Country Study: Part One JORDAN Jordan is a small country in the Middle East that has little geographic diversity, little ethnic diversity, a strong government and a stable economy, at least for the most part. Using the CIA Fact book at www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook to find information, the life consisting in Jordan becomes very clear. Jordan is located in the Middle East, northwest of Saudi ... Arabia with geographic coordinates of 31 00 N, 36 00 E and a total area of 92,300 square kilometers. The bordering countries of Jordan are Iraq, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Syria and the West Bank. ...

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... attacks on America by Al Qaeda. Since then, Americans and its allies have vowed to fight and end terrorism and their supporters in the Middle East while terrorist groups continue to grow. Today, Americans and its allies face a new radical foe who call themselves ISIS (Islamic State in Iraq ... in the government and favored the majority in population: the Shia. In doing so, he incorporated several policies. Among them was the use of Iraq's counterterrorism laws which would allow him to imprison Sunnis in Iraq. He would also prohibit Saddam former employees under the Hussein administration ...

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... It became clear that enemies had the knowledge and the ability to strike deep into the heart of a country without warning. The terrorists responsible for the atrocity came from the Middle East, some from Saudi Arabia and others from the countries around Afghanistan, countries previously considered by the ... West to be so far off that they were not a immediate danger or threat. "Far-off" is not applicable in the world of today, as everyone is in range of someone ... oil partially explains why the West was so worried at the prospect of Saddam Hussein having the weapons of mass destructio...

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... Portolan charts were the first maps in which geography and social observations were intertwined. They were based on experiment and observation, while displaying early navigational wisdom. These maps show all of the trading stops a Mediterranean sailor might have made, including traveling on the Atlantic Ocean. These maps led explorers across the Atlantic and around Africa. Why Geography Matters discusses the ... physiological and social problems of the modern day Middle East. It specifically takes a look at the social dynamic of modern Afghanistan, and how it got to where it is today. A...

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... cliche, are very true. A wonderful example being the three Muslim empires. The three Muslim empires that formed the collapse of the Abbasid Empire had similarities regarding the causes of deterioration; despite the similarities, they were quite different from one another. When looking at Muslim kingdoms, several parallels can be ... many citizens. He also wished to extend his domain to the entire Indian subcontinent; while he was, to a degree, successful, the money of the government was depleted in doing so. He cause a religious minority to become war-like and rebellious. After his death...

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... goals when initiating wars, although achieving them might come at the expense of the life of civilians. When President George W. Bush persisted that Saddam Hussein imposed a threat to the security of the U.S and Middle East, claiming that Saddam possessed WMDs and that Iraq had accepted and ... trained Al-Qaeda terrorists, the United State's main aim of declaring war on Iraq was to remove Saddam from power and defend itself. After 10 years of war on ... Iraq, at least 133,00 civilians were killed by direct violence. In addition, the number of civilians killed indirectly, as a result of ...

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... interpreted and transmitted by different individual scholars and subsequently, well-established schools of thoughts. The articulation of Islam into a body of religious sciences and well-defined ways of practice to place largely in Iraq, which served as a center of cultural efflorescence during the Abassid period of rule.the line of thought and study along which Islam was articulated were numerous, but clearly connected to ... rationalists, God requires Man to respond to his will by acts as well as faith. Shari"a constituted a line of study in the context of articulation of Islam. To the ...

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... broadsheet newspapers. References to certain topics will also be included, such as power, representation and ideology. Each image will be analysed in terms of the content, the qualities used, the composition and structure, the relationships between image and accompanying text as well as the relationship between image ... Iraq'. The relationships between the image and current, recent and historical events include the recent Iraqi terrorism and the historical complex of the Middle East being fought over and devastated. The image could be used in different contexts and represent different t...

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... broadsheet newspapers. References to certain topics will also be included, such as power, representation and ideology. Each image will be analysed in terms of the content, the qualities used, the composition and structure, the relationships between image and accompanying text as well as the relationship between image ... Iraq'. The relationships between the image and current, recent and historical events include the recent Iraqi terrorism and the historical complex of the Middle East being fought over and devastated. The image could be used in different contexts and represent different t...

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... US-enforced sanctions on Iraq. As for some history on the sanctions, they were put in place on August 6th, 1990 due to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait. The sanctions were designed to keep Iraq from manufacturing and using biological and nuclear weapons, largely by reducing, and in some cases, eliminating foreign ... Iraq from attacking other nations, the sanctions had even farther-reaching effects than the UN could have foreseen. Before sanctions were placed, Iraq had an army of nearly four million men, and was a world leader in health care and education. After NATO troops left Iraq, the nation...

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... The American people are reluctant to spend money, particularly in regards to high ticket items such as houses and cars, when they are not sure of their potential earnings in a wartime climate. Even Alan Greenspan cautions the Senate Banking Committee that the potential war against Iraq is "the single ... biggest threat to economic health". Ironically, as governments global spending goes up when the prospect of war looms, the individual tends to curb their spending. When considering the possible scenarios regarding a war with Iraq which include a quick war that ... the most. The United St...

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... the last 20 years, it could reach 450 million by 2050. However, is human migration solely determined by economic considerations? As a matter of fact, there are both pull and push factors that contribute to this global phenomenon. Firstly, economic consideration is an essential factor in explaining ... human migration patterns from the host and the origin country's point of view. 75% of migration flows are from South to North which can be correlated with the idea that in general the North offers more economic pull ... £ a month in Poland and 1980£ in Britain and this accounts for the 44...

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... conflict theory by describing religious, cultural, political, and economic clashes between two societies, U.S.A. and Iraq. A conflict perspective claims that the only method of equality is for the rise of the exploited to overthrow the bourgeois and implement a communist system of government. With reference to the song, the exploited (Islamic society) rise up but only to march into an inevitable death against the goliath ... army of the U.S.A. I believe firmly that songs with this nature of profoundness help to institute another view of critical thinking. You can't help notice the Americ...

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... United States and Britain waging an all-out war against Iraq. These things bring us to the following questions: is there morality in all these wars of aggression? Did these powerful countries have the justifiable reason to declare war and conquer the weaker nations? Answering these questions would mean analyzing the reasons why these superpowers engaged in ... strongest and the fittest survive and get the chance to enjoy them. Superpowers want to establish their hand over other nations to make sure that their respective citizens are secured of their needs, not only for the present but ...

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... report has two major contributions as far as my being a student and my being a follower of Christianity are concerned. On the one hand, it has increased my academic understanding of West Asia -its history and its civilization's great achievements. It has always been in my interests to study West Asia not only because it's difficult for me to identify with its peoples in ... some ways -perhaps because of their religion and distant culture- and because it is probably the most ... to the personalities that I always come across the Holy book and which I always find to be very magical or mi...

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... Instead, the Rashidun, the "rightly guided" Muslim leaders who were closest to the prophet, namely Umar, Uthman and Ali, took the reins of Islam, beginning a campaign that would, within two centuries, make Islam the dominant religion in the Middle East. This was not an easy or untroubled undertaking. Middle Eastern leadership, prior to Mohammed, was capricious at its best. Within a generation, ... and God. Though this is the case, Shi"a Islam found its spiritual leaders in the ulama. The ulama consists of Muslim scholars, judges and legal advisors who study and implement Islamic law. D...

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... ; however, this time it is not two Middle Eastern countries that are coming close to war instead it is the Middle East country of Iraq and the United States. This tension has been underneath the surface since the last escapade between these two countries. The ... if the United States does not follow the United Nations policies it will lead to an outbreak of violence and long-term turmoil for the United States and the entire Middle East. The United Nations was established at the end of World War II to be used as a system that would establish international peace. According to ... an atta...

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... include chemical plants, steel mill, oil refineries, power plants, and hazardous waste incinerators literally emit tons of pollutants and toxins into the atmosphere. Our rivers, lakes and oceans have been contaminated and a recent study has shown that nearly 40% of our water is unsuitable for swimming (Scorecard). War is also catastrophic to the environment. The government squanders ... exposed to highly toxic materials through routine handling of tanks, fighter jets, and other equipment; and the discharge of organophosphate compounds, blistering agents, and gases from chemical weapons de...

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... between Libya and the UN's security council concerning responsibility for the Lockerbie bombing in 1999 and he organised an international response to the crisis in East Timor in the same year. In 2000, he secured the certification of Israel's withdrawal from the Lebanon and he made, and has continued to make, strong efforts to encourage peaceful negotiations between Israel and Palestinian hard ... lead-up to and helping his organisation cope with war in Iraq. While remaining strictly neutral in the conflict himself, he made strong efforts to try and ensure the continuation of weapons in...

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... suicide attack that killed 88 killed 88 Australians in Bali sent a message that Australians are very much in the firing line-. "If not disarmed, Saddam will use the cover of his nuclear weapons to try forcibly unite the Middle East to confront the West-. "It is true Saddam is not the only homicidal dictator in the world, though he is unequivocally one ... , something Iraqi scientists were only a few months away from in 1991-. These groups largely view Australia as an important local enemy, both because of it's Western culture and because we have supported regional stability and independe...

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... several policies that I might change as President of the United States, however, if I had the opportunity to be in office for one day, I would want to do something that would bring joy to many people. In light of the recent events in the Middle East, my objective would be to arrange for each ... and every American troop to be sent home for the 4th of July. As a reward for capturing Saddam Hussein, and for risking their lives to ... be rewarded with the thing they long for most, a day at home with family and friends. July 4th would be best because it represents the day of the year that s...

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... of terrorist acts against themselves. If not only to get 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 ... war against Israel. For unknown reasons Israel defeated all three Arab nations. Now this isn't a...

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... they would not be tempted by Islamic extremism. If the civil war is not stopped the consequences for the United States are crucial. The continuation of political unrest in Syria could spread to the entire Middle East and require U.S military intervention. Military intervention can be immensely detrimental to the US economy, primarily due to the excessive cost to the already burdened taxpayers ... obligated to deny export licenses. The reasons for supplying this type of military equipment on the part of the European Union with these conditions is to counteract and abolish the violation o...

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... with the military ought to be civilian-based, such as intelligence agencies and the defense department itself. This not only supports the idea of cooperation and trust between the people and their military, but it ensures that there is more than one body assisting to make decisions ... participation of the masses within the government, and that will make it more accurately representative. And after all this planning, there is still the question of whether or not a democracy has a place in the Middle East, or in Iraq specifically. The region of the Middle East, and specifically the leader...

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... in the "Rust Belt" states like Michigan, Ohio, Illinois and Pennsylvania, with their highly unionised workforces in manufacturing, unemployment is a key issue. Many of these workers tend to blame cheap imports from the Far East for their plight. Protectionist pressures With the US trade deficit approaching a record $500bn, there have been increasing calls for more protectionist measures - particularly against China ... to the highest level since late 1983. "Business optimism about 2004 is really strong," said NFIB chief economist William Dunkelberg. Of course, analysts caution that unfo...

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