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The Assassination of Osama bin Laden The Soviets invaded Afghanistan, in 1979. Osama, believed he should join Afghan in his duties as a Muslim to fight the occupation. He moved to Peshawar, Afghanistan. Osama used aid from the United State under CIA Program, operation cyclone. After the Soviets left their country in 1989, Osama went back to Saudi Arabia. He returned as a hero, the United States referred to him as a “Freedom Fighter.” Osama was disappointed with what he thought was

Arabia is the largest country in the Arabian Peninsula and Located in the southwest corner of Asia, with a total Saudi population as 2010 amounted 29,195,895 million. The country was established in 1932 by King Abdulaziz Al Saud. The Kingdom is Monarchy under the leadership of Al Saud Family, current monetary unit is Riyal, the Kingdom is at the crossroads of Europe, Asia and Africa. Geography It is surrounded by the Red Sea on the West, by Yemen and Oman on the South, the Arabian Gulf and the United

Gerald Ankapong Professor Turner Poli 351 25 October 2016 Religion and Politics Religion plays a central role in Middle Eastern politics, in part because political struggles have for centuries been understood as religious conflicts and in part because of the intimate ties of the three Abrahamic faiths in the region. The middle east is the birthplace of the world’s three Abrahamic religions – Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The fact that religion and politics have a long history in the Middle East

1902 by King Abdul Aziz Al-Saud, who conquered the remaining ruling families, and through the Treaty of Jeddah on May 20, 1927, was recognized as an independent realm by the United Kingdom. Since then, the Saud family has ruled the kingdom. The king is the head of state and government and decisions are made through the consultation of senior princes in the royal family ("Third Saudi State"). Saudi Arabia is not an electoral democracy, nor is it considered by Freedom House to be “free”, as it scores

their relations to other countries and ability to keep their legitimacy wavered. Compared to other Middle Eastern countries there are similarities that Saudi Arabia is a stigma to such as the recreation of the medina constitution. Even though the Saud family does not have religious legitimacy other than the holy Mosques, Mecca, and medina, they created a biological legitimacy instilling the idea of one giant tribe unifying the people. However, because of the thinning bloodline there was a need to

Hope, as an idea, is a very powerful psychological booster. It creates a mental narrative which makes human actions based on the idea that things eventually do get better - if one attempts to try just one more time. Hope, as a concept, can also be a charming deceiver and has an unassuming ability to hide certain undeniable realities on the ground especially when dealing with the realities of geopolitics. When hope replaces the reality of geopolitics and territorial domination; it just prolongs the

RAK Hospital is a hospital that Established in 2007 in Ras Al Khimah, under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Saud Bin Saqr Al Qassimi, Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah, and ETA Star Healthcare of Dubai. The hospital is managed by Sonnenhof Swiss Health Ltd, a Switzerland based healthcare company. RAK hospital provide a Patient Services, like if anyone who would like to book an appointments the RAK Hospital admissions section will ensure to help and answer any questions that the patients or their

America’s need of imported oil from OPEC, which forced domestic production to intensify. With no incoming oil imports, America focused on lowering oil prices for their citizens, (See appendix IV) as well as their dependency on foreign commodities. The House of Representatives passed a bill that demanded that no one person could export American crude oil for the next one hundred and eighty days. The Arab Embargo quadrupled American oil prices and raised retail gas prices by forty percent. The Embargo

Saudi Arabia and Malaysia. The kingdom of Saudi Arabia is located in Asia in the Middle East and is currently ruled by the Al Saud family. Saudi Arabia largely consists of a desert climate with hot days and cool nights, and the majority of its population congregates in Southwest Saudi Arabia in major cities such as Mecca, Medina, Hofuf, Ta’if, Dammam, Riyadh, and Jeddah (House, 2012). The population of Saudi Arabia as per the 2010 Population and Household Census is 26,090,555, with three-fourths of

Introduction Makkah and Madina are the sacrosanct urban areas of Islam where the principle havens are arranged – mosques al-Masjid al-Haraam (The Sacred Mosque) with Kaabah and al-Masjid a Nabawi (mosque of the Prophet Muhammad, PBUH).Millions of adherents from everywhere throughout the world go to these urban communities to perform hajj journey. This momentous aide gives a regulated and striking record of history and purposes of enthusiasm for Makkah and Madina, and pragmatic guidance, request