... 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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... 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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... more likely to support their radical beliefs. The physical geography of Afghanistan is fragmented, isolated, and remote, which made it especially susceptible. Besides Afghanistan, Iraq was another area of concern. Saddam Hussein and his clique was said to have weapons of mass destruction, was supporting terrorist attacks, and was deeply violating the human rights of the general population. A majority of the Iraqi ... ...

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... 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 protect our freedom, these brave soldiers should get the chance to spend Independence Day with their families, at home. These military heroes, who have ... ...

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