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In the period from 2000 to 2020, world oil use is likely to exceed the amount used in the entire preceding industrial era. A U.S. Central Intelligence Agency report, Global Trends 2015, has concluded that economic and population growth are expected to increase oil demand... 

U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. 2001. Global Trends 2015. Washington, DC U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. 

Bombing of U.S. Marine Barracks, Beirut — On April 18, 1983, a vehicle driven by a member of the Islamic Jihad crashed into the outer wall of the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, killing 67 people, 17 of whom comprised the majority of Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) staff in Lebanon. In retaliation, the U.S. Navy bombarded terrorist positions designed to aid the Lebanese army in Beirut. In response, on October 23,1983, the Islamic Jihad fitted two trucks with 12,000 pounds of explosives and sent them on a suicide mission. The trucks passed the lax security at the U.S. Marine guardhouse and crashed into a wall of a four-story concrete barrack. All 241 marines and 58 French soldiers inside were killed in the explosion. 

From U.S. News World Report, June 23, 1997, p. 36, based on information from the Central Intelligence Agency. 

The World Factbook, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC, 1997. Statistical Abstract of the United States, U.S. Census Bureau, Washington, DC, 1997 (presents not only domestic but international data). 

Sources This report was prepared from a variety of sources including excerpts from documents and official reports or databases published by the World Bank, the U.S. Department of Commerce, the U.S. State Department, various national agencies, the International Monetary Fund, the Central Intelligence Agency, the United Nations, ICON Group International, Inc. and ICON Group Ltd. 

Fig. 7.4 Number of engineering Bachelor s degrees or equiveilent per million population. Sources (National Science Botird, 2006 U.S. Department of Education, 2006 U.S. Census Bureau, 2006 Population Estimates taken from US Central Intelligence Agency World Factbook, specific country pages, indicated year)...

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