middle-eastern rules (upper-intermediate introduction)
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Middle-Eastern rulers
Osama Bin Laden
Saudi-Arabian Former al-Qaeda leader one of the terrorists responsible
for 9/11 killed by U.S. military in 2011
Bashar al-Assad
Syrian dictator since 2000 has been killing those
opposed to him by the thousands
The U.N. are unable to condemn him because of China’s and Russia’s veto
Hamid Karzai
Afghan President democratically elected
after the Taliban regime fell in 2002 (Taliban = Islamic religious extremists)
Hosni Mubarak
Former President of Egypt
ousted after the Egyptian Revolution in 2011
Muammar al-Gaddafi
Former Libyan dictator ruled Libya unchallenged
for 42 years as “colonel” – until 2011
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
President of the Islamic Republic of Iran
religious hardliner
Saddam Hussein
Former Iraqi dictator In 2003, the U.S. invaded
Iraq as revenge for 9/11. They suspected Hussein to
have nuclear, chemical and biological weapons – which were never found.
Hussein was hanged in 2006 for his crimes
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