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een seen since the end of WWI and the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. • In the Middle East - within three years, the "
which would have been implemented a long time ago the "Muslim Brotherhood" would still have HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_028889 --- PAGE
d the Levant (1511) announced the establishment of a caliphate, referring to the system of rule that ended almost a century ago with the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, and changed its name to "Islamic State." The group of Islamic extremists designated its chief Abu Abakr al-Baghdadi as caliph and "leader for Musl
orrespondents "draconian?' The relationship is likely to remain strained given the government's continued quiet crackdown on revolutionary youth and pro-Muslim Brotherhood factions. Libya: On June 25th, Libyans went to the polls to vote in parliamentary elections. The elections were marred by violence, including the d
which would have been implemented a long time ago the "Muslim Brotherhood" would still have taken control over Egypt and Al-
ourselves at the height of a historic earthquake, in multiple dimensions, the like of which hasn't been seen since the end of WWI and the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. • In the Middle East - within three years, the "Arab spring" turned into the "Islamic winter" - borders have vanished and centuries of conflicts bet
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_029357 →i national security or strategic interests are at stake, the kingdom will pursue its own agenda. With Iran working tirelessly to dominate the region, the Muslim Brotherhood rising in Egypt and unrest on nearly every border, there is simply too much at stake for the kingdom to rely on a security policy written in Washingt
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_031847 →stward, it would move first through the Sinai and then northward along the coastal plain, securing sea lanes to Egypt. When Asia Minor powers such as the Ottoman Empire developed, there was a natural tendency to move southward to control the eastern Mediterranean. The Levant is the crossroads of continents, and Israe
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_031866 →Entities connected to both the Ottoman Empire and Muslim Brotherhood

Barack Obama
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United States
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Bashar al-Assad
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Hosni Mubarak
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George W. Bush
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Benjamin Netanyahu
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Lebanon
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Bill Clinton
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Tehran
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Cairo
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Tunisia
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Yemen
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Hillary Clinton
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Damascus
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Saddam Hussein
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Marc Rich
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Terje Rod-Larsen
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Middle East
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Bahrain
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al-Qaeda
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