INT 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: War On Terror, Al-Qaeda, Superpower
Document Summary
Brtish and u. s"s involvement in middle east effect today"s problem in middle east. 9/11 is used to justify the war on terror - but really based on self-interest. Used shock and awe to show that us would be obeyed: created relationship between us and them or civilization and barbarism , suggests us was involved in moral battle against evil aka terrorism. British gov created modern state of iraq after the break of ottoman empire. Kurd promised their own state by british but turkey refuse to give up their land. Brtish took over, people protest, gob bomb civilians and use poison gas. 1939-1945 britain re-occupied iraq , over thron monarcy in 1958. Killed thousand of kurds by using posion gas, against shiite majority. Hussein afraid shiite in iran will influence shiite in iraq, declare war on them. Aftrad saddam will take over their oil reserves. Osama bin laden offered to help but saudi arabia gov reject.
