... of Iraq were: the endemic violence, shattered state, non functioning economy and a decimated society. The prospect of what would become Iraq as a country that was presented by the Bush administration in contrast to the reality of the current situation is very drastic. This is most probably due to certain miscalculations; many of them are known to the majority of the population. However, some ... flawless. It included many controversial Iraqi exiles; it wasn't as representative and legitimate as the U.S. would wished; and its members didn't reached out to develop constituencies. The U.S....

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... us accept and approve without examining the evidence" (158). Bush uses these glittering generalities without hesitation. For example, he claims that we will win the war in Iraq "by the strength of great alliances and by the might of the United States of America." But, what exactly is the "might" of the United States of America? The "might" of people who fire bombs and ... , "sometimes peace must be defended" (16). It would be nice to have a bodyguard for America, but unfortunately what he is trying to say is that we need to go to war. Bush also claims that we have worked harder to "track...

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... of logic and emotion are the best method to get my support for war. The reason logic is the best appeal is because evidence can evoke emotion if given in the right context. When I know the facts, I"m more likely to support what you are pitching me. That's all war rhetoric is, the speaker is pitching an idea to the crowd. The government normally believes in going to ... that the battle is justified by God, and at that time people were not likely to go against "the word of God." His speech is hard to follow because it was written during a different era. If there were a modern version it w...

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... Pallus and kills Turnus. This can be taken two different ways. First, it can be said that the U.S. should seek revenge for what happened on September 11 by striking Iraq as Aeneas sought revenge by killing Turnus. Secondly, it can represent how September 11 (represented by Pallus) is still in the back of Americans" minds. If weapons of mass destruction were found and the ... is possible to see what Socrates would have said about this situation. Socrates said that justice is having a job, knowing that job, and doing it. Therefore, the U.S. has the job of protecting itself. September 11th...

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... United Kingdom some people even went so far as to try to get the station banned because it didn't fall into Britain's Independent Television Commission 5. The complaints said that Fox News should be investigated for not applying Britain's impartiality regulations. When the war actually started all of the twenty-four hour channels put a halt to their editorial shows, and instead created a round ... step in and help mandate the voice of media. The way to solve this would be to pass a law similar to the British Independent Television Commission 7. The ITC, which is short for Independent Te...

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... 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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... by the ebb and flow of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers (Harris 9-14, Metz 3). Iraq is a land of diverse people, both in terms of ethnic origins and in religious beliefs. It is an ancient land that has existed under a variety of governments. A Brief History Modern Iraq had its beginnings coming out ... improve the lot of the poor while not dispossessing the wealthy,"" he leaned toward the communist where he found support for his policies (Harris 50). On the other hand, Arif found support for his pro-Nasserite sympathies in the Ba'th Party (Harris 50). 3 In the struggle between Qasim and ...

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... to have fulfilled the UN-regulations about his disarmament he had accepted after his defeat in the Second Gulf War, Hussein still didn't grant weapon inspectors unlimited access to his palace. Finally, in 1998 he even denied any inspections, which lead to an extension of the UN ... to the coherence of the single parts. Another thing Bush does a lot in this part of the speech is accentuating that an action against Iraq is not only necessary for America but for every nation, which can be backed up by the accumulation "to our country, and our friends and our allies ... defended." (l. II 1,...

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... countries, facing the prospect of oil depletion also depend on agriculture. The economies of Algeria, Bahrain, and Syria depend on oil and agriculture, as well as mining and manufacturing for survival. While Algeria is one of the wealthiest nations of Africa, declining oil prices reduced the annual income per capita to $1,550 in 1999, down from $2,360 in 1988. Agriculture plays a ... percent of the GDP. Industry accounted for 40 percent, with manufacturing responsible for 19 percent and oil and gas extraction for most of the remainder. Agriculture contributed 1 percent of the GDP. Bahra...

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... by raiding rival caravans and making war upon each other. Because there was no higher authority to settle these tribal disputes, the Arabian peninsula was a chaotic place. Therefore it is no surprise that these patterns continued during Muhammad's conquest of the Arabian peninsula and after the Islamic Empire was established. Muhammad used standard tribal tactics to build his empire, he built alliances ... , many warlords who had previously been consumed with rivalries within the Arabian peninsula fought to spread Islam. Driven by religious zeal and the desire for the spoils of war, they...

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... charge of making the world a safer and more stable place by preventing and stopping conflicts among its nations. The Security Council is the only organ whose resolutions are mandatory for member states. It has the authority to examine any conflict that might have international repercussions. It can call on UN members to act and apply economic sanctions and even military sanctions . The Security ... to widespread civilian suffering. The cost of basic food increased greatly and the Iraqi dinar collapsed. For obvious reasons, these facts resulted in social dissatisfaction and they increase...

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... ground. 8,000 Kurds disappear from the village of Barzan. March 1975 Saddam signs Algiers Accord with the Shah of Iran. The Accord defines border with Iran and ends Iranian support for Kurds. March-April 1975 Major exodus of Kurds to Iran, including departure of leader, Mulla Mustapha Barzani. February 1977 Beginning of mass deportations to Iran of Iraqi Shi'a, confiscation of ... "the frequent and blatant Iranian violation of Iraqi sovereignty", the Iraqi Air Force bombs Iranian airfields and Iraqi forces invade Iran. In 1982, former President Bakr dies mysteriously. It is widely suspe...

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... began to mobilize its troops to invade Kuwait in the latter part of 1990, no one quite knew what they were trying to accomplish. When Iraq's intentions became clear it was obvious that it was trying, among other things, to gain more control in the Persian Gulf and free itself ... Causes of the Gulf War Conflict between Iraq and Kuwait had been occurring since 1961when Kuwait was granted independence from Great Britain. Iraq continually insisted that it had been governing Kuwait before the British takeover and therefore Kuwait was now part of Iraq. Despite these historically empty claims,...

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... Group businesses comprise the financial service sector's most diverse consumer product offerings " banking services, credit cards, loans and insurance. This stock was purchased on April 21, 2003 at 11:39 p.m. and processed at 10:02 a.m. on April 22, 2003. Seven hundred and ten shares were purchased and added $893.05 to the group total profit. The P/E ratio of this stock ... shares of this stock at $47.7499, it had already gained .29 since David's purchase of 1890 shares at $47.4599. When investing in this stock Michael understood that its success was guaranteed for the short-term due to...

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... States. The governing body of the United States needs to take a hard look at the problems here at home and infuse more resources into programs that help the mentally ill, the jobless, the homeless, and the drug abusers whom can be just as large a threat to national security as terrorism ... use these programs, and those who may need to use them in the future. Second is that the removal of these programs means that a large number of jobs will be lost across the country. For example, San Francisco is faced with a large budget deficit and has decided to cut thirty seven billion from the ....

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... treaty led to a significant crisis between the Kurds and the Ba th Party. The immense support the Kurds were receiving from Iran was a gateway for Iran to cause political chaos in the Iraqi government. Political officials in Iran found this, " to be an opportunity to engage Iraq in domestic ... seized the opportunity Gareau 4 reclaim the Shatt al-Arab. Iraq also hoped to seize the western Iranian region of Khuzestan, an area known for its extensive oil fields. The Iraqi offensive was successful and was followed by intense, widespread clashes along the countries border. The war started wi...

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... on reluctant UN" Jordan Times "King votes support for resolving Iraq crisis peacefully." Jordan Times "Region needs peace not War." Jordan Times In summary the Jordan Times is very concerned with the war on Iraq distracting the international community from a very important conflict and that is of the Palestinians and the Israeli's. This international conflict is especially important to the Jordanians because Jordan has a great ... scene of a sharp break between longtime allies." HA"ARETZ Online "Blair: Franco-German plan for peaceful disarmament absurd." Heraatz Online The Israeli newsp...

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... send Humanitarian aid because joint action with the Coalition would "take longer than six months " (Dykstra). Hawn believes that humanitarian aid is not the short-term solution which is why "the only way to stop them short term is through force " (Dykstra). Furthermore, he pleads for the government to take more effective measures such as "to remove their ability to expand their area of influence ... a citizen in the Iraq and Syria region, I would not be against the idea of airstrikes across the country because airstrikes would be more effective for countries that are not familiar with t...

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... each piece were slowly put together over a long period of time. Discovering the history of Assyria was a difficult task that has not been and probably never will be completed. As much as the art of the culture was helpful there is simply not enough for a good sense of their culture. Excavations and research should have been helpful in constructing a history of the empire ... studies of the culture have been done using the art as a way of understanding the history of the empire.2 The capital cities that were built for the Assyrian Empire expressed the Assyrians" artistic nature through t...

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... new administration toward a country that has vexed U.S. policymakers for more than a decade. "Saddam Hussein has got to understand we expect him to comform to the agreement that he signed after The Desert Storm," Bush said..." (Ricks A1) Saddam Hussein's continuing failure to cooperate is one of many results of ... with the Ottoman Empire (present-day Iraq, Iran, Kuwait, and Turkey) in order to obtain concessions to explore for oil in Mosul and in Kirkuk, two locations in what later was north-central Iraq. Although a few concessions were granted prior to World War I (1914-1918), little ...

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... war. He didnt receive much difficulty in winning Americans' support for the war that soon might happen with Iraq. In early August 1990, King Fahd of Saudi Arabia invited American troops onto Saudi soil. He had seen what Kuwait was capable of; therefore, he wanted them to be protected ... , at 2.30 am Baghdad time. Bhagdad was bombed fiercely by the coalition's fighter airplanes in the first night of the war. An interesting fact is that several weeks before this, US intelligence agents successfully inserted a computer virus into Iraq's military computers. It was designed to disable much o...

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... found and destroyed weapons of mass destruction, but we know that Saddam has many more. Saddam refuses for Iraq to be searched by United Nation Inspectors, and will not willingly give anything up The only way to end the threat of Saddaam acquiring a nuclear bomb and attacking the United States with it, is to permanently remove him from the face of the earth ... United States was "singled out" when it was attacked on September 11, and it is expected that Saddam will attack the United States, before anyone else. Being the world's most powerful country, the United States is the most likely...

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... (Modern day Armenia and Northern Iran)- Archaeological evidence suggests that wine was produced in the Neolithic time period in the Zagros Mountains in the region that is modern day Armenia and North Iran. 6000 BCE (Modern day Armenia and Northern Iraq)- The invention of pottery is mainly used for storing, making, and serving wine. This is a very crucial step in the process of winemaking ( ... or any alcohol fermentation). 5400 BCE (Zagros Mountains)- Earliest physical evidence for wine was found in a pottery jar that came from Hajji Firuz Tepe, a neolithic village in the Zagros Mountains...

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... decade later, a similar scenario began with "Operation: Iraqi Freedom". Saddam was later accused of holding illegal bio-terrorist weapons, and the UN urged for the permission to inspect various sights scattered throughout Iraq. The United States gave Saddam and his sons a deadline on March 17,2003 to leave their country ... several air raids based upon no compliance. In May of 2003, President George W. Bush announced the conflict with Iraq was over. The search for Hussein continued until he was later found hiding out in a hole in the ground, and then the occupying forces captured him. A...

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... the country and he began to control Iraq's oil and industrial enterprises. In 1978, Saddam had been working with other Arab nations to expel Egypt for its diplomatic proposal in resolving the Israel/Arab question. The former president of Syria, Hafez al-Assad, nearly became the downfall of Hussein. If ... Saddam's political internal strife. When finally Hussein came to power, he called a major Baathist meeting on July 22, 1979. During the meeting, Hussein called for the party to be "cleansed". Hussein read a list of names and asked them to step outside. Once outside, they were taken into ...

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