Historical Figures
David Ben-Gurion
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/60297/David-Ben-Gurion
Gamal Abdel Nasser
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/404045/Gamal-Abdel-Nasser
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/387594/Mohammad-Reza-Shah-Pahlavi
Anwar Sadat
http://www.biography.com/people/anwar-el-sadat-9469060
Menachem Begin
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/58583/Menachem-Begin
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini
http://www.biography.com/people/ayatollah-ruhollah-khomeini-13680544?page=1
Saddam Hussein http://history1900s.about.com/od/saddamhussein/p/saddamhussein.htm
Current Events
Iraq War
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_War
http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/0,28757,1967340,00.html
Libyan Civil War
http://www.examiner.com/article/the-libyan-revolution-a-brief-summary
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libyan_civil_war
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/9613394/Colonel-Gaddafi-died-after-being-stabbed-with-bayonet-says-report.html
War in Afghanistan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_in_Afghanistan_(2001%E2%80%93present)
http://icasualties.org/oef/
Syrian Civil War
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_civil_war#War_of_attrition_.28April_2013_.E2.80.93_present.29 http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/middle-east-live/2013/may/28/eu-lifts-arms-embargo-on-syrian-rebels-live-updates
Arab Spring
David Ben-Gurion
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/60297/David-Ben-Gurion
Gamal Abdel Nasser
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/404045/Gamal-Abdel-Nasser
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/387594/Mohammad-Reza-Shah-Pahlavi
Anwar Sadat
http://www.biography.com/people/anwar-el-sadat-9469060
Menachem Begin
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/58583/Menachem-Begin
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini
http://www.biography.com/people/ayatollah-ruhollah-khomeini-13680544?page=1
Saddam Hussein http://history1900s.about.com/od/saddamhussein/p/saddamhussein.htm
Current Events
Iraq War
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_War
http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/0,28757,1967340,00.html
Libyan Civil War
http://www.examiner.com/article/the-libyan-revolution-a-brief-summary
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libyan_civil_war
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/9613394/Colonel-Gaddafi-died-after-being-stabbed-with-bayonet-says-report.html
War in Afghanistan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_in_Afghanistan_(2001%E2%80%93present)
http://icasualties.org/oef/
Syrian Civil War
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_civil_war#War_of_attrition_.28April_2013_.E2.80.93_present.29 http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/middle-east-live/2013/may/28/eu-lifts-arms-embargo-on-syrian-rebels-live-updates
Arab Spring