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Middle East History.

The United Nations has been involved in various problems in the Middle East since 1947. Whereas the Korean war and the Congo issue were settled in the sense that there was no further outbreak of hostilities, the United Nations has not managed to do the same in the Middle East. Wars have broken out in 1948,1956,1967,1973 and a lot of issues remain today.

The United Nations took over the area and set up an eleven-man commission to examine the problem. Their solution was to divide Palestine in half with one part for the Jews and the other for the Palestinians. The Arab nations that surrounded Palestine made it clear that this plan would not be acceptable. Regardless of this – and aware of world sympathy for the Jews in the aftermath of World  War 2. the United Nations went ahead with its plan. The General Assembly approved the partition in November 1947. The United Nations plan came to nothing. The British left Palestine in May 1948 and the Jews set up Israel almost immediately using territory given to them in the United Nations plan. The Arab nations that surrounded Israel immediately attacked with the intention of destroying the new state.

Iraq

Some U.S. officials have accused Iraq president Suddam Hussan al-Qaeda, but no evidence of a meaningful connection was ever found. Other proclaimed reasons of invasion, Palestanian suicide bombers, Iraqi government human right abusers, and an effort to speard democracy throughout the Middle east nations.

With the capture of Hussein and a drop in the number of insurgent attacks, some concluded the multinational forces were prevailing in the fight against the insurgency. The provisional government began training the new Iraqi security forces intended to police the country, and the United States promised over $20 billion in reconstruction money in the form of credit against Iraq's future oil revenues. Oil revenue was also used for rebuilding schools and for work on the electrical and refining infrastructure.