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Middle East [r]: A geographical region in Asia that also contains small parts of Europe and Africa. ^[e]
Islam [r]: Religion founded by Muhammad whose sacred book is the Qur'an (Koran). ^[e]
- Wahhabism [r]: A socially conservative branch of Sunni Islam, strongest in the House of Saud, which rules Saudi Arabia ^[e]

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Mecca [r]: Located in Saudi Arabia and one of the "Two Holy Places" of Islam; inner religious areas barred to non-Muslims ^[e]
Medina [r]: Add brief definition or description

History

Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab [r]: Muslim theologian of the 18th century, who founded Wahhabism, and allied with Muhammad ibn Saud to form the ruling dynasty of Saudi Arabia ^[e]
Arab Revolt (First World War) [r]: A complex set of political, intelligence, and military actions that led to Arab tribal support of Allied actions against the Ottoman Empire, roughly covering the 1915-1918 period ^[e]
Thomas Edward Lawrence [r]: (1888-1935) British soldier and author, known as Lawrence of Arabia, who coordinated the Arab Revolt (First World War) against the Ottoman Empire with British military operations ^[e]
Gertrude Bell [r]: (1868-1926) British expert on the Middle East, involved in strategic intelligence for the Arab Revolt (First World War) and had a major influence on the formation of modern Iraq. ^[e]

U.S.-Saudi relations

U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia [r]: Chief of the U.S. Mission to Saudi Arabia, generally not exerting control over operational military forces there ^[e]
U.S. Intelligence and terrorism in the 1980s [r]: Tracking and actions against terrorism by the United States intelligence community in the 1980s ^[e]
U.S. Intelligence and terrorism in the 1990s [r]: Tracking and actions against terrorism by the United States intelligence community in the 1990s ^[e]
U.S. intelligence activities in Africa [r]: Activities of the United States intelligence community in Africa ^[e]
U.S. support for Iraq during the Iran-Iraq War [r]: Technological aid, intelligence, the sale of dual-use and military equipment, but no direct combat against Iran, in the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq War ^[e]
U.S.-Iran Hostilities during the Iran-Iraq War [r]: Sometimes called the Tanker War, but also including retaliatory strikes on Iranian oil platfors and vessels, the shooting down of Iran Air Flight 655, and countermeasures to Iranian mining of international waters ^[e]

Security

General Intelligence Department (Saudi Arabia) [r]: The national intelligence service of Saudi Arabia ^[e]}
Turki al-Faisal [r]: Senior prince of Saudi Arabia, who has headed their General Intelligence Department and been Ambassador both to the U.K. and U.S.; board, International Crisis Group ^[e]
Gulf War [r]: The conflict started by the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990, and ended with the liberation of Kuwait and major damage to Iraqi forces, by a US-led UN coalition in 1991. ^[e]
E-3 Sentry [r]: Airborne warning and control system (AWACS) aircraft, equipped with a large radar and a battle staff, which can detect aircraft and control combat. ^[e]
F-15 Eagle [r]: A series of air superiority fighters, designed for the United States Air Force and flown by several countries; intended for the high role in the high-low mix; The F-15E Strike Eagle is a multirole fighter variant. ^[e]
MIM-104 Patriot [r]: Missile originally developed for medium-to-high altitude aircraft interception (SAM) use, which, while retaining that capability, is now optimized as an anti-ballistic missile (ABM) for relatively small but critical areas. The SAM versions have explosive warheads but the ABM is hit-to-kill. ^[e]
Prepositioning ship [r]: Military cargo ships, normally in squadrons of several vessels, that are prepositioned at secure forward locations, in order to speed delivery of sustainment supplies to the initial forces landed by air or from combat amphibious warfare ships. ^[e]
Royal Saudi Air Force [r]: Lavishly equipped and with some combat experience from the Gulf War, the air force of Saudi Arabia ^[e]

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Salman Awdah [r]: Add brief definition or description

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