Who are the regional Alliances for the Middle East?
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An Honest Answer:\n\nAkin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld\n\nArab nations that used this law firm are not being threaten by the United State.\n\nClients\n\nThe U.S. Embassy of the government of Colombia: According to its 2001 FARA return the "registrant contacted congressional and executive branch officials to discuss U.S. policy towards Colombia." . It was paid "$86,129.04 for the six month period ending June 24,2001," the return states. \n\nGovernment of British Columbia: According to its 2001 FARA return the "registrant communicated with U.S. Government officials regarding trade in softwood lumber." [4] It was paid " $350,607.26 for the six month period ending June 24,2001." \n\nRepublic of Georgia: According to its 2001 FARA return the "registrant provided advisory services in preparation for Georgia's framework negotiations with the Paris Club group of creditors". [5]. No payment was reported. \n\nKingdom of Saudi Arabia: According to its 2001 FARA return the "registrant provided legal advice and strategic counsel with respect to the foreign principal's proposed accession to WTO". [6] It was paid "$6,770.50 for the six month period ending June 24,2001." \n\nCNOOC Ltd (Chinese National Oil Corpooration) \n"President Bush's top independent intelligence adviser met last winter with investment bankers in China to help secure his law firm's role in lobbying for a state-run Chinese energy firm and its bid for the U.S. oil company Unocal Corp., according to his law firm, Akin Gump. \nThe involvement of James C. Langdon Jr., chairman of the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board and a major Bush fundraiser, underscores the tangled Washington connections beneath CNOOC Ltd.'s bid... \nLangdon's involvement, given his dual role as Bush intelligence adviser and energy lawyer at the law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, may prove politically problematic, some security experts said. Members of the intelligence board, known as PFIAB, are granted the highest security clearance and develop top-secret advisories and reports for the president, most of which are not even available to members of Congress." [7] \n\nContact details\nRobert S. Strauss Building \n1333 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W. \nWashington, DC 20036-1564 \nPhone: 202.887.4000 \nFax 202.887.4288 \nWeb: www.akingump.com \n\nIn 1968 Strauss began his long association with the national Democratic Party when Connally appointed him to the Democratic National Committee.
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Russia stretches all the way from Europe to Asia. The "middle east" is not stricty defined in Geography but basically means those countries stuck in the middle between asia, europe and africa; maybe that's why they are always fighting!
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War on terror, we are trying to help the middle east  rid themselves of Al Qaeda and like minded terrorists.
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Nothing. Just like they did in both Gulf Wars. If Turkey did not intercede when an Arab nation was invaded (Iraq, twice), they will not intercede when a non-Arab nation is attacked (Iran is a Muslim nation - NOT an Arab nation).\n\nTurkey understands that the balance of power would tilt unacceptably in Iran's favor if it developed nuclear weapons.
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Terrorism acts committed around the globe, especially in Middle East are result of the International Relations system itself, which is mutually excluding and does not reflect the actual situation in the sense of power. To put it simpler, hegemon and its allies are multiplying their capabilities while other have no other option than to subvert to them and become "democratic".\nWhat is to be done? Take into consideration other nations' interests, not those who misgovern them, like Mubarak, Abdalla of Jordan, Saudi Royal family etc.
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This is my answer from a similar question (link in the sources).  Since many of these Islamic countries are allies of the USA, the answer is "no".  The only groups these countries must "fight back" against are the extremists in one, very numerous, sect of Sunni Islam.\n\nHere is the old answer:\nThe whole Islamic world is not even, or will ever be, allied with itself. I realize that American public education and our universities fail miserably at teaching the truth about other cultures, so here is a run down.\n\nThere are two main sects in Islam (not Muslim as being "Muslim" is a state of Islam, akin to "Nirvana"). These are the Sunnis and the Shia. The Sunnis think the Shia are apostates and traitors to Islam. Within the Sunni sect, there are several other subsects of which Whabbasism is just one. Trying to get all these sects to agree on what day it even is is difficult enough. Having them unite as one is almost impossible. \n\nThis is further complicated by the fact African, Far Eastern, and Indonesian Islamists don't like the Arabs, or each other. Al Qeada's pay and command structure further infuriated non-Arab Islamic people. Old Bin Lying doesn't pay non-Arabs as much as Arabs or let them be as high ranking in his clubhouse. Plus, the genocide in Sudan and other parts is being caused by Islamic Arabs killing Islamic Africans, along with Christian Africans. BTW, Islam refers to Jesus Christ as a prophet and pays homage to him (Guess Bin Lying forgot to read that part of the Quran!).\n\nMixed into this further the tribal and clan nature of the Middle East and Africa. The US, USSR, UK, and others have always been able to fracture the alliances by either buying off a clan or allowing the clans to fight themselves, which is usually what happens without Western involvement.\n\nAnd to top it off, a large and growing number of Islamic peoples do not hate America or what it is doing. Efforts in Afghanistan, Kuwait, Indonesia, Pakistan, and other areas where the US Military and NGOs go in are paying monumental dividends.\n\nIraqis are siding with the USA, as are Jordanians, as are the oppressed people of Iran (they just can't do much about it right now.. such is what always happens when you disarm the people). Then there are the Pastdun people of Pakistan, who, after Al Qeada abandoned them following the massive earthquake that killed 80,000+, saw the ones who rushed in was...come on, guess....That's right, the USA! And who sent massive aid to Indonesia, dispite the lies from leftists in the UN? The USA wins there too by sending very high level, and possibly vulnerable assets to the disaster area. Just like we did for Katrina later, the US military sent assault ships, one of our two hospital ships, and an aircraft carrier without its fighters but loaded with supplies and helos (the USS Kittyhawk) to the area. These efforts speak volumes to the people of the area and cause a rift between them and our enemies.\n\nSo, yes, we stand a great chance since the Islamic world is difficult to unite and easy to fracture.
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South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation. It was founded by and consists of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Nepal and Male.
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These days most middle eastern countries claim/want to be US allies. The rest want to be the opposite. I live in Dubai and the conflict in the US government lobby regarding the Dubai Ports World deal created a lot of bad publicity in the press about the US, however i have not encountered even one comment that says the US-UAE relations should be severed. \n\nFact is, even though US supports Israel from the beginning, most countries in the region are and have been allies of the US, the most obvious cause of that being the US support of Kuwait when it was attacked by Iraq in 1991. A lot of the money from the region is invested in the US.\n\nFrom the point of view of the US, they want to have as many allies the region as possible. They do have all the oil here, don't they. And the petrodollars do flow into the US in most cases. However, this is indeed changing now.
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Um...Panama, since the canal. Everything in the middle east is just a matter of definition, as is such with Panama. It depends on if you are thinking a continent as the named regions, or seperated landmasses.
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North Korea, Russia, China, Venezuela, Colombia, Congo, South Africa, Belarus, Mexico, Serbia, and Myanmar.\n\nTurkey if you consider how they've illegalized and pursued the Kurdish Worker Party when Palestinians have allowed Hamas.  Saudi Arabia too, but they're not that extreme since they appreciate how oil helps build their infrastructure (which will lead to either a war or massive exodus 70-80 years from now and extreme National tension starting in 35-40 years).
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middle east is 22 arab countries including (Egypt)+israel+iran+turkey.\n\nthe 22 arab countries:11 countries are located in asia and 11 in africa.\n\nTurkey and iran are not arabs and donot speak arabic.
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Greece and Turkey constituted the southeastern flank of NATO, guarding the Soviet Union’s access to the Mediterranean through the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles.\n\nGreece and Turkey are also NATO’s eyes and ears in the eastern Mediterranean. Electronic surveillance facilities in both countries enable the alliance to monitor military movements in the Middle East, North Africa, and the Caucasian republics of the former Soviet Union. The British sovereign base areas in Cyprus support the Sinai Truce Observation force and United Nations peacekeeping in Cyprus itself. UN forces have been in Cyprus since 1964, making this peacekeeping operation one of the longest lasting and costliest in the history of the organization.\n\nClearly the eastern Mediterranean is an area that the United States and NATO consider vital to western interests. Just as clearly Greece and Turkey are vital to the protection of those interests. Judging by the amount of military and diplomatic effort we devote to the problems of the region, and the resources we continue to expend there, the eastern Mediterranean ranks near the top of the American foreign policy agenda.
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Israel, United States & the UK.
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Yemen is in the middle east, I think they are Yemenese or Yemeni.
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I'd have to say the U.K., although Israel is a good ally too. Unfortunately, the Iraq war hasn't made us too popular.
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Asia\nAustralia\nAntartica\nNorth America\nSouth America\nEurope\nAfrica
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I think Great Britain has proven to be the best ally in recent years.  Obviously I would think Iran hates us the most right now.  I think France hates us.  We are not well liked around the world LOL.