... the wake of 9/11. He decided to take out the governments that were sponsoring terrorism and terrorist organizations. The Taliban, known sponsors of Al-Quada, were rooted out of Afghanistan. Saddam Hussein, a long known supporter of terrorists also became a target. The American message was: if you support attacks on America, no matter how tangential the connection, we are going to take your ... governments out wherever they are. A closer look at the notorious regime that has occupied Iraq for the last string of decades reveals one of extreme totalitarian nature. Saddam Hussein's Baath pa...

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... defence minister, Geoffrey Hoon, regarding the deployment of troops to the Gulf in coalition with American forces. The consequential expulsion of the regime of Saddam Hussein has, no doubt, benefited a country suffering from years of sanctions and oppression. His murderous regime has denied the Iraqi people a democratic government ... second only to Saudi Arabia. The world's complete dependence on oil partially explains why the West was so worried at the prospect of Saddam Hussein having the weapons of mass destruction. If he did possess weapons of mass destruction, then he could single...

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... had been famous for its carrots, the US would not have lifted its proverbial finger." While this may be true, it is unlikely that Saddam Hussein would have pushed his territorial claims so far in pursuit of that crop. Iraq in 1990 was economically ravaged by war with Iran and over ... limited success. The invasion of Kuwait was not regarded as a likely outcome of Iraqi threats and diplomacy. After her meeting with Hussein the US ambassador April Glaspie did not believe Saddam would invade. Even on 1 August 1990, senior officials including US Defence Secretary Cheney believed invasion hig...

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... Iraq through state-level analysis. With the recent terrorist attacks on the United States, President Bush has gathered strong support to protect the American homeland by any means necessary. When Saddam Hussein became a threat to the United States, according to President Bush, the current administration was able to justify its reasons in heading into Iraq. Another variable that effects the ... system. The United States, a democratic government, directly collides with Iraq, an authoritarian government. The theory that exists is that democracies are at peace. With the cruel behaviors of S...

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... world history; it marked a change in foreign policy of America, moving from a defensive military policy, to one of pre-emptive war. President Bush sent our armed forces overseas to overthrow Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq. In the weeks leading up to, and after the deployment of our troops, there were many anti-war protests, questioning the legitimacy of the reasons for war ... Bush had, and the audacious crimes committed by the regime, President Bush was correct in sending our troops to Iraq. Saddam Hussein has been viewed as an international threat since the end of the first Gulf War....

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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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... Iraq, the UN could not locate any weapons of mass destruction, neither any substantial evidence that such weapons had been recently manufactured. Regardless, the US government still believed that Saddam Hussein, and the Iraqi regime presented the US with a serious threat, and decided to initiate military action after negotiations failed to resolve their concerns. Obviously, the decision made to ... direct and most documented consequence of this action related to the 'liberation' of the Iraqi people from an oppressive regime. Symbolic images of the Iraqi people destroying statutes of Sa...

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... must answer this question for themselves, to many, the writing is clearly on the wall. We seek to liberate Iraq from Saddam Hussein and his regime because after September 11th, 2001 we were put on notice that the civilized can no longer live in a bubble and hope ... for the best. Saddam Hussein's continued threats to the international community, his links to international terrorism, and his blatant contempt for human rights cannot be ignored any longer. Containment policy has failed to deter Saddam's ambitions for regional dominance and his quest for weapons of ... Hamas, as well as pay...

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... Bush was faced with a problem regarding the country of Iraq. During this time Bush said countless times that he had evidence that Saddam Hussein, the Iraqi president, had been in violation of United Nations Security Council resolutions. Bush also claimed that Hussein was in possession of weapons of mass destruction (WMD), a clear violation of UN Security Council resolution 1441. Bush was threatening to ... he and Colin Powell had presented the UN Security Council with and the fact that we currently had the backing of the UK. His speech was also directed towards the Hussein regime. His m...

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... gaining support in their war against Afghanistan and now Iraq. By making the issue so black and white, many people have been left voiceless. Clearly Saddam Hussein is a tyrannical leader, who the world would be better off without, but is war the answer? Judging by the populace of peace rallies around ... has been stated that Iraqi artillery has not been upgraded since 1991, and can be of little competition with US satellite-oriented missiles. Also, Saddam Hussein's power to exercise an impact is only high in his immediate region, and immanent, and non-existent outside. Yet Iraq is carica...

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... causing constant chaos, which makes it harder difficult for political parties to attempt to rebuild any infrastructure that remains after the ruling of Sadam Hussein. Thirdly, the Iraqi population has never experienced a truly democratic political system. This contorts their perception of what a stable, autonomous government looks ... being unwanted interference from the United States in the development of their own individual style of democracy. No one wants a dictator like Saddam Hussein to gain power; however this is a decision that should be made by the Iraqi people. The United Stat...

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... groups such as ISIS, in engaging Iran in making policies for the region and managing terrorist activities? In Iraq, for instance, what helped ISIS to grow? After the defeat of Saddam Hussein regiment, Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki of Iraq excluded Iraqi Sunnis from having any power in the government and favored the majority in population: the Shia. In doing so, he ... to hold office in the new government if they were Sunni. Maliki, against advice from the United States, formed death squads to hunt down Saddam's Hussein ex officer corps and in turn ex high ranking officers of Saddam reg...

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... took control of Safwan, the southern Iraqi border town, when a man was captured on film hitting a large, partially destroyed wall portrait of Saddam Hussein with his shoe. It was the first glimpses the world has viewed of joyous Iraqis dancing in the street before their American liberators. Assurances ... for reconstruction and democratization. Consider the celebratory heel banging in Safwan. A few days after the world heard about the shoe being smacked against Hussein's forehead, ABC News reporter John Donvan and his crew crossed the border from Kuwait into Iraq and visited the town. Th...

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... - and the writer of this article is Dr. Colin Rubenstein who is the executive director of Australia/Jewish and Australia/Israel affairs. The writer's contention in this issue is that Saddam Hussein's regime is a breeding ground for international terrorism and is a major threat to Australia security. Which is shown by such evidence as "The greatest single security threat faced by Australia ... both against enemy soldiers and his own civilians-. "His rogue regime threatens Australia as well-. "Efforts to contain weapons of mass destruction proliferation before there is a catastrophic nucl...

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Democracy in Iraq: A Memo to President Bush In the post-Saddam Iraq, the greatest objective for the United States is that of creating a democratic government that will be able to stand the test of time and the weight of ... said democracy, and the conditions necessary within and surrounding the nation for these changes to remain after the United States and/or other forces are gone from the region. Under Saddam Hussein's rule, the Iraqi culture and way of life has not been allowed to develop. As a result, adult illiteracy rate is estimated at more than 40 percent of the ... ensures that the...

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... peace and democracy in Afghanistan. Similarly, the United States declared a war on terror and began an invasion of Iraq against their ruthless leader Saddam Hussein to remove him from power claiming he possessed weapons of mass destruction, to remove the "nest of terrorists" that existed in Iraq ... a tyrant who opposed all of America's core beliefs. A war on terror was declared by President Bush and Iraq and Saddam Hussein were the main targets. The United States began their invasion in hopes of establishing democracy in Iraq seizing weapons of mass destruction and control of ... Iraq ...

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... opinions of the population. In order to justify the war, the president gave several explanations. To stress that Iraq threatened the peace and prosperity of the US, he claimed that Saddam Hussein harbored Weapons of Mass Destruction and that America had to act accordingly. Another claim from him came in the form of a declaration to a free Iraq, liberating it from the "evil ... nation had enormous proven oil reserves. Before the war, the United States bought nearly one quarter of its imported oil from the Persian Gulf, including about $10 billion annually from Saddam. Another quote from ...

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... is the United Nations" job to stop potential threats. The realist approach had to take over that of the pluralists, because the pluralist approach was unable to fulfill its duties. Saddam Hussein, currently the President of the Republic of Iraq, has consistently breached resolutions made by the United Nations since 1991 ("Sanctions Against"). "Today, Iraq stands in breach of nine separate Chapter ... now take clearly and deliberately (Straw). This statement was made by the Foreign Secretary for the House of Commons, Jack Straw, on November 25, 2002. Mr. Straw concludes that only Saddam ...

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... of what can happen when a Nationalist Arab leader such as Gamal Abdel-Nasser can do, just like Saddam Hussein may try and perform in the future of left in power. If you look at Saddam's track record he has no worries about releasing chemical and biological weapons against nations like Kuwait. What kind ... of Coalition troops) they will continue to live under a regime that terrorises its own people. This in its self is grounds for immediate action taken against Saddam and his regime. What kind of civilised country would let this happen to the people that have given so much to the western...

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... States led toppling of Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq has taken place within the last year, the Kurdish struggle for self-determination in Northern Iraq still looks doubtful. The coalition does not see a role for the Kurds in post-Saddam Iraq. About 80,000 Kurdish peshmerga fighters were refused a role in securing the newly liberated country. About 28,000 anti-Saddam fighters from 20 ... various groups were actually disarmed, while many Saddam loyalists who were looting army arsenals were not disarmed. The coalition does not have any plans to disrupt the national integrity of Iraq's bo...

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... referencing the Persian Gulf War of 1990, which Huntington uses as substantiation for his own theory, it actually weakens his position. We know from translations of his own speeches that Saddam Hussein used the media as a propaganda machine for his own purposes when he announced war against the US lead coalition as a war of Islam against the West, because Iraq under his ... rule was one of the most westernized of all Arab nations. Apart from terrorists, a call to action by a dictator like Saddam Hussein did not resonate with Muslims worldwide. In addition, Huntington cites the Arab and ...

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... endorsed and enforced by the United States against the will of the majority of the world. The sanctions restrict food and medicine imports to Iraq in order to bring down Saddam Hussein. The result is more than 1.2 million deaths, according to the very organization that began the sanctions, of which the majority were children under the age of five. According to Bruce ... or conspiratorial cell structure (whose members wear no uniform or identifying insignia); and perpetrated by a sub-national group or non-state entity". America's motive in the sanctions become diminished when Saddam Huss...

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... single factor in determining whether Mr Bush wins a second term in office. In 2003, the Bush administration's posture in the world, demonstrated by the decision to invade Iraq and topple Saddam Hussein, was characterised by its willingness to use American military power to achieve its national security goals, with or without the support of its traditional allies and the United Nations. At ... 'do an Iraq' in places like Iran and Syria has been the goal of the neo-conservative intellectuals who have been the driving force behind President Bush's decision to oust Saddam Hussein even witho...

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... ensure the continuation of 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 completion, and invaded Iraq and toppled Saddam Hussein based upon their own intelligence and foreign policy stances. They were supported by Australia, Spain and Poland, as well as what some would cal...

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For years, the United States has encountered many situations with Saddam Hussein, but until now, solving this dilemma has not been a top priority on the United States" agenda. Action against Iraq was put on hold ... in Iraq makes a coup difficult and a rebellion almost suicidal. Another option is a military attack known as an "inside out" strike by pinpoint weapons; this would remove Saddam and could actually provoke a regime change and make a war unnecessary. If this is not possible though, a full-scale invasion might be contemplated. This would involve about 250 ... American troops who would...

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