... Iraq, many of whom died. Furthermore, since that time birth defects have been reported in Kurdish communities. In conjunction with the aim to disarm Saddam Hussein, the US wants to destroy the threat of terrorism against America. This is partly prompted by the September 11 catastrophe, in which two commercial ... the tragedy, Osama Bin Laden has not been found and there is speculation that the US is seeking revenge against the fundamentalist Arab world through Saddam Hussein because they have been unable to dismantle Osama Bin Laden's terrorist network. A reason that is often not stated...

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... Iraq, many of whom died. Furthermore, since that time birth defects have been reported in Kurdish communities. In conjunction with the aim to disarm Saddam Hussein, the US wants to destroy the threat of terrorism against America. This is partly prompted by the September 11 catastrophe, in which two commercial ... the tragedy, Osama Bin Laden has not been found and there is speculation that the US is seeking revenge against the fundamentalist Arab world through Saddam Hussein because they have been unable to dismantle Osama Bin Laden's terrorist network. A reason that is often not stated...

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... Kuwait's oil reserves. Iraq accused Kuwait, and also the United Arab Emirates of breaking agreements that limit oil production in the Middle East. According to Saddam Hussein, this brought down world oil prices and caused financial loss of billions of dollars in Iraq's annual revenue. ("The Persian Gulf War", Don Nardo ... thought it was the perfect plan, but George W. Bush doesn't think so! ("Final Words From Flight 93", U.S. News). The Element of Surprise Saddam Hussein had the nearly hopeless task of justifying the invasion. He plead the fact that Kuwait had been part of the Ottoman p...

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... -level officials right away. They targeted a location in Baghdad where U.S. intelligence believed these people, and more, were located at. Nobody knows whether or not Saddam is indeed dead, because the person shown on television doesn"t look exactly like Hussein. Bush ordered this strike to, as he says, "spare thousands of lives, American, allied and Iraqi." The article then talks about how eliminating ... portion of the Iraqi military to simple throw down their weapons and not fight at all. U.S. officials are hoping that that happens, so no people have to die. If Saddam is alive, the US...

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... and being against the American governments policies. Ok, let me just give one last example. Right now, we want to attack Iraq to displace Saddam Hussein, allegedly because he has weapons of mass destruction. There is evidence that Saddam Hussein used chemical and biological weapons against Iran during the Iran-Iraq War in the 1990s (http://projects.sipri.se/cbw/research/factsheet-1984.html ... been wiser. Why did we blindly support the Taliban without protesting their backward beliefs? Why did we help train people like Osama Bin Laden? Why did we support murderers like Saddam Hussein? I...

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... within five hours "Defence secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld was telling his aides to come up with plans for striking Iraq - even though there was no evidence linking Saddam Hussein to the attacks." - CBS NEWS. This is another statement which shows a general grudge against the country and leadership of Iraq, suggesting America would pounce on ... the worlds most wanted (Osama Bin Laden) things swiftly moved on to the leadership of Iraq. Now it was being dictated that Saddam Hussein is up to no good, making evil plans for mass destruction so the president of America decided solely that it was t...

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... Although Osama Bin Laden is still very much sought after, our attention has shifted to another threat. The target is the Iraqi regime, led by Saddam Hussein. Hussein's anti-American sentiment is unquestionable, as is his capability to bring harm to the citizens of the United States and our allies. Since this is ... most people ignore is if oil was the major motivation for the US, they could lift sanctions on Iraq and buy it. It's that simple. Hussein would be more than happy to sell it to them. He's dealt with the US before and would be happy to in the future. It ... agrees with the war...

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... any other free nation. Nevertheless, there is one country and there is one man whom no Afghan adventure will ever deter from terrorism. Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein is the most dangerous man in the world. While distanced from Islamic extremists, he has not stopped developing biological, chemical and nuclear weapons. His ... the snake." He needs a place to hide and support from foreign powers. In short, Saddam Hussein and Iraq offer the support that men such as bin Laden need to operate. In the menagerie of terrorism, Saddam Hussein is the head of the snake and bin Laden is just a coil....

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... market today. All these magazines are full of American biases. Take Time magazine for example. The cover of the September 16, 2002 issue has Saddam Hussein's face half cut off with his eyes are glaring off the page in order to create suspense and mystery. The editors have done this because ... Americans, especially the first family believe that Saddam hired or perhaps partnered with Osama Bin Laden to destroy the symbols of "stability" and "wealth" of the United States: the White House, the ... Pentagon, and the World Trade Center. Americans also believe that Saddam is ready to take re...

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... why troops were being sent into Iraq at the beginning of the conflict. One stated reason was that it was believed that the dictator, Saddam Hussein was harboring weapons of mass destruction that could prove detrimental to the stability of our nation and many other nations. Another reason for the Iraq ... conflict was to diminish the threat of international terrorism and promote democracy. Also, it was said that Hussein helped Osama bin Laden, the leader of Al-Qaeda, achieve his goal of attacking the Twin Towers and killing many people. The author believes ... author believes that there ...

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... are there: (1) purported terrorist activities in Iraq, with a direct connection to Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network and its attacks on September 11, 2001 (2) continuing violations by Saddam Hussein through continuing development, construction and deployment of weapons of mass destruction purportedly being built so fast, and being so potentially available for terror attacks, that the U.N. inspectors could not be ... allowed an additional three weeks to look for them (3) Hussein's pattern of systematic repression carried against his own citizens. According to polls, most Americans now b...

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... Islamics within Iraq, would be able to maintain close links with Osama bin Laden. In fact, Osama's former intelligence chief, Saudi Prince Turki bin Faisal, noted that Bin Laden views Saddam Hussein "as an apostate, an infidel, or someone who is not worthy of being a fellow Muslim"( Rai). The other justification was Iraq's possession of WMDs. Despite speculation of possible Iraqi efforts ... that Iraq had tried or will try to attack the United States. President Bush even recently admitted that no credible connection has been found linking the September 11 attack and Saddam Hussein. A fe...

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... fares for people that do not have cars. Violence is scary to citizens of a country. Iraq has been known to attack other countries under Saddam Hussein. Stopping this would create peace around the world and make it a better place to live. We all live in a place where violence occurs ... , so we could start somewhere. People getting killed by other people's stupidity or leadership. Saddam has clearly brainwashed some of his people to commit suicide bombings. It is terrifying that one of his soldiers might be roaming around the streets ... with innocent people with a deadly bomb. We need t...

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... that Bin Laden has gone into hiding and can't be found anywhere Bush decided to go in a different direction to fight the war on terrorism by setting his sights on Saddam Hussein, who was a big problem for his father. Bush or George "Dubya" as he is also referred to so he is not confused with his father George H. W. Bush, believes that ... Saddam Hussein is helping Osama Bin Laden with his terroristic intensions. Saddam is also under suspicion because he is hiding weapons of mass destruction. These are some of Bush's reasons for launching war on Iraq. But I and some ... , but he still ge...

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... the reader on what to think about this complex issue of terrorism. ARTICLE ONE The article "Now for Osama" contributes to the fear of terrorism. It states that even though Saddam Hussein was captured, Osama Bin Laden is still a fugitive and if not caught, terrorism will never end. Osama's ability to remain free and to defy US power is a huge inspiration to ... against the western world. The US is trying extremely hard to capture Osama Bin Laden .The US Intelligence Agencies have said that "Saddam was always known to be hiding in a relatively small area of the country". This is why Sadda...

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... the chase has not stop until he is apprehended. Attention once again focused on Iraq and the person many consider to be the most dangerous man alive; Saddam Hussein. Soon the war on Iraq started and Saddam was overthrown with months and a nation liberated from a ruthless dictator. Thus preventing generations of the future from being exposed to negative propaganda and educated in the ... guard up at embassy's, airports and borders to make sure nothing would leak through. Most importantly they brought down two of the most dangerous men alive: Osama Bin Laden and Saddam Hussein. With their...

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... it. As far as the United States government is concerned, the war that is going on in Iraq can be entirely justified. We feel as though Saddam Hussein is a ruthless leader who needs to be removed from power. He signed a treaty 12 years ago under President Bush saying that he would not build ... that we know he has been building these weapons and will continue to do so. All President Bush asks for is total and complete disarmament, but Saddam refuses to do so. United Nations investigators have found that Iraq has Anthrax and other bio-chemicals that they have not destroyed after proclaimi...

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... the weapons moved so the inspects could not find them. But again and again, Iraq got away with it and the U.N. did nothing. Saddam Hussein, one of the most ruthless government rulers in the world today governs Iraq. Hussein has been compared to the likes of Hitler 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 leader and Hussein is an Isl...

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... forgive you. The problem is George Bush didn't admit he was wrong. He just seemed to forget that the "Weapons of Mass Destruction" were his basis for waging war upon Saddam Hussein, who I might add is just like these WMD has yet to be found. He turned to the other more logical reason for invading Iraq, to liberate, but that's a lie, he ... the President of the United States making a case for a war against Iraq. This quote also helps lead up to the next lie that Mr. Bush has told, the connection of Saddam Hussein to Osama Bin Laden. For months leading up to the war the Bush administratio...

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... that we have to fight our enemy. They told us that before we have a clue who our enemy was. Is it the Iraq? Is it Osama Bin Laden? Is it Saddam Hussein? We are repeatedly told we are in great danger and threat, and that we must fight back. Politicians demonized the enemy through television, magazines, radio, and Internet in our daily ... weapons, as known as weapons of mass destruction (WMD). The fact is both the U.S. military and the government haven't found any evidence to support that. The strongest evidence shows that Saddam Hussein was building a nuclear weapon was that he was impo...

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... is imperative that we also cite a more recent example, so Iraq should be included. When Iraq invaded Iranian territory, the United States threw in their lot with Saddam Hussein for no other reason than Saddam was slightly more democratic than Radical Islamic state of Iran, which was backed by Ayatollah Khomeini. After backing the Iraqi president out of the fear or the Islamic ... Revolution spreading to nations like Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, both huge suppliers of oil to the western world, Saddam himself invaded Kuwait, thus causing Operation Desert Shield/Storm. When the United States p...

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... -up effort. "As reports circulate that the U.S. is planning to scale down its troop commitment in Iraq, President Bush has vowed that U.S. forces will not leave the region before both Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden are captured or killed. In an interview with London's Financial Times published Friday, the president said a U.S. pullout was "inconceivable" in Iraq and Afghanistan, saying troops will ... remain "until the job is done. Period." Asked whether his reference to the U.S.'s "job" included apprehending Hussein and bin Laden, Bush said, "Yes, that's part of it." "But even bigge...

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... -up effort. "As reports circulate that the U.S. is planning to scale down its troop commitment in Iraq, President Bush has vowed that U.S. forces will not leave the region before both Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden are captured or killed. In an interview with London's Financial Times published Friday, the president said a U.S. pullout was "inconceivable" in Iraq and Afghanistan, saying troops will ... remain "until the job is done. Period." Asked whether his reference to the U.S.'s "job" included apprehending Hussein and bin Laden, Bush said, "Yes, that's part of it." "But even bigge...

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... which allows our government to go in and destroy other countries because they feel there is a fear of terrorists in those countries. To us, "Goldstein" is Osama bin Laden or Saddam Hussein and our "two minutes hate" can easily be compared to the evening news. As for the telescreens, they are like our televisions. If we can see what's going on elsewhere ... ...

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... them, George Bush leader of the US, great man that he is, can't even control his own children. He does deserve our respect as a world leader, but not as a parent? Saddam Hussein, Iraq's leader, at one time he was a despised terrorist now he's a World leader, does he deserve our respect? Not in my book, he's still a threat to the world. Then the ... ...

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