Middle East

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Across
  1. 5. Invasion to find Osama Bin Laden
  2. 11. Begins at the southern end of the Sea of Galilee & flows south until it reaches the Dead Sea
  3. 12. A strict denomination of Islam
  4. 13. on coast of Mediterranean sea, often unstable
  5. 15. A conflict against Palestine and Israel that has gone on for 54 years
  6. 16. Founded to set oil prices and policies
  7. 18. Largest group of Islam
  8. 19. Invasion led by US in 2003 to stop Iraq from developing nuclear weapons
  9. 23. Group of people who share a common culture
  10. 24. A gulf that is very important for a shipping route
  11. 25. Most live in Islam and are Shia Muslims
  12. 27. Huge ethnic group, most are Sunni Muslim
  13. 28. A war between Persian and the U.S.
Down
  1. 1. Hatred of jews
  2. 2. Body of water that connects the Persian Gulf to the Arabian Sea
  3. 3. Belief in the same god (or gods)
  4. 4. Ethnic group found mostly in Southwest Asia and Northern Africa
  5. 6. 120-mile man-made waterway that is used to transport goods to and from all three continents
  6. 7. large sea between Africa and Asia
  7. 8. Third largest religion
  8. 9. Small land within Israel
  9. 10. Second largest religion
  10. 14. Movement for the world's Jews to return to a homeland in Zion
  11. 17. Over 6 milion Jews were murdered bu Hitlers='s Germany
  12. 20. Begins in Turkey and flows south through Iraq
  13. 21. A sea located north of the Indian Ocean
  14. 22. A jewish nation
  15. 26. Largest religion