... 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 ideology. The fall of Iraq is the biggest victory in the war against terror so far. The war in Iraq is over but the war on terror is far from .....

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... of force is not only warranted, but it is also obligatory, and that Saddam Hussein is a real and impending threat to our security. In addition, Bush stated that we cannot trust Hussein's sanity. The president also outlined his plans to use force against Iraq. Although many people support President Bush's plan to invade Iraq, many others do not favor it. One person ... said that he would introduce a resolution to force Bush to get Congress's approval before sending troops to Iraq. In general, Republicans support Bush's plan, and Democrats oppose it. George Bush also talked about many oth...

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... and Egyptian capitals were threatened. The Arabs had no other choice. The Israeli's had defeated them. The Six Day War was one of the most interesting and important wars between the Israel and Arab nations. The war was an embarrassment to the Arabs, and resulted in many years of suffering and recovery. The Arab people went through many changes in the years that followed and the tension that existed between Israel and ... the Arab countries increased immensely. This war ... ...

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... spent that would have gone to the economy would be kept. There are numerous reasons for the price spike at the pump, but the main culprit is the scarcity in the overall supply of oil. Considering how a great deal of our oil comes internationally, and with our suppliers in South American striking, the United States has greatly felt the effects. Iraq, with the world's second-largest proven oil and ... gas reserves, is the ninth-largest exporter to the United States. Concerns about the possible loss ... per household. In conclusion, it's hard to tell how a war in Iraq will further affect ga...

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... cultures has given us all a better understanding 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....

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... as a result of his actions and the fact that he wasn"t killed that the allies are now set on attacking Iraq. My reason for picking the reason articles is to look at other reasons. I will also look up on other arguments for and against war with Iraq via another source. Allied forces are still in Afghanistan but in the article it talks about Bin Laden being ... alive and well. He seems to have evaded the bombings which lit up the Afghan sky. He still has a group of followers close to his side as well and it seems to show ... that George Bush is forcing Tony Blair into war and because of ...

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... paper, all you will see is articles and stories that deal with a local rape, or the latest on 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 ... co...

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... . To occupy a country is a hazardous task. It involves detailed planning. You must consider the culture and the different faiths and people it holds. One must also give thought to the leader, and his beliefs in running the system. What is that leader doing to help the country? And if he is not helping the country. What exactly is he doing wrong? And how can one change it ... invaded it. How will one correct a corrupt government and expect peace, while the Kurds for example, are still disdained today? In a country where few get along, and most don't understand what the want in a system, i...

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... (figure 1). This is a small votive figure from the Sumerian time period. The statue was carved out of limestone and inlaid with shell and lapis lazuli.1 Sumer was located in the south of the fertile land of Mesopotamia, which in Greek stands for the "land between the rivers". Sumer is located where modern day Iraq is currently located.The land of Sumer was prone to both droughts and ... flooding, which led to fertile land but also created the need to control the water supply. This led to the forming of the first cities. With ... , we see defined muscles, a youthful face. Gudea's votive ...

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... , who regarded Americans as infidels trespassing in their holy land, and pan-Arab nationalists on the left, who viewed Americans as imperialists forcing their ideals upon the unwilling. (Ajami) For this reason, the al Qaeda network established by Osama bin Laden had one objective; the overthrow of the Saudi and Egyptian regimes, who made allowances for an American presence in the Middle-East. (Indyk) With U.S. support, though, these governments had ... become hardened targets. It was for this reason that al Qaeda made a strategic decision to strike at their benefactor, the more powerful ...

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... it. He couldn't be more wrong. An attitude like that is very dangerous for a democracy. Our founders gave the right to Congress, and only Congress, to make the momentous decision of whether to take the U.S. to war or not. It says so in Article 1, Section 8, of the U.S. Constitution. It is against International law, which is quite clear: Country A cannot attack Country B unless Country B has already ... chance he gets, he goes to church, and he leads us to believe he is a good, wholesome, Christian man. But, on Sunday, March 27, 2003, at the Church of the Good Shepherd on Santa Monica Bo...

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... a good leader. I understand that war is terrible , but I believe that terrorism must come to an end. Even though the war is now over , American soldiers are still being attacked and killed. But with a newly formed Iraqi army trained by United States personnel , the violence among the Iraqi people and soldiers would probably die down. I am for this decision one hundred percent , and know that ... only good things can come out of it as a result. I predict that when this new Iraqi army is formed , our U.S troops are pulled out , and a democracy is being developed in Iraq , the world we be ...

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... that people and our United States government take such a concern about the events that are happing thousands of miles away. The way America is trying to take control of the situation in the Middle East is wrong. There have been problems in the Middle East since the times of the bible. America can not send troops over to the Middle East and expect to solve problems that have thousands of years ... the only motivation is to further the American cause, that is not right. Second the United States does not want to see the country Iraq bullied by neighboring country Iran; it is clear what the...

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... 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 United Nations regarding their stockpiling of weapons of mass destruction. When the U.N. weapons inspectors went into Iraq, the Iraqi government had the weapons moved so the ... 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...

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... authority over records, food distribution/production and projects like building irrigation systems. Even though the priest was important, the people of Ancient Mesopotamia known as the Sumerians were very accomplished. The Sumerians developed a system of writing known as cuneiform. In cuneiform, a pointed stick called the stylus was used to form wedge shaped impressions on clay tablets. These wedge shaped impressions ... represented syllables that formed words when joined together. By using this form of writing, the Sumerians were able to preserve ideas and knowledge for the ... carts ...

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... we have found no chemical, biological arms, but departing search leader David Kay (former leader of the U.S effort to find banned weapons in Iraq) says "that there were in fact illicit weapons in Iraq in 1991." After the war, the Iraqis got rid of the weapons themselves because of the constant U.N. random searches. All of Kay's statements undermined President Bush's statements. Bush said that Iraq had biological and chemical ... 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 tra...

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... , it did not take long for Bush to follow in his father's footsteps to become a member of the US House of Representatives in 1978. Working up the ladder, Bush climbed into a spot as the Governor of Texas in 1994 and, only six years later, was included in the millennium election as a Republican candidate [Kinsley 3]. Finally, in the year 2000, George W. Bush's dream came true. ... He won the presidential election, soaring from statewide superman to nationwide hero ... an exit plan and timeline of war, or an explanation for the lack of weapons of mass destruction found in Iraq [Pilger 2]. ...

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... . His approach to writing this article was aggressive and forceful but also very informative and factual. The tone of the language presented throughout the issue is put in a way to make the reader sway more to the writer's opinion The tone the writer's uses is very supportive of the war on Iraq and very disappointed in the way some of Australia's society is patronizing what must be done to save them ... !-. Scare Tactics are used right through the issue appealing to the reader's emotions "If not disarmed, Saddam will use the cover of his nuclear weapons to try to forcibly unite the Middle...

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... government `has been a participant in the research and creation of biological warfare. In 1990, during the Gulf War, a severe plague broke out within the United States, Europe, England, the Middle East and every country except France that participated in this war. Saddam Hussein utilized multiple types of germ warfare against both the United States and other alliance troops. The shocking discovery came when we found out the germ warfare used against ... is an organization that collects and distributes biological specimens throughout the world. These shipments went directly to Iraq, and ...

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... hours to relinquish your control over Iraq or the war begins". As it turns out, Hussein did not flee from his country and the bombing began in the middle of the night on March 20. As the fighting began, so did the criticism from countries and interests groups around the world against the United States, Bush in particular. Russia, China and most of the world were against this. There was also a ... definite tension between the US and its allies such as France and Germany. Even ... sides continue to mount. The US military, to this date, has sustained 351 deaths and another 1,268 wounded s...

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... to be a threat to, or support terrorism against, America and its allies: George W. Bush said "States like these, and their terrorist allies, constitute an axis of evil, arming to threaten the peace of the world. By seeking weapons of mass destruction, these regimes pose a grave and growing danger. They could provide these arms to terrorists, giving them ... Gulf War. BUT THEN, GWB said "I think he hid them. I think he dispersed them," America argues that the war in Iraq was the "first step in the spread of democratic values" and "the beginning of a new stage in Middle East peace" Weapon...

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... vicious dictator out of power, who has committed so many heinous crimes (torturing the children of parents who are believed to oppose the regime by smashing their teeth in, breaking their bones etc ) to his, own people, but to stabilise the whole of the Middle East. Why would we want to stabilise the Middle East? Well in 1967 three Arab nations (Egypt, Jordan and Syria) banded together under one man ... named Gamal Abdel-Nasser who started a war against Israel. For unknown reasons Israel defeated all three Arab nations. Now this isn't a history lesson on the Middle East but it does give...

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... government has produced hard evidence proving that Iraq currently possess the capability to deploy chemical, biological, or nuclear weapons of mass destruction. Nor the proof that the biological weapons programs exist, or if it does, that Saddam Hussein is planning to use biological warfare on his neighbors or the United States. Our relationship in the region are in major disrepair, not to point where we can fix ... them, but it was the wrong time. We may have created a backlash to regimes that are friendly to us. Iraq cannot afford to rebuild its infrastructure ... more casualties. Th...

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... so many problems that we are already plagued by? There are an abundance of reasons for war but I do not think President Bush has attained a good enough reason to invade Iraq. I"m sure that Iraq is hiding weapons of mass destruction and Iraq needs a regime change, but can the U.S. handle the unpredictable economy and the North Korea nuclear problem while trying to manage ... thinks our Special Forces can advance into Iraq find the weapons of mass destruction and help quickly to administrate the citizens to adopt a new nation. In the month of December 101,000 positions were cut which has b...

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... access and with access they can do anything. the U.S, North Korea and Iraq which were all ranked below Israel by the European polls. The U.S.'s support for Israel is not a highly supported alliance and it prevents internal political problems in the country which could be settled diplomatically. For the past 30 years the same politics have been carried out and we the American people do nothing about it, government agencies ... and independent analysts both come to the conclusion that carrying out this war ... ...

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