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Muslims are the vast majority of this group.
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Sunnis, Shiites, Kurds
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The majority of the population in Iraq
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Shiites
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Predominately Arab
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Sunnis and Shiites
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Non Arab
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Kurds
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Live mainly in northern Iraq
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Kurds
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Accused of most insurgency right now
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Sunnis
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Gasses by Saddam Hussein for their resistance
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Kurds
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Controlled the government of Iraq from the 1920s until 2003
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Sunnis
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Is the most supportive right now of democratic election and majority rule
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Shiites
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Wants to be sure that minority right are protected in a new government
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Sunnis, Kurds
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Has had insurgent groups that used violent methods
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Sunnis, Shiites, Kurds
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Cities of Najaf and Karbala are particularly holy to them
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Shiites
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The ethnic group has always wanted but never had their own country
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Kurds
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Dominate the population of southern Iraq
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Shiits
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Turkey and Iran suppress this group as a majority in their countries
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Kurds
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Are majority of KDP and PUK
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Kurds
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Majority of Baath Party and Constitutional Monarchy Movement
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Sunnis
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Dominate a triangular area in central Iraq
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Sunnis
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Why did US supply weapons to assist Saddam's government in Iraq?
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During their war with Iran, so Iran's Islamic fundamentalism wouldn't spread to Iraq
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What did Saddam do in 1980s that damaged the economy of Iraq?
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Went to war with Iran
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Why did US attack Iraq in 1991?
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Iraq invaded Kuwait
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From 1997 to 2003 one issue became the most constentious between Saddam's government and the outside world, esp US. What was the issue?
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Weapons inspection
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The "most wanted man" in Iraq by US, Jordanian, and Sunni leader of insurgents, very violent
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Abu Musab Zarqawi
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Current Prime Minister of Iraq, Shiite, Dawa Party member
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Ibrahim Jafaari
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Shiite religious leader assassinated shortly after the US takeover of Iraq
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Ayatollah Mohammed Bakr al-Hakim
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The commanding general of US occupation forces in Iraq
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John Abizaid
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Former Prime Minister who is attempting now to form a non-sectarian party
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Ayad Allawi
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Iraqi exile once favored by the Pentagon as a leader in Iraq, questionable intelligence he gave the US and financial fraud might hurt his chances
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Ahmad Chalabi
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Shiite leader of insurgents who fought major campaign against US in Najaf this summer
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Muqtada al-Sadr
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Current president, Kurdish leader
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Jalaal Talabani
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Current top Shiite cleric in Iraq
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Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani
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Immediately following 2003 wear, what agency did US and its allies create to fun Iraq?
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Coalition Provisional Authority
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This group is 25 Iraqis that make decicions about how Iraq should be run. (2nd)
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Iraqi governing council
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Iraqi government that ran Iraq under temporary constitution (3rd)
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Interim Government
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This government was elected by Iraqis. (4th)
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National Assembly
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Who was at the Camp David Accords?
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Begin(Isreal), Sadat(Egypt), Carter(USA)
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Who was at the Oslo Accords?
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Clinton(USA), Rabin(Israel), Arafat(Palestine)
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Something attached to a bill that has nothing to do with it
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Rider
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Gerrymandering
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shaping congressional districts to favor a party
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5 jobs of the president
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commander-in-chief, chief legistlator, chief executive, chief diplomat, head of state
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Incumbent
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someone who is already in the office and is running again
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The Vice President now
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Dick Cheney
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Job of the Vice President
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President of the Senate
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President Pro Tempore
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takes over for VP in the senate, Ted Stevens
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Current Prime Minister of India, sikh member of INC
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Manmohan Singh
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Current top Shiite cleric in Iraq
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Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani
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Immediately following 2003 wear, what agency did US and its allies create to fun Iraq?
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Coalition Provisional Authority
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This group is 25 Iraqis that make decicions about how Iraq should be run. (2nd)
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Iraqi governing council
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Iraqi government that ran Iraq under temporary constitution (3rd)
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Interim Government
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This government was elected by Iraqis. (4th)
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National Assembly
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Who was at the Camp David Accords?
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Begin(Isreal), Sadat(Egypt), Carter(USA)
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Who was at the Oslo Accords?
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Clinton(USA), Rabin(Israel), Arafat(Palestine)
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Something attached to a bill that has nothing to do with it
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Rider
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Gerrymandering
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shaping congressional districts to favor a party
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5 jobs of the president
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commander-in-chief, chief legistlator, chief executive, chief diplomat, head of state
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Incumbent
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someone who is already in the office and is running again
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The Vice President now
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Dick Cheney
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Job of the Vice President
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President of the Senate
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President Pro Tempore
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takes over for VP in the senate, Ted Stevens
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Current Prime Minister of India, sikh member of INC
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Manmohan Singh
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what is the BJP
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Hindu Nationalist Party
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What are the three parts in dispute in the Arab-Israeli conflict?
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Gaza Strip, West Bank, Golan Heights,
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Why is Jerusalem so valuable to both?
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Jewish's temple mount, the wailing wall; Muslim's Al Aqsa Mosque and Dome of the Rock
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What was the PLO?
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Palestinian Liberation Organization. turned to terrorism to draw attention to their cause
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What is the Hamas and who was the leader?
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palestinian terrorist group, Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi
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What is the differenence btween the Labor and the Likud party?
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Labor is leftist liberal and wants peace, Likud is right conservatist and is tough on palestine
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What is the Kadima party?
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new party by Ariel Sharon. It is in the middle, not left or right.
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