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This 6 page paper provides an overview of some of the ways the Middle East has changed since the second Gulf War. This paper considers both political and structural changes. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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of these countries and Western oil interests will have a definitive impact on the way in which the changes in the Middle East are realized and the impacts that Western
alliances will have on the process of change. Iraq is a Middle Eastern country which is bordered by Turkey, Iran, Syria, Kuwait, Jordan and Saudi Arabia. In recent years, there
have been conflicts with both Iran and Kuwait, although Iraq has had fewer political difficulties with her other neighbors. The country is mostly agricultural, with about half the available land
being arable, although it is not all currently under cultivation. Though agricultural products are prevalent, the countries most important resource is oil, and the few large manufacturing concerns which
Iraq has are based on the oil industry. It is these oil resources which have made Iraq the subject of such concentrated interest on the part of the west throughout
the past few decades. The majority of the population is Arabic, the next largest group being the Kurds who make up almost a quarter of the population. There are also
small groups of Assyrians, Iranians and Armenians. Most Iraqis speak Arabic, although Kurdish is also spoken in the northern regions. Under the current regime, there has been considerable persecution of
various minority groups, the most notable being the sustained campaign of ethnic cleansing against the Kurds in the north of the country. Almost all Iraqis follow some form of the
Islamic religion, with the largest proportion being Shiite. According to the Library of Congresss country study of Iraq (2002) historically it has been the minority Sunni Muslims who have held
most socio-economic and political power in the country, with the majority Shia Muslims suffering from comparative socio-economic disadvantage. The interim constitution that was adopted in 1990 asserts that
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