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8 Cards in this Set
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Muhammed
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Founding prophet of Islam.
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Shah of Iran
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USA backed leader of Iran most of the time from 1950s-70s.
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Ayatollah Khomeini
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Fundamentalist Islamic leader of Iran following the Shah; anti-USA.
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Suleiman the Magnificent
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Greatest leader of the Ottoman Empire.
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Saddam Hussein
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Leader of Iraq during 1980s-2003, he was suspected by USA of supporting terrorism and seeking weapons of mass destruction. His invasion of Kuwait in 1990 led to the Persian Gulf War. He was attacked and defeated by the USA in 2002 and is now dead.
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Muammar Qaddafi
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Leader of Libya, suspected by USA of supporting terrorism.
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The Taliban
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Government of Afghanistan at time of World Trade Center attack on 9/11/01
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Osama bin Ladin
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“Terrorist” leader of Al-Qaida; still at large.
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