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al-Said, Nuri, 51, 52, 53
Samarra Dam, 22
sanctions, 17, 68–69, 70–71, 78,
83
, 85, 107
Saudi Arabia, 21, 48, 62, 64, 104, 105–107
Sharia (Islamic law), 75
See also
Islam
Shatt al Arab (river), 22, 26–27, 48–49, 59,
61–62, 95, 103
See also
Euphrates River;Tigris River
Shia Islam, 16, 38–39, 40, 45, 54, 60, 65–67,
73
,
74, 83, 96, 97, 102, 103, 112
See also
Islam
Singh,Anupama Rao, 69
al-Sistani,Ali, 122
Suez Canal, 43, 52
Sumer,
33
, 34
See also
history
Sunni Islam, 38–39, 40, 45, 47, 74, 83, 112
See also
Islam
Suq ash-Shuyukh, 26
Syria, 21–22, 23–24, 44, 45, 47, 48, 50, 52, 104,
107–108, 113
and the Baath party, 54, 60
Taq-i-Kisra,
93
terrorism, 18, 71, 107–108
Tharthar Reservoir, 22, 24
Tigris River, 19, 22–23, 24, 29, 34, 39, 94, 108
See also
Euphrates River
Tikrit, 60, 76, 95
Turkey, 22, 23–24, 43, 47, 48, 67, 95, 101,
103–104
See also
Ottoman Empire
Turkish Petroleum Company, 47–48
See also
Iraq Petroleum Company
Umar I, 96
Umayyad dynasty, 39
See also
Islam
United Arab Republic, 52
United Nations, 13, 50, 63, 65, 67, 100–101,
113–114
and the Gulf War (1991), 14
and sanctions, 17, 68–69, 70–71, 78, 83,
85
,
107
Security Council Resolutions, 15–16, 19, 69,
71, 114
See also
League of Nations
United Nations Special Commission on
Disarmament (UNSCOM), 15–16, 17, 68,
69–70
See also
United Nations
United States, 13–14, 51, 52, 62–63, 67, 69, 71,
76–77, 99–101, 103, 107
Ur, 95,
96
Wadiyah (desert), 27
See also
geographic regions
water resources, 23–24, 80–81, 104
weapons, 13, 15, 115–117
chemical,
14
, 63–64
inspections, 15–16, 17, 19, 67–71
wildlife, 29–30
Wilson,Woodrow, 45
WorldWar I, 43–44, 47
WorldWar II, 49–50
al-Yawer, Ghazi Mashal Ajili, 118–119
“Young Turks,” 43
See also
Turkey
Zagros Mountains, 24, 29, 30
See also
geographic regions