... attacked the new state of Israel in an attempt to regain Palestine as an Arab nation. Palestinian attempts to set up an organized state however were blocked by Egypt and Jordan, though in later years Egypt proceeded to violate its agreements to not attack the Jewish State. This transfer of power that occurred in 1948 was not simply a mere change in ... , the other 85 percent Sunnis. There has been a long-running feud between the Sunni and Shiite Muslims, which, in the last decade alone has taken more than 2,000 lives. In April of 2002, a powerful bomb exploded at a mosque in Bukker, Paki...

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