... Aramaean nomads began swarming into Babylonian. After that, the country was in a state of political chaos for about two centuries. (www.comenius.g-otte.de.com) (www.crystalinks.com) Among the surrounding tribes was one powerful group known as the Chaldeans. They settled in and dominated the district along ... Their rulers helped destroy the Assyria Empire and at least for a brief period, made Babylonian, or Chaldea, the dominant power of Mesopotamia. (www.crystalinks.com) The culture is based on the Sumerian civilization which lived in the region previously. The Syrians abandoned their o...

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... Washington, with troop ships bound for Turkish ports, was offering $26 billion. These supposed "negotiations" between two allies looked more like bartering and is an embarrassment to the United States [www.sunspot.com]. Essentially if Turkey withheld support to the United States - with the possibility that this might increase the risk of U.S. casualties - it would alienate the U.S. It would also deprive ... refugees flooding over its borders if war came. Aside from the Kurdish, Turkey also fears that a conflict could devastate its tourism industry, which brings in about $10 billion per ...

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... Iraq having weapons of mass destruction. According to Ex-Marine and former UN Weapons Inspector Scott Ritter, Iraq presented "absolutely nothing" of military threat (www.commondreams.org). I think the U.S. should not attack Iraq because they think Iraq is not cooperating with the UN inspections, was would result in massive ... Thus, U.S. has violated UN Security Council resolutions on several occasions with providing dollars to aid the government of Turkey and nuclear armed Israel (www.commondreams.org) Going to war is not the right choice because even though Saddam Hussein does abuses an...

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... Saudi Arabia and Kuwait? They sends $15 million a day to Israel while that government has invaded Lebanon, occupied the Palestinian territories and created a large, illegal arsenal of nuclear weapons. (http://www.palestinefacts.org/pf_1967to1991_lebanon_198x_backgd.php) In addition, everywhere in the world has those nuclear weapons, for instance, China, England, France, Russia; even the United States owns them ... nuclear weapons and weapons technology, to promote cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy and to further the goal of achieving nuclear disarmament and general and ...

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... authority, Iraq will fall into anarchy. President Bush's goals for Iraq are "to restore order and bring prosperity to a brutalized society and an infrastructure suffering from decades of malign neglect" (www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/iraq/). These goals remain to be met. Not withstanding these factors, American soldiers are dying every day. The American military must find a safer way to conduct operations ... be better able to foresee oncoming attacks and other dangers. Additionally, Iraqis "on the street would free up American forces to hunt down the militants [who are attacking them]" (h...

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... . In addition, Hamza said, Iraq is trying to extend the range of it's missiles in order to reach Israel. (Defector: Iraq could have nukes by 2005, Barry Schweid, August 1, 2002. www.CNN.com 9-12-02.) b. Leader of the Middle East Khidir Hamza said Saddam Hussein has a long history of involvement in international terrorism, a history that ranges from assassinations of Iraqi's abroad ... ," he said. "Thus if Saddam makes it into the nuclear arena, he will be the regions undisputed leader in Arab eyes." (CNN NewsPass VIDEO, Mike Boettcher reports, July 31, 2002. www.CNN.com 9-12-02.) Although...

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... .com). What does one think when the word television is mentioned? Ninety-eight percent of homes in Canada have at least one television in their homes (www.soundvision.com). Television is used widely around the world and is a very important part of life, it has educational programming, is a cheap way of getting entertainment, it exposes people to ... ...

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... Middle East. The United Nations was established at the end of World War II to be used as a system that would establish international peace. According to the United Nation's website, www.un.org, their first goal of the United Nations is peacemaking. The United Nations wishes to end wars between warring countries and to make negotiations for peace between the countries ... ...

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... country in the Middle East that has little geographic diversity, little ethnic diversity, a strong government and a stable economy, at least for the most part. Using the CIA Fact book at www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook to find information, the life consisting in Jordan becomes very clear. Jordan is located in the Middle East, northwest of Saudi Arabia with geographic coordinates ... ...

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... forefathers of the United States of America. Justin Raimando argues that the war in Iraq should not be fought for the simple reason of Patriotism. According to another article on www.MotherJones.com the Bush administration has been hypocritical. Last summer at West Point, president Bush gave a speech about how the country will be following the lead of a 354-year old ... ...

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... years ago, called the United Nations, was made up by 26 countries to try and keep peace. "The purpose of the United Nations was to maintain international peace and security." (www.un.org) The United States sometimes tries to head the United Nations. I think that the U.S. should try to persuade the UN to work together like an international military to keep ... ...

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... the Miss America Pageant. I hope thirty eight years from now we will still be carrying on these same traditions. Works Cited Family Education Network Inc Website 2003 Year 1965 < http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0005251.html> News Flashbacks 1965 1965 Entertainment Award Season < http://lostmind.100megsfree2.com/year/1965/1965cmaa.htm > ...

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... attack but we are leaking information that is going to help these terrorist communities keep informed with our security activity. One credible source is the Homeland Security watch web page, www.thelibertydogs.com. This site allows visitors to see the advances made day by day, which could be very helpful if planning an attack. After going through the attacks on the ... ...

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... of American imperialism and a strong example of spending in war is Iraq war. The U.S. spends millions of dollars in Iraq every day. I would recommend the readers to visit the website www.costof war.com which shows the dollars spent each second of occupation of the U.S. military, including the total cost of war. Pentagon estimates that the cost of war in Iraq ... ...

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... George W. Bush told Saddam Hussein and his sons to leave their country and never return or face war. Hussein refused to cooperate with President George W. Bush, so war began (Lee, www.cia.gov) The war began on March 19, 2003 with the bombing of Iraq being undertaken by the U.S. During this war there were many small battles between the U.S. and Iraq ... ...

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... still echoes with bitter reminders of the Persian Gulf War. "In six weeks 722,000 Americans fought, the Gulf War Veterans Association lists 207,000 of those as casualties" (http://www.gulfweb.org/doc_show.cfm?ID=782. Sept. 8, 2003). The first President Bush dealt Saddam and his regime a crippling blow in 1991 but was somehow unable to remove him from ... ...

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... , water contamination, disruptions in electricity supplies to hospitals, disruption in food supplies, and from residues from cancer-inducing depleted uranium weapons. Half the population are under 16 years old." (http://www.newcastle-emlyn.com/stopwar/tenreasons.shtml, 7-02-03) The country is already suffering, and the last thing the people of Iraq would want to see is a war in their homeland ... ...

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... than twenty palaces and security demands that each palace remain fully staffed, and three meals a day are cooked for him at every one as if he were there. According to www.eid.doe.gov, Iraq currently only provides 12% of the whole Mid-East region's oil production, while only producing 3% of the entire global market. Although Iraq's vast reserves are an ... ...

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