraq. But after the fall of Muhammad Reza Shah Pahlevi which resulted in a ... weak Iranian military, Iraq decided to reclaim the Shatt al Arab. By 1979, however, Saddam Hussein had clawed his way to the top of the ruling junta of Iraq and took advantage of the chaos ... known for it's oil fields. A more important issue than geography was religion. Both nations were Mus...

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... -Sunni conflict in the region emergence Turkey is among the countries most affected by all three scenarios. Security problems caused by the U.S. withdrawal from Iraq and the uncertainty of the Arab Spring, Turkey deeply influenced developments. Therefore, the supply of energy and economic issues, as well as diplomatic and political crises crisis need to live being a regional power, Turkey, due to ... Iran, therefore, the rapid increase in oil prices and the emergence of global-scale oil crisis, the U.S. forces withdrawal from Iraq and the Arab Spring geopolitical sensitivity of the effec...

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... conceded that containment was not working (Council on Foreign Affairs). While it had been decided that a regime change was in order certain events, such as the 2000 increase in Israeli-Arab violence, took precedent and the intended regime change was postponed (Council on Foreign Affairs). When President Bush took office, the only major Iraq-related move he made was to attempt ... far all of the main American aims seem to have been met, Saddam is no longer in power, Iraq is moving towards establishing a democratic government, and, as the formerly prohibited Shiite Muslim march to Karbala...

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