overthrew Premier Mohammed Mosaddeq and reinstated the Shah of Iran‚ marking the first real instance of U.S covert action and regime change. While the CIA has only recently admitted to U.S involvement‚ the motivations for this coup d’état were quite clear. Mosaddeq came to power in 1951 and almost instantly made his nationalist ideologies publicly known by calling for the expropriation of Iran’s oil fields. This understandably raised quite a few eyebrows‚ including that of the Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi
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aside and come together for the good of all. Al Qa’ida‚ HAMAs and FARC claim the titles of the three largest and most powerful terrorist organizations in the world. All three of these organizations have different reasons for their behavior‚ different intentions with their attacks
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terrorist group Al-Qaeda. Others believe that if the US had healthier ties with the Iraqi government‚ then 9/11 and other attacks wouldn’t have occurred. At one point in time‚ Al-Qaeda‚ was the worlds` most powerful terrorist group. Al-Qaeda is a global militant Sunni Islamist organization founded by Osama bin Laden in the late 1980`s.They operate as a network comprising both a multinational‚ stateless army and an Islamist extremist‚ wahhabi jihadist group. Among the beliefs assigned to al-Qaeda‚ members
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How scholars criticize the practice of bay’ al-Inah in Malaysia Islamic Banking Bay’ al-Inah is a sale contract with immediate repurchase. It takes place when a person sells an asset in credit and immediately buys back the asset in cash at lower price. This practice has gained some popularity in the South East Asian region‚ despite the fact that it has been rejected outright in almost all other Muslim countries by the Islamic scholars. The classical jurists were in disagreement in assessing the
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The Al-Buraimi is an Oasis town that borders the United Arab Emirates and is adjacent to the city of Al Ain which belongs to the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. The Geographical Landscape of this Oasis town is extremely different from its neighbor the city of Al Ain because its mostly gravel and rocks. Also‚ the city of Al-Buraimi is smaller in size than Al Ain which results in it being less prosperous than its neighbor. For decades‚ the cities of Al-Buraimi and Al Ain have had an open border between them
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Thesis Statement and Introduction As the leader of al Qaeda‚ Osama bin Laden had several audiences and his ability to communicate effectively with each of them changed dramatically over time. First‚ his ability to communicate with his own organization diminished over time. Before the attacks on September 11‚ 2001 they communicated relatively freely. However‚ after the attacks his ability to direct his own organization was radically reduced as he became socially isolated for the sake of physical security
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Ich bin ein Berliner There are many people in the world who really don’t understand‚ or say they don’t‚ what is the great issue between the free world and the Communist world. Let them come to Berlin. There are some who say that communism is the wave of the future. Let them come to Berlin. And there are some who say in Europe and elsewhere we can work with the Communists. Let them come to Berlin. And there are even a few who say that it is true that communism is an evil system‚ but it permits us
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Overview Al-Amal Microfinance Bank started its actual operations In January 2009 on the base of five years business plan (2009-2013) and was established by Yemeni Law No. 23 of 2002 as the first Microfinance bank in the Middle East and North Africa. Its establishment came to crown efforts of the Yemeni Government‚ represented by SFD‚ and Arab Gulf Program for United Nations Development Organization (AGFUND)‚ as also contribution and support from both Yemeni and Saudi private sectors. Al Amal Bank
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History Al Jazeera claims to be the only politically independent television station in the Middle East. The station remains partly dependent on the emir of Qatar for funding. Now rivaling the BBC in worldwide audiences Al Jazeera was started with a $150 million grant from the emir of Qatar; it aimed to become self-sufficient through advertising by 2001‚ but when this failed to occur the emir agreed to continue subsidizing it on a year-by-year basis ($30 million in 2004[1]‚ according to Arnaud de
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Why Muslims do not take bin laden as a hero? Osama Bin Laden is dead. The U.S. government has been on his trail for almost 13 years and after America offered $25 million on his head—dead or alive he simply became the target of the largest manhunt ever taken in the history of mankind. But not everyone celebrated Bin Laden’s death. Not everyone saw him as a terrorist‚ in fact‚ some thought of him as a hero. Although Bin Laden may be regarded as a hero‚ but by killing innocent civilians
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