i am doing my history day on 9/11 and i was wondering why america was occupying the arabian peninsula. Thank you!
2007-01-02 15:37:50 · 5 answers · asked by Asia Gabrielle 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
To protect their oil supplies and the repressive Saudi government.
2007-01-02 18:03:52 · answer #1 · answered by brainstorm 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The U.S. has never occupied the Arabian Penisula. The Arabian Penisula is huge and covers Saudia Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain and the Untied Arab Emirates. We do have troops in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, but those countries have invited the U.S. to be there, at least since the first Gulf War in 1990-91. We might have bases in the UAE and Qatar, but I can't remember.
2007-01-03 00:05:48 · answer #2 · answered by kepjr100 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The US has never occupied the Arabian Peninsula (I stand corrected, Iraq is in fact NOT part of the Arabian Peninsula; thanks David for clarifying this for me). I'd suggest you pick a new topic for your history day project.
2007-01-02 23:43:02 · answer #3 · answered by keyuehan7878 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Iraq is not part of the peninsula.
2007-01-03 00:04:31 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
we were getting ready for war.
2007-01-02 23:40:46 · answer #5 · answered by iroc 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋