HIST 2013 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Osama Bin Laden, Mujahideen, Bush Doctrine
25 Aug 2016
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Collapse of the soviet union (1991: capitalism triumphant. Everything that happens after capitalism vs. communism and capitalism being triumphant is minimal or unimportant by comparison. Us starts funding this insurgent group with weapons and training. Even bring some of their officials to ft. benning to provide them with training. Espouses the idea of pan-arabism : outside influence should be avoided and arabs should work together, to join al qaeda: Goal: create leadership group that is able to take on super powers. Islam is not a monolith (not all muslims are the same religion: sunni, shiite. Us supports iraq: gives weapons, supplies, chemical weapons to saddam hussein. Significant because iraq owes a shit ton of money to kuwait and saudi arabia. Invasion of kuwait: saddam hussein takes over kuwait and uses oil reserves in kuwait to pay off everyone else, this invasion breaks numerous international laws.
