It Could Be Claimed That All of the Following Contributed

question 81

Multiple Choice

It could be claimed that all of the following contributed to Islamic terrorist activity against the West except

• A)the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
• B)the rise of fundamentalist Islam with the coming to power of Ayatollah Khomeini in Iran.
• C)the stationing of US forces in Saudi Arabia during the Gulf War.
• D)the defeat of Muslim Pakistan by India in Kashmir.
• E)the Iraq war, which resulted in many civilian casualties and the torture of prisoners by American troops.

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