Deck 9: The Persian Gulf

Question 1

In the late 1960s, the British presence in southern Yemen was ________, outside of Aden itself.

A) non existent
B) substantial
C) minimal
D) effective

Answer 1

minimal

Question 2

At the end of 2007 there was a growing Shiite revolt against the Yemeni government, led by the:

A) Bahraini Hezbollah.
B) Believing Youth Movement.
C) Fedayeen Youth Movement.
D) PDRY.

Answer 2

Believing Youth Movement.

Question 3

These Islamist movements, labeled ________ in the West, sought the government institutionalization of Islamic laws and social principles

A) Islamists
B) fundamentalists
C) terrorists
D) extremists

Answer 3

fundamentalists

Question 4

Al Qaeda's actual strength in Saudi Arabia may be small and limited to around 100 hard core members but it has sympathy with ________ of the population.

A) 75%
B) 50%
C) Muslims
D) 90%

Question 5

The term Wahhabism is an ________ designation for the religious movement within Islam founded by Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab (1703-1792).

A) unusual
B) outsiders
C) original
D) Islamic

Question 6

During the 1990s Iraq had established a third paramilitary force called the:

A) Iraqi National Resistance Army.
B) Fedayeen Saddam.
C) Hamza Front.
D) The Iraqi Resistance Islamic Front.

Question 7

The Al-Mahdi Army in Iraq was led by:

A) Imam Ali Bin-Abi Talib.
B) Khalid-Bin-al-Walid.
C) Muqtada al-Sadr.
D) Abu al-Zarqawi.

Question 8

Bin Laden believes that the ________ support for Western interests is a betrayal of Islam.

A) Palestinian
B) Israeli
C) Saudi Royal family's
D) Iraqi

Question 9

Sayyid Qutb joined the Brotherhood in 1951 and is probably the one man who could be considered the ideological grandfather of:

A) Ayatollah Khomeini.
B) Musab al Zarqawi.
C) Osama bin Laden.
D) Abu Abbas.

Question 10

The Shah of Iran was restored to the Peacock Throne of Iran in 1953 with the assistance of:

A) MEK.
B) PLO.
C) CIA.
D) SAVAK.

Question 11

Iraq's Shiite militias are well trained and equipped by.

A) Iraq.
B) CIA.
C) Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps.
D) Saudi Arabia.

Question 12

The State of Kuwait is nominally a:

A) Fascist dictatorship.
B) Communist nation.
C) Constitutional monarchy.
D) Free democracy.

Question 13

Zarqawi was first noticed in Iraq as the leader of the ________, which was blamed for some of the early and most bloody insurgent attacks.

A) Islamic Army in Iraq
B) Tawhid and Jihad group
C) Mahdi Army
D) Ansar al Islam

Question 14

Thirty nine U.S. servicemen were injured and seventeen killed in a suicide bombing of the USS Cole on October 12^th 2000 in the port city of:

A) Beirut.
B) Aden.
C) Haifa.
D) Yemen.

Question 15

The 1979 Islamic revolution, and war with Iraq, transformed Iran's class structure in many ways, but not:

A) Religiously.
B) Socially.
C) Politically.
D) Economically.

Question 16

Immediately after the events of 9-11, the U.S. considered that the efforts by the Saudi regime to curtail and track down supporters of al Qaeda were sufficient.

Question 17

The term Wahhabism is a colloquial designation of the religious movement within Islam founded by Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab.

Question 18

In early 2006, al Qaeda in Iraq posted an Internet statement saying it had joined five other insurgent groups in Iraq to form a new umbrella organization, the Mujahideen Shura Council.

Question 19

The Mahdi army is a Sunni militia movement led by Muqtada Sadr, a young, radical cleric.

Question 20

The 2007 military surge by the U.S. military into Baghdad further loosened the Mahdi army's control of the streets.

Question 21

Like most Arab states Kuwait supported Iran during the Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988).

Question 22

Insurgencies can sometimes adhere to international norms regarding the law of war to achieve their goals.

Question 23

Terrorists routinely claim that were they to adhere to any "law of war" or accept any constraints on the scope of their violence, it would place them at advantage vis-à-vis the establishment.

Question 24

Bin Laden has also encouraged Muslim Iraqis and non-Iraqis of all ethnic stripes to cooperate with the Iraqi government.

Question 25

Bin Laden and Zarqawi had based their calls for revolutionary change in Islamic societies on a stated belief in a model of governance where Muslim citizens would be empowered to choose and depose their leaders according to strict Islamic principles and traditions of consultation.

Question 26

In 2002 President George W Bush denounced anyone who would appease terrorists or ignore threats to Europe.

Question 27

An insurgency requires the active or tacit support of at least a majority of the general population.

Question 28

The al-Mahdi Army actively supports the Iraqi Police with security operations directed by the U.S. military.

Question 29

Saddam Hussein provided safe haven to Abu Abbas, a former Secretary General of the Palestine Liberation Front.

Question 30

The unique synergy of sanctions and inspections assisted Iraq's weapons building program, but was effective in constraining its military capabilities.