... centers of Muslim culture because they were highly honored as Muslim Holy Cities and heart of Islam religious power, and produced science and poetry that attracted people of intellect and learning resided there. Spanish Muslim traveler and geographer Ibn Jubayr's (Doc #1) description of Damascus as a highly ... Muslim world. Also, Arab scholar Al-Tabiri's (Doc #6) records of the story of Abbasid Caliph Al-Mansur changing the capital for a safer one reflects that the supposed roles of some Muslim cities in the Post-Classical Age were to provide the Caliph the safety, loyalty and most ....

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... Coalition when this gained control of Baghdad, the major objective of the war is still not achieved. For this reason, the military presence of the US, and the rest of the Coalition is critical in order to confirm the dissolution of Hussein's regime and the creation of a democratic government so that this will still no longer represent a threat of national security not only to ... by Iraqis in any point of time, the US citizens would blame the government for not having defended the nation from an evitable danger. Meanwhile, there are followers as there are opposers who condemn the milita...

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