Americas War in Iraq Background on the Middle East

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Americas War in IraqBackground on the Middle
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Oil and Water Resources
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Crusades andOrientalism
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Ancient History
Iraq Mesopotamia
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Iran-Persia
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Islam 5 principles
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World War I the Colonial Period

• Hussein-McMahon Correspondence of 1915
• I am authorized to give you the following
  pledges on behalf of the Government of Great
  Britain, and to reply as follows to you note
  That subject to the modifications stated above,
  Great Britain is prepared to recognize and uphold
  the independence of the Arabs in all the regions
  lying within the frontiers proposed by the Sharif
  of Mecca.