... society. We all feel that everyone is created equal regardless of their culture, race, and ethnic background. However, like in the scripture of the Bible it was stated that thou shall not kill; this poses an intriguing question. Why would God state thou shall not kill and order disciples such ... the present were Iraq is not only evil but is up to no good were he is planning terror and nuclear warfare against us. This is a serious and crucial moment in history that may come to an end if the American government don't act accordingly. Are you a person who would risk your life along with ...

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... the war with Iraq. People look at this and cant help but read because they are so curious to what happened and if it could happen to them. In the past people would be used to hearing stories about a meteor shower or a new type of car that is on the market. I looked at two ... similar topics from past and recent newspaper articles. The preparations people were supposed to take before WWII and the preparations for possible war on Iraq. With the Iraq war the media has scared people way too much. I found an article that suggested that people duct tape there ... windows and vents to prevent ...

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September 11, 2001 was a terrible tragedy for the United States and the world. Thousands of innocent people were killed and a new chapter of warfare began. The world and the United States as the world's leader, was faced with an unprecedented enemy that ... had to be dealt with. President Bush singled out a few countries as the Axis of Evil and the need to go after regimes that financed and harbored terrorism. The removal of the Taliban regime in ... threatening to impose a war on Hussein unless he surrendered these weapons. However, Hussein adamantly denied these accusations and allowed the ...

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... ! (propagandized) Today coalition forces easily finished off the last of the anti-American Saddam loyalist in Baghdad. This brings the end to a reign of terror and dictatorship in one part of the Middle East. The people of Iraq were thrilled to see the American troops coming to save them. The liberation of Iraq was much ... overdue and had it happened sooner the people would have endured a substantial amount less suffering at the hands of the Islamic fundamentalist. There are still many countries in the Middle East that are stuck in the past and are yet to adopt democracy and western ide...

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... tears) However, hundreds of ordinary citizens are dying who should not die simply because there is a lack of adequatenursing, medicine, power and water. Moreover, male US soldiers even sexually assaulted women in many circumstances. Additionally,after Bush claimed victory in Iraqi war, it has been becoming increasingly clear that this war of liveration is a nightmare of occupationfor Iraqi people as the country descends ... services.(nightmare) The Iraqis' misery is getting worse because the country's agriculture is on the blinks of collapse: already 60% of Iraqi's 24.5 million people a...

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... on account of very similar issues. Aside from not letting U.N. inspectors into Iraq, Hussein has been a brutal dictator towards his own people for the better part of a decade. President Bush says that one of the main objectives of winning this war is to completely rebuild Iraq and make it ... the American troops must take Hussein out of power. The beginning of the war was preceded by a forty-eight hour period that President Bush had given Hussein for a chance to comply with the U.N. and avoid war. President Bush's final attempts at peace were not accepted and he began what the Pentagon i...

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... rectangular manufactured block of dried or fired clay, small enough to be lifted and placed with one hand, used in building. Small amounts of CaCO3 and silt might be added to the mixture for strength. The bricks made in Mesopotamia were made of ceramic material. The first kind of bricks made and used were the mud - bricks. ... These bricks were made from a mixture of mud and small pieces of straw or reeds. Leaving them out in the sun to dry would harden them. This would take most of the water out of the brick making it more durable. These bricks were used to build the first stage of the...

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... coalition force who destroyed thousands of lives, the electricity or "beating heart of Iraq", water purification, and manufacturing capability? (page 10, Sept.) "The war interrupted the therapy, he relapsed and now there is little chance, without new and more effective medicine, that he will survive," a journalist discovered, in regards to a young boy, diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, who once had an optimistic ... ," a doctor painfully admitted, "We do not have proper drugs nor do we have proper electricity, water, sanitation, or oxygen supply. We had all of that before the ...

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... won "because more would get done" . Only time will tell which issues will pass and how much will get done. With Iraq at the middle stage in these elections, the Democrats did not stand a chance. A recent New York Times/ CBS News Poll found that Americans ranked terrorism ahead of the economy. " ... Republican says, "has prevented the Democrats from coalescing the economic sentiment against Bush and the Republicans." War is going to be a top priority with the Republicans in control of the houses. We can probably expect that if the chance comes up to go to war with Iraq, that chance is goi...

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... rectangular manufactured block of dried or fired clay, small enough to be lifted and placed with one hand, used in building. Small amounts of CaCO3 and silt might be added to the mixture for strength. The bricks made in Mesopotamia were made of ceramic material. The first kind of bricks made and used were the mud - bricks. ... These bricks were made from a mixture of mud and small pieces of straw or reeds. Leaving them out in the sun to dry would harden them. This would take most of the water out of the brick making it more durable. These bricks were used to build the first stage of the...

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... causes for the current war in which our nation is fighting the Iraqis. Not only has the country of Iraq been aiding terrorists since September 11th, even though our country has been seeking out terrorists, they are creating and hiding weapons of mass destruction as well as being led by a dictator that has no regard for ... human life. First, Iraq has been giving support to terrorists even though our country has been trying to end all terrorism. Shortly after September 11th, we were given word that the Iraqi government was supporting terrorists including Osama Bin Laden, an enemy of our n...

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... world has had one of many things sitting in the back of their mind: The Crisis in the Middle East. President Bush has stated that unless Iraq disarms itself form biological, chemical, and nuclear weapons, war is unavoidable. For the past 10 years Iraq had defied and hid from commands from the ... and Stalin, and much like the cold war; the war against terrorism has been described as a "long twilight struggle". It's a never-ending fight in the dark that we can only give false hopes of winning. At first comparison, Hussein and Hitler aren't very similar. Obviously Hitler was a German Nazi...

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... and behavior during this war. We kill a child with one hand and offer another child a loaf of bread with the other. It's assumed that because we offer these people food for bombing them that will make it all better. People can't be expected to forgive and forget the deaths of their friends and family by the UN's hand. The people of ... shortage of food to begin with it just doesn't make sense. The casualties of war can in no way be compensated for or replaced by any material. They are just lost. Normal Iraqis are trapped in the world of Saddam Hussein's rule. Every single decision that ...

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... of cultures. I think of how these symbols and pictures simplified the lives of our ancestors. From record keeping in daily activities or trading among each other and recording historical events. Those pictures, symbols and letters gave us the foundation for our written communication and self expression that we enjoy today. Their findings have given great insight to Pre-Islamic and ... all origins. The oldest scripts are known as Cuneiform in Mesopotamia and Hieroglyphics in Egypt. The writings are thought to have originated around 3500 B.C. Various branches ... of Aramaic script interco...

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We all know what happened last Thursday in Madrid. Five terrorist attacks in trains killed 200 people and injured hundreds of them. All these few days before the elections in Spain. In the beginning no terrorist group had taken the responsibility for the attacks and everybody was confused. The Spanish government and Athnar wanted to persuade the public that it had nothing to do with Al ... Kaida and the fact that Spanish troops were involved in the war in Iraq. Their aim was not to be ... elections as the Spanish people thought that this was a great chance to punish the government. The terro...

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... to minimize the human suffering and negative outcomes of wars. However, notwithstanding the adoption by most countries of the Geneva Conventions and treaties related to IHL, crimes of war arise in every conflict around the world on a regular basis. Recent conflicts have confirmed that the devastations of war continue to have a destructive impact especially on the civilian population. According to ... is unrealistic to rely upon states to protect the life and dignity of individuals during wars, as their main priority in that estate is achieving specific aims. The development and sophistic...

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... known as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered a speech at Riverside Church on the fourth of April, 1967 called "A Time to Break Silence." In this speech King told of the horrors of war and the consequences that follow. It is easy to see that these two literary works and the recent war ... it was a speech not only against the war in Vietnam, but a speech against all wars. Just as today's war protestors, King not only shows compassion for the American soldiers but also for the soldiers of the opposing force. King mentions the "fear and pity" he feels for the sons and fathers that were sent ...

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... graduating from my high school and I signed up to be in the Marines. I signed to get ahead in life, to get a better education through the marines, but who knew, that I would end up in Iraq and fighting. I don't even know why I am here. When I was ready to leave for Iraq, I remember my family was in tears but were proud of me, as I waved them goodbye ... I could feel some tears in my eyes. My brother yelling saying to me saying " Travis come back soon." That ... was the last time I had seen my family. Now as I sit in this rusty old truck with my teammates. They ... ...

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... just give The United States an excuse to go into Iraq and take Saddam out of power in order to get control of his oil. If we get control of his oil we would rule the oil industry for as long as the earth lets us. This is true because we haven't even begun to ... find out how to make cold fusion type technology with oil instead of water? I also think we started this war in Iraq in order to give the Americans some sort of relief, moral boost, or some sort of closure for the Twin Towers tragedy. The U.S in Iraq helps us think that we are still that super power and ... we to tell other peo...

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... his power. I don't think we truly know how he was treating his people. It was also a good thing to get him out of power for the sake of terrorism. We must take action where action is needed to make the world safe from countries whose leaders support terrorist actions. If the ... possession of nuclear or powerful chemical weapons, they may have used them or let terrorist use them against other countries. A nuclear or chemical attack anywhere in the world could start a war that would have disastrous results. On the other hand those who oppose the war have legitimate opinions. Those America...

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... information fed to us, legitimate or does it have hidden biases not understood by the common reading public? The news shown to the American public is biased in many ways. The war in Iraq is represented in one perspective - which is the American viewpoint. The damage to artillery, the injuries, the casualties are all American. What about the Iraqi people, the poor defenseless ... not limited to local news alone. CNN, an international news bulletin has certain biases as well. Everything that occurs in the international stage, whether it is an isolated suicide bomb attack in Israel, to the...

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... This is similar to the conflict in Iraq, because the United States accused Saddam Hussein of being an ally of the Al"Queida. The Al"Queida is a well known, and feared terrorist group. Creating an alliance with them would not be good for Saddam Hussein, because the Al" ... Queida have many enemies and are extremely dangerous. This accusation gives Saddam Hussein a bad reputation, even worse than the one he currently holds. Unfortunately, it is very possible that together, they could be developing a plan to attack once more. Thus, the war in ... powerful country, it must take over all mean...

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... or other financial ties to the industry. The Bush administration has also refused to increase fuel efficiency requirements for cars in the U.S because they know that the more the American people pump oil into their cars the better it is for the value of their stock in their oil companies. The invasion of Iraq will could also help the Bush administrations oil tycoons. Prior ... fields once sanctions were lifted. It becomes understandable why these governments didn't want to go to war with Iraq, as a change in regime would jeopardise their oil contracts thus benefiting the U.S. Today the ...

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... oil, what sane man would agree to terms like that? However, if it's more like 50 gallons of oil for every pint of American blood, then I'd say, lets get down to business. In the first Gulf War, around 300 Americans lost their lives. Figuring the average American loses about 8 pints of blood ... and heard of criminals sentenced for life well these people don't have a real need for life. And soldiers are paid for risking their lives. We could design an Easter game, and whoever finds oil in their egg is up for a beheading. Why should we put our soldiers through fear and death in a foreign...

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... well by this war, and we are helping people to become free. Americans believe in having freedom, but yet, most do not want our military to go to Iraq and fight for the Iraq people, so they have freedom as well. There are always many reasons to fight in a war, but there are always going to be people who object. Many Americans believe ... thing by helping Iraq's people to become free. I understand how many people feel, but I have two brothers who are in the military, which one , Brian is going overseas next month. Although I do not want him to go, I know that it is best for him to go. By ...

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