... of oil would be deflated. Saudi Arabia and the entire Gulf region has been jolted by the events of September 11. Many countries have been reluctant to invest in the Arab countries and have curtailed their lending in regards to most investment activities in the area. The economy of the Arab nations has been ... is a very real possibility that the Iraqis will choose to blow up their own oil fields. This would have far-reaching implications for the global economy with developing countries, who are much more dependent on Gulf oil than the United States, suffering the most. The United States i...

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... nationalism and fundamentalism emerge, so does resentment. This occurs especially when people become impotent in the face of overwhelming military might, as in the case of when the Middle East countries faced the US during the Persian Gulf War with America. Whether the sweeping generalizations of Huntington's theory about civilizations are justified or not, when the focus shifts to people as ... ; (d'Aguiliers, unknown) with a sense of purpose that is almost impossible to imagine for modern people. That level of conviction does not generally manifest itself anywhere today, among individu...

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... the development of these weapons. Because of these reasons, and the fact that Saddam has shown the international community that his ambitions lie in developing dangerous weapons that pose potential grave danger, it was imperative that the United States and a handful of allies invaded and replaced the evil ... such as the Shiite and Kurd populations that resides in many areas inside Iraq's borders. Saddam even targeted these ethnic groups in other countries such as Iran, and in 1980 Iraq invaded Iran and started murdering tens and thousands of Shiite and Kurdish individuals. Human Rights ...

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... Iraqi democracy being more of an international mandate rather than a national choice for the population of Iraq. Democracy can only be successful in countries or states that decide to act against their overpowering governments or political regimes. The transformation to democracy must be a common goal for the ... Middle Eastern ideas of how a democratic government should work are entirely different from how the West views democracy. Gaining control of their own nation and developing their own ideas of democracy will be a major hurdle for the people of Iraq to overcome. Myerson (2006) ha...

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... Iraq are also possible, as well as more terrorist stacks. Global economic crisis may be triggered through trade reduction and soaring oil prices, with particularly devastating consequences for developing countries". American economist William Norhaus told The Age "It is difficult to see how a successful occupation of Iraq could be less than five years and might easily extend for two decades" ... ...

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... weapons inspections under Hans Blix in the prelude to the conflict. This was so that a clear conclusion could be made over whether or not Iraq, under Saddam Hussein, had been developing so-called weapons of mass destruction, and whether or not he posed a threat to international security. However, the US and UK did not allow these inspections to run through to ... call a "coalition" of moral backers. Despite some suggestions that the UN is becoming irrelevant and may be another League of Nations and so should be dissolved, or at least certain countries should withdraw membership, (emanat...

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