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The United States declared under the Truman Doctrine that any nation under the threat of communism could recieve aid from the United States and its allies. This immediately gave Turkey and Greece both millions of dollars in financial aid.
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The United States immediately recognized Israel upon it's declaration as a sovereign nation. However, very few Middle Eastern nations recognized Israel until many years later.
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Israel, the United Kingdom, and France invaded Egypt to regain western control of the Suez Canal and remove the Egyptian President from power. The United Nation, US, and Soviet Union forced the three nations to stop their invasion.
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The Organization of the Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries declared an oil embargo on the United States and other countries. The price of oil rose from 3 dollars to 12 dollars. It was a response to the United States' involvement in the recent Yom Kippur War.
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It was a revolution in Iran that sought to overthrow Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi that was supported by the United States. It ended with Pahlavi in exile and a new government in Iran.
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United States president Jimmy Carter forced Egyptian President Anwar El Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin to negotiate and sign two partial framework agreements for the Middle East.
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After the United States allowed Pahlavi to enter the country for medical treatments, a group of Iranian students took over the US embassy in Tehran and took 444 hostages. They held the hostages until US President Ronald Regan was inaugurated.
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During the Leabanese Civil War, two truck bombs struck seperate buildings destroyed two buildings housing American and French soldiers. It led to the withdraw of the international peacekeeping force from Lebanon.
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The United States secretly sold arms to Iran, though Iran was under an arms embargo. The money that Iran then would have paid to the United States they instead sent to the Contras fighting in Nicaragua, because the Unted States was unable to assist the Contras due to a previous act of Congress.
