Condoleezza Rice: “International Support for Iraqi Democracy”

Glossary

• al-Qaida an Arabic term (often rendered al Qaeda) that means literally “the base”; an Islamic terrorist group responsible for the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the United States
• Arab League informal name for the League of Arab States, a regional organization of Arabic states formed in 1945
• Cold War the atmosphere of suspicion and tension surrounding relations between the United States and its allies and the Soviet Union and its allies during the post–World War II period
• Ronald Reagan fortieth U.S. president
• Saddam Hussein became president of Iraq in 1979; at the time of this speech, on trial in Iraq for crimes against humanity
• Security Council an organ of the United Nations responsible for international peace and security