... countless innocent people. Now the new government in Afghanistan is virtually a puppet whose strings are in the hands of America and which feels pride in obeying and pleasing the White House. After Afghanistan, the very next target of America was Iraq. America accused Iraq of having deadly chemical and biological weapons that can cause a wholesale death in the world. Perhaps the forgetful America ... help and favour it. But all Iraqis stood as a single nation to defend their motherland. And America once again hit Iraq as violently as she did in Afghanistan. There was inestimable loss of...

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The war is a thing that shouldn't happen. The reason is people are killed and slaughtered that shouldn't be killed. The reasons for a war are the main basis of having one in the first place. The president sometimes makes a bad choice and brings war to the country and the states. Like anthrax a deadly disease sent here from Afghanistan. War is a stupid way to solve problems between countries. The reason Afghanistan attacked us is because we have freedom and they don't. They didn't attack the statue of liberty because it didn't have enough people in it. So they attacked the next best thing with ...

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... 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 and bring democracy to Iraq in hopes that it would spillover to surrounding Middle Eastern countries. The United States had ignored previous terrorist attacks from al Qaeda against Americans and American embassies around ... the population identified more closely with local politics than the national government the United States wanted to establish, leading the occupation of Afghanistan and the United States' goals to be more l...

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... 1990's Gulf War, Bin Laden became critical of Saudi Arabia, because he felt that they should fight themselves rather than allowing the Americans to fight Iraq. Therefore, after the Gulf War when some American troops became permanently stationed in Saudi Arabia, he became critical of the Americans, whom he viewed as ... and being against the American governments policies. Ok, let me just give one last example. Right now, we want to attack Iraq to displace Saddam Hussein, allegedly because he has weapons of mass destruction. There is evidence that Saddam Hussein used chemical and biologic...

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... end terrorism, with the initial targets being the Taliban and Al-Qaeda. A precise definition of terrorism has proven to be rather controversial as various government agencies and legal systems tend to have different definitions. After numerous readings and film viewings on the topic of terrorism throughout this course, I believe ... driven with right intentions, not self-interested agendas, and it must be proportional as to where the harm done will not outweigh the good. Iraq posed no threat that would justify preemptive war and Saddam Hussein had no ties to Al-Queda. This has been noth...

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... . Two hundred Spanish civilians were killed, making this the worst attack on the west since the September 11th attacks. Initial blame from the government was on ETA, a Basque separatist group campaigning for independence from Spain and France, but ETA has since categorically denied involvement. There is ... the world, concretely in Afghanistan." This would be a reference to the Spanish government's gung ho support for the American-led war on terror, and the one thousand Spanish troops stationed in Afghanistan and Iraq. However there is also evidence pointing against Al Qaeda involvement...

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... and a conviction was secured; • Sanctions against Sudan imposed after securing evidence that the assassination attempt on Egypt's President Hosni Mubarek was formulated in Sudan. The Sudanese government agreed to cooperate with measures to root out Al Qaeda terrorist network after the September 11 attack and the sanctions were lifted; • Sanctions against Afghanistan that included the ... agencies involved in safeguarding against terrorism: The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) http://www.iaea.org/ has three areas of focus: verification, safety, and technology. The inspectio...

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... , the were interested in this country. However, soon after, the Soviet Union's war was over, the United States abandoned the Afghanistan, liven the people without support of anykind. The American government didn't care about the conflict between the civilians and the Taliban militia in Afghanistan, after the Soviet Union's war. The United States was not present, when the Taliban took the ... to contain them with sanctions and, in Iraq's case, with almost incessant bombardment. Many civilians were killed, not only from the bombardment, but also with the tight embargo. Is it here perhaps (...

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... and a conviction was secured; • Sanctions against Sudan imposed after securing evidence that the assassination attempt on Egypt's President Hosni Mubarek was formulated in Sudan. The Sudanese government agreed to cooperate with measures to root out Al Qaeda terrorist network after the September 11 attack and the sanctions were lifted; • Sanctions against Afghanistan that included the ... agencies involved in safeguarding against terrorism: The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) http://www.iaea.org/ has three areas of focus: verification, safety, and technology. The inspectio...

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... with their position in society. They may in some way feel persecuted or oppressed because or their race, religion, or they feel exploited by a government. Any group that uses terrorist actions have very complex and powerful reasons to engage in those activities. In 1957 a radical Muslim by the name of ... the task of getting men to fight for Afghanistan first. He advertised all over the Arab world - which includes Saudi Arabia, Israel, Jerusalem, Iran, Iraq, Turkey, etc. - for young Muslims to come and help fight for the Islam religion. Osama paid for their transportation, and set up fac...

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... less defense spending, and the cutbacks in the budgets of the CIA and FBI as well. The national defense is the first task of the federal government. Too often, defense spending is seen as a competitor to domestic spending. Liberals say that more money for guns means less for education and health ... -changes defense by $245 billion over the next decade. President Bush announced his intention to request from Congress additional funds to pay for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Most of these funds are dedicated to give our men and women in uniform the resources they need to succeed in th...

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... we worked with I really only knew what I had been taught in my History classes. Of course, I had heard more about Afghanistan and Iraq because of the wars and conflicts we have had these last two years or so. I also knew that terrorism is a huge problem with Palestine, Afghanistan ... , Iraq and the U.S. We were attacked on September 11th and also in the years beforehand from many Middle Eastern countries. I've never really taken ... All they receive is one-sided information. If I were to live in another country, I would feel helpless and very uninformed. I would feel very victimized by ...

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Question: In light of our sending troops into Afghanistan, Iraq, and Liberia (we still have troops in Korea), how do you perceive the role of America in the World? Are we our brothers" keeper? Should we ignore "hot spots"? What ... and peacekeeping missions abroad, we have sent an additional 136,000 troops from the national guard and reserves. Meanwhile, U.S. Army generals are asking for more troops to be deployed to Iraq, and the Pentagon has recently diverted three warships to the coast of Liberia. Condoleezza Rice, the current U.S. national security advisor, made a statement concerning th...

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... areas of the world except North Korea by 2003, and the use of mines will stop in North Korea in 2006 if alternative methods have been developed. With a war in Iraq looming it appears the U.S will not honor its word of stopping in 2003. Plans are being set now to stockpile mines on the British territory of Diego Garcia in the ... . Recently 124 members of congress sent a letter to President Bush urging him to reconsider America's stance on landmines and strongly think differently of using them in the possible war with Iraq. Until the United States begins to follow up on its promises and s...

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... , 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 billions of dollars in the research and development of sophisticated weaponry and in doing so puts millions of individuals at risk of becoming infected by chemicals used in the ... production of the weapons. During the first war in Iraq, the Persian Gulf region was transformed into a disaster zone. The hundreds of oil fires that produced unprecedented amounts of pollution were exti...

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... American citizens on the plane who stopped the hijackers from killing even more Americans. Not long after the planes crashed into the buildings, the U.S. government knew who was behind the killing of thousands of American lives. That person was Osama bin Laden. Bin Laden is the head of a major ... they believed to be religious purposes. But could bin Laden been stopped along time ago? His terrorist group Alkehda was funded heavily by a new radical government in Afghanistan called the Taliban. The Taliban provided Bin Laden with financial aid, weapons, a place to train his terrorist gro...

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... or closing it down. There can be political terrorism when an economically and militarily powerful nation exerts pressure and influence to support a foreign nation's government, a government that in turn oppresses its people. The support of the United States of Batitista in Cuba and the support of the participation of the United States ... life. Yet the similarities do not end there. There are questions that remain unanswered, or if answered, remain unclear about the role of the American government in these attacks. Questions have been raised about American officials not informing the com...

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... or closing it down. There can be political terrorism when an economically and militarily powerful nation exerts pressure and influence to support a foreign nation's government, a government that in turn oppresses its people. The support of the United States of Batitista in Cuba and the support of the participation of the United States ... life. Yet the similarities do not end there. There are questions that remain unanswered, or if answered, remain unclear about the role of the American government in these attacks. Questions have been raised about American officials not informing the com...

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... out and register to vote; right? No we don't, which is shameful since voting is the most American thing you could possibly do. Countries such as Cuba, Iraq, and Afghanistan are denied this right we so casually discard. Voting has a long history in our country, and should not be taken lightly. People like Bob ... no excuse for not voting. You have the right to vote, you have the right not to vote, but by not voting you silence your voice in our government. Our government works on a system of checks and balances through 3 branches; executive, judicial and legislative. However, there is one...

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... has completed the right-wing takeover of American politics. But so far, the current Afghanistan campaign has been a tiresome replay of YUGOSLAVIA in '99; IRAQ in '91, and PANAMA in '89. Massive bombing, minimal casualties on our side, and Megadeath to the enemy of the day. Will the number ... the vast majority of Americans, unlike those in other "civilized" nations, so enthusiastically support the DEATH PENALTY. September 11 was the last straw. Now seeing THEIR government throwing its weight around makes them feel proud to be AMERICANS, a powerful people feared by everyone. Displaying a ...

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... is shown by Keller when he talks about the reasons why more footage is shown of the Kosovo refugees than the Afghan ones. The show more Kosovo refugees because the government and therefore the media needed to show the public that "The side of righteous America is pitted against the twisted Taliban, or Milosevic, or ... Iraq, or Noriega, etc". The truth has been manipulated as the government needed to justify the bombing of Kosovo to the public, and therefore used the "humanitarian" approach "endless coverage of the refugees on TV made the war for ... they elicit" says Keller, which is ...

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... was ordered to stay. Although reminiscent of the build up prior to the Persian Gulf War, which lead to a hard hitting air assault on Iraq, the Bush administration would not divulge it's plan of action, but would only say that these movements were just the beginning. In an address ... the US. President Bush approved a program of covert support for groups in Afghanistan such as the Northern Alliance and the southern tribes that oppose the Taliban government. The Northern Alliance controls a small northern portion (10%) of Afghanistan and once ruled the entire country before a civil war, a...

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... since the Persian Gulf War would help (the) U.S...fight an unpredictable foe." Another reality that weighed towards a possible military intervention was that the Taliban, Afghanistan's terrorist harboring ruling government, has a small, scattered military. According to MSNBC.com's "The Afghanistan Files," though accurate numbers for troops are unavailable, it boasts "between 40,000 and 50,000 lightly armed ... of spare parts." Because of its air-military superiority "Americans have grown accustomed to clean, quick hits over the past generation: (Examples include) Grenada. Panamá. HaitÃ...

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... for the current support that he now receives. During the Persian Gulf War in 1990, Saudi Arabia allowed U.S. troops to be stationed there. Osama was highly insulted that the Saudi government would let non-believers into the birthplace of Islam. He blamed the United States presence in Saudi Arabia for the economic crisis that was happening there. Because of Osama's anti ... -government activities Saudi Arabia expelled him from their country in 1991. Osama then traveled to Sudan where he spent several years. While in Sudan he claimed that he was the one ... bases in the peninsula as a sp...

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... and pretty on paper but in reality there is much more we must think about. Invading Afghanistan right now may cause deadly results without the proper research. Bordering countries like Iraq, Iran, and Syria will also be a threat. There are still many of Bin Laden's men in the U.S. and they are very dangerous. We must first investigate further into the terrorist ... differentiate from the group who has done this from the country or state that harbors them. This attack was planned to almost perfection and required lots of money. I"m sure there government helped fund this and many other te...

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