3. World War 2 ALLIES USA, Great Britain, Russia, AXIS Germany, Japan

4. USSR THIRD WORLD USA

5. COLD WAR USA ISRAEL ARAB NATIONS (Saudi Arabia) THIRD WORLD Iran SOVIET UNION ARAB NATIONS (Egypt, Syria)

6. IRAN COUP 1953 Dictatorship SAVAK Repressive CIA Supports SHAH Pahlavi

9. Iranian Fundamentalist Revolution American Hostage Crisis (Carter’s downfall, Reagan’s victory) Iran-Iraq War Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan

10. Iraq-Iran War Saddam Hussein provokes the conflict Brutal-Bloody-Bankrupting 1979-1988 One million dead Iraq and Iran’s economies in shambles

12. Iranian Fundamentalist Revolution American Hostage Crisis (Carter’s downfall, Reagan’s victory) Iran-Iraq War Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan

13. SOVIET UNION Communist Nation Atheism

14. AFGHANISTAN Communist Government Muslim People SOVIET UNION Communist Nation Atheism

15. SOVIETSINVADEAFGHANISTAN1980 AFGHANISTAN Communist Government Muslim People SOVIET UNION Communist Nation Atheism

16. JIHADSOVIETSINVADEAFGHANISTAN1980 AFGHANISTAN Communist Government Muslim People SOVIET UNION Communist Nation Atheism

17. JIHAD 1979- 1989 Mujahadeen USA SUPPORTS “Freedom Fighters” Saudi Arabia Usama Bin Ladin

20. Iran-Iraq War Iraq Broke Kuwait Creditor Iran Withdrawn

21. Saddam Demands Relief Kuwait Rejects Saddam’s Suggestions (Increase oil output or forgive debts) USA Falters Saddam Invades Kuwait

26. US in Saudi Arabia “Infidels” in the Holy Land Desert SHIELD turned OCCUPY DESERT Osama Bin Laden had offered the Kingdom “his mujahedeen” OSAMA “GUEST” OF THE TALIBAN Growing US Presence in ME Taliban take-over of Afghanistan (1996-2001)

27. Osama declares Fatwa

28. Embassy bombings In Africa 1998 Kenya-Tanzania Osama declares Fatwa

29. Attack on the USS Cole 2000 Embassy bombings In Africa Osama declares Fatwa

30. September 11, 2001 Attack on the USS Cole Embassy bombings In Africa Osama declares Fatwa

35. PM says Iraq ready for US withdrawal December 3, 2011

37. Osama bin Laden Killed: 'Justice Is Done,' President Obama Says May 1, 2011

42. Arab Spring 2011 Will the revolutions that swept away the governments of Tunisia, Egypt and Libya bring peace and democracy or will they lead to greater instability as more radical elements of Islamic Jihad seize control of those societies?