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