| "Publicly
promoting democracy while supporting tyranny may be the most damaging
thing we do. From the standpoint of democracy, Saudi Arabia looks much
worse than Iran. We use the term “Islamofascism”—but we're
supporting it in Saudi Arabia, with Mubarak in Egypt, and even Jordan is a
police state. We don't have a strategy because we don't have a clue
about what motivates our enemies." They're
not blind. Our actions are not in sync with our words, which is why they
don't believe us when we talk about freedom and democracy. |
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Armenia |
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-
Capital: Yerevan
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Cities over 500,000: 1
-
Independence Day: 08/23/1990
from
USSR
-
Land Size: Total
Area: 28,400 sq km
-
Literacy: 98.6%
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-
Median Age: 30.8
years
-
Population: 3,215,800
-
Population-Density:
-
Water: 1,400 sq
km
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Azerbaijan |
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Capital: Baku
-
Cities over 500,000: 1
-
Independence Day: 08/230/1991
from
USSR
-
Land Size: Total
Area: 86,100 sq km
-
Literacy: 98.8%
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|
-
Median Age: 27.6
years
-
Population: 8,120,247
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Population-Density:
-
Water: 500 sq km
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Bahrain |
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Capital: Manama
-
Cities over 500,000: 0
-
Independence Day: 12/16/1971
from Britain
-
Land Size: 665 sq
km
-
Literacy: 89.1%
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|
-
Median Age: 29.7
years
-
Population: 708,573
-
Population-Density:
-
Water: 0 sq km
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Cyprus |
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|
-
Capital: Nicosia
-
Cities over 500,000: 0
-
Independence Day: 10/1/1960 from
Britain
-
Land Size: 9,250
sq km
-
Literacy: 97.6%
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|
-
Median Age: 35.1
years
-
Population: 788,457
-
Population-Density:
-
Water: 10 sq km
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Egypt |
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|
-
Capital: Cairo
-
Cities over 500,000: 23
-
Independence Day: 2/28/1922 from
Britain
-
Land Size: 1,002,450
-
Literacy: 71.4%
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|
-
Median Age: 24.5 years
-
Population: 75,360,000 sq km
-
Population-Density:
-
Water: 6,000 sq km
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Georgia |
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-
Capital: Tblisi
-
Cities over 500,000: 1
-
Independence Day: 04/9/1991 from
USSR
-
Land Size: 69,700
sq km
-
Literacy: 100%
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|
-
Median Age: 38.0
years
-
Population: 4,646,003
-
Population-Density:
-
Water: 0 sq km
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Iran |
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Capital: Tehran
-
Cities over 500,000: 12
-
Independence Day: n/a
-
Land Size: 636,372 square miles
-
Literacy: 79.4%
|
|
-
Median Age: 24.8
years
-
Population: 68,688,433
-
Population-Density:
-
Water: 0.7%
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Iraq |
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-
Capital: Baghdad
-
Cities over 500,000: 12
-
Independence Day: 10/1/1932 from
Britain (Ottoman Empire before)
-
Land Size: 437,072
sq km
-
Literacy: 40.4%
|
|
-
Median Age: 19.7
years
-
Population: 26,783,383
-
Population-Density:
-
Water: 4,910 sq
km
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Israel |
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|
-
Capital: Jerusalem
-
Cities over 500,000: 1
-
Independence Day: 5/14/1948
(formed by UN)
-
Land Size: 20,770
sq km
-
Literacy: 95.4%
|
|
-
Median Age: 29.6
years
-
Population: 6,352,117
-
Population-Density:
-
Water: 440 sq km
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Jordan |
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|
-
Capital: Amman
-
Cities over 500,000: 2
-
Independence Day: 5/25/1946 from
Britain
-
Land Size: 92,300
sq km
-
Literacy: 91.3%
|
|
-
Median Age: 23
years
-
Population: 5,906,760
-
Population-Density:
-
Water: 329 sq km
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Kuwait |
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|
-
Capital: Kuwait City
-
Cities over 500,000: 1
-
Independence Day: 6/19/1961
-
Land Size: 17,820
sq km
-
Literacy: 83.5%
|
|
-
Median Age: 25.9
years
-
Population: 2,418,393
-
Population-Density:
-
Water: 0 sq km
|
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Lebanon |
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|
-
Capital: Beirut
-
Cities over 500,000: 1
-
Independence Day: 11/26/1941from
France (Ottoman
Empire earlier)
-
Land Size: 10,400
sq km
-
Literacy: 87.4%
|
|
-
Median Age: 27.8
years
-
Population: 3,874,050
-
Population-Density:
-
Water: 170 sq km
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Oman |
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|
-
Capital: Muscat
-
Cities over 500,000: 2
-
Independence Day: 1651 from
Portugal
-
Land Size: 212,460
sq km
-
Literacy: 75.8%
|
|
-
Median Age: 19
years
-
Population: 3,102,229
-
Population-Density:
-
Water: 0 sq km
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Palestine |
|
|
-
Capital:
-
Cities over 500,000: 0
-
Independence Day: 5/14/1948 (al
Nakba)
-
Land Size: 6,220
sq km
-
Literacy: 91.9%
|
|
-
Median Age: 18.3
years
-
Population: 3,702,212
-
Population-Density:
-
Water: 221 sq km
|
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Qatar |
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|
-
Capital: Doha
-
Cities over 500,000: 0
-
Independence Day: 9/3/1971
-
Land Size: 11,437
sq km
-
Literacy: 89%
|
|
-
Median Age: 31.9
years
-
Population: 907,229
-
Population-Density:
-
Water: 0 sq km
|
|
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Saudi Arabia |
|
|
-
Capital: Riyadh
-
Cities over 500,000: 6
-
Independence Day: 5/20/1927 from
Ottoman Empire
-
Land Size: 1,960,582
sq km
-
Literacy: 78.8%
|
|
-
Median Age: 21.4
years
-
Population: 27,019,731
-
Population-Density:
-
Water: 0 sq km
|
|
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Syria |
|
|
-
Capital: Damascus
-
Cities over 500,000: 4
-
Independence Day: 4/17/1946 from
France
-
Land Size: 185,180
sq km
-
Literacy: 76.9%
|
|
-
Median Age: 20.7
years
-
Population: 18,881,361
-
Population-Density:
-
Water: 1,130 sq
km
|
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Turkey |
|
|
-
Capital: Ankara
-
Cities over 500,000: 12
-
Independence Day: 10/29/1923
from Ottoman Empire to a Republic
-
Land Size: 780,580
sq km
-
Literacy: 86.5%
|
|
-
Median Age: 28.1
years
-
Population: 70,413,958
-
Population-Density:
-
Water: 9,820
sq km
|
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|
|
United Arab
Emirates |
|
|
-
Capital: Abu Dhabi
-
Cities over 500,000: 4
-
Independence Day: 12/1/1971 from
Britain
-
Land Size: 82,880
sq km
-
Literacy: 77.9%
|
|
-
Median Age: 28.1
years
-
Population: 2,602,713
-
Population-Density:
-
Water: 0 sq km
|
|
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|
|
Yemen |
|
|
-
Capital: San'a
-
Cities over 500,000: 4
-
Independence Day: 1967 from Britain
-
Land Size: 527,970 sq
km
-
Literacy: 50.2%
|
|
-
Median Age: 16.6 years
-
Population: 21,456,188
-
Population-Density:
-
Water: 0 sq km
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