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Unfortunately, the most efficient way to become knowledgable about the Middle East is to read. A lot. The Middle East is a far more complex place than most people imagine and understanding the region requires a great deal of knowledge. I have been studying the Middle East for nearly a decade and I still feel like there is so much that I do not know. I would start by reading reputable news sources every day. Places like The Economist, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, BBC, Financial Times, are the Los Angeles Times are good English language news sources that you should look at. Additionally, I have written up a suggested reading list for learning about the Middle East, though it is a bit more security-related since that's my area of expertise. I hope it helps. And feel free to ask any questions if you have them.
Books - General History of the Middle East
Books - Middle East Military History
Books - Middle East Terrorism and Substate Violence
Books - U.S. Foreign Policy in the Middle East
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you should check this book out, its very very informative
The Americans where on the outskirts of kuwait city by that stage. Their plan called for Kuwait city to be 'liberated' by arab armies as a symbolic PR gesture to the rest of the world. As a result all the arab armies including the saudies, the Egyptians and the syrians where formed as one battle group with the egyptians playing the main role (syrians in reserve because they used the exact same weapons as iraq). They where supposed to reach kuwait city. Because they where not close enough the US had to bus certain egyptian units through their own positions to reach kuwait city.
That Wikipedia article just lists the numbers, not the reality behind them. If you have followed news, Saudis got their high tech ass kicked by some tribal men from Yemen. During the first Gulf war 13,000 troops and 6,000 from Pakistan were sent to secure Saudi Arabia.
Pakistan has currently two army divisions on standby for deployment to Saudi Arabia. Bahrain recruited 1000 ex Pakistani soldiers to take down the uprising.
Good backround to need to understand what's the problem is provided by Arabs at War: Military Effectiveness, 1948-1991, by Kenneth M. Pollack