... weapons of mass destruction, but their use in terrorism. Iraq has a history of terrorism, but presently the nexus between Iraq and al-Qaida is threatening. Iraq is harboring a terrorist network headed by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and Usama bin Laden. After al-Qaida was run out of Afghanistan, the terrorist group took refuge in Baghdad. They have been there for eight months operating ... . Overall, Powell's address was persuasive. The evidence provided was convincing. Prior to the speech, I was definitely against any aspect of war. Now, I am more willing to consider it. I do not agree fully wi...

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... , those who wage war due to the belief that they hold the power to create peace, and fear of an economic downfall. Democracies Fight Aristocratic and Nondemocratic Governments While studies agree militant democracies are likely to start wars with aristocratic governments and non-democratic, Seung-Wang Choi states that "Israel, the United States, India, and the United Kingdom tend to initiate ... democracy without trying to solve the problem with peace. Likewise, Wesley Widmaier states two democracies; the United States and India were about to go to war (431). Widmaier does not agree with...

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... parties and non-Arabs are accused of crimes and executed or deported. It was like a small version of the Holocaust. November 1969 President al-Bakr, Saddam's kinsman, appoints Saddam Deputy Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council, RCC, and Vice-President. He controls the internal security and ... intelligence organs and is the driving force behind the regime. November 1968 Nasir al-Hani, former Foreign Minister and co-plotter of the 17 July 1968 coup is abducted from his home under the pretext that President Bakr ... in Liberation Square. August 8, 1969 Kurdish village of Dakan in...

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... officials saw the war as a religious battle, not with any political boundaries involved. The war itself was directly caused by disputes over the Shatt al-Arab waterway and the Kurdish rebellion in Iraq. Both events led to the most recent crisis between these two countries and the political turmoil that still ... exists today. The Shatt al-Arab waterway serves as a boundary between the two nations. The waterway is configured of three rivers: the Tigris, the Euphrates, and the ... The more bitter the dispute over the Shatt, the more the Iranians allow arms and ammunition to slip over thei...

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... was appropriate in the wake of 9/11. He decided to take out the governments that were sponsoring terrorism and terrorist organizations. The Taliban, known sponsors of Al-Quada, were rooted out of Afghanistan. Saddam Hussein, a long known supporter of terrorists also became a target. The American message was: if you support attacks ... his actions and remove him from power. However, it must not be forgotten that Iraq has enjoyed close ties with terrorist organizations such as Al-Qaeda, and in recent years these groups have joined together with tyrants like Saddam Hussein to achieve a uni...

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... produced two lethal biological agents: Anthrax and botulinum toxin. They were able to weaponize both these agents. These weapons were developed in the Al-Hakum factory, which was blown up in the first Gulf War. Like the chemical agents, the Anthrax and the Toxin germinate in three ... and we never found any evidence of ongoing research and development or retention". (Pit 41) George Bush's assertion that linked the Saddam regime to Al-Queda terrorist is absurd. Saddam is a secular dictator. He has spent the last thirty years of his rule crushing Islamic Fundamentalists. The Iraqi ... als...

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... 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, at the time, a Syrian/Iraqi alliance were to be formed against Egypt then Assad and not ... Iran as the leading Persian Gulf state. Iraq and Iran had engaged in border clashes for many years and had revived the forgotten Shatt al Arab waterway dispute in 1979. Iraq claimed the 200-kilometer channel up to the Iranian shore as its territory while Iran insisted that the thalweg .....

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... making. On the fact side, Saddam Hussein was indeed a dictator, and responsible for some true atrocities. Hussein ruled with an iron fist. Most accounts of political analysts looking at Iraq agree that his rein was one characterized by fear of the state. In her book, The Outlaw State, Elaine Sciolino describes Hussein as "a man who used a combination of terror and reward ... walls, and monster outdoor portraits."" Any opposition to his political views was irraticated. For example, membership in the opposition party ShiaDawa was punishable by death. One of its leaders, IyatollahBaqr al-S...

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... Iraq of Saddam Hussein. But also, North Korea is a source of evil in the eyes of America. Kim Jong-il is leading its country in a way that America does not agree with. Even before any sign of nuclear weapons, there was tension between the two countries. Iran is another obsessive target, which is in the strategic point of view an important ... could have been used to create more of a world peace. Most of the people from every corner and religion of this world disagreed with what happened that day in America. Al Qaeda was described as a sick gang of terrorists and even in the Islam world ...

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... Hussein has chosen for them."" There is no question of Bush II's desire to bring freedom and democracy to the Middle East. However, individuals within his own administration may not agree with him. A State Department report entitled "Iraq, the Middle East and Change: No Dominoes", whose existence is denied by spokesperson Richard Boucher, but was leaked to the Los Angeles Times ... an orientalist "complex toward the East- which still ruled Western psychology. George Tarbishi wrote of "a civilizational crisis- which fits into "an organized campaign of cultural invasion of the Arab world....

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... country approved, and the American public suddenly became terrorism conscious. Bombing raids were conducted in the mountains of Afghanistan, and the hunt for Osama Bin Laden and his terrorist network Al Qaeda was on. Although Osama Bin Laden is still very much sought after, our attention has shifted to another threat. The target is the Iraqi regime, led by Saddam Hussein ... cooperate with the UN, this was an inevitable war. I also think the media has over played the war. I think they are much to blame for the public's disapproval. I do not agree with them showing us the life of every A...

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... is right with him. Nearly all of his immediate family is in power, but Saddam is not afraid to kill one of them if they do something he does not agree with (Bhatia 15). His son is just as bad, if not worse than Saddam. Uday Hussein is a violent man, who has engaged in a gunfight during a family dinner, and he ended ... Iraq (Church 46). Saddam's family is corrupt, and their power is huge. They can do anything, and this scares many people. One of Hussein's top men, Lieutenant-General Hussein Kamel al-Majid, has recently defected from Iraq. He is willing to speak out against Saddam. He wa...

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... situations in the future. There is also factual proof showing he has supported these organizations in the past and harbored terrorists in the present. Senior members of Iraqi intelligence and al Qaeda have met at least eight times since the early 1990s. Iraq has sent bomb making and document forgery experts to work with ... al Qaeda. Iraq has also provided al Qaeda with chemical and biological weapons training. Furthermore, an al Qaeda operative was sent to Iraq several times in the late 1990s for help in acquiring poisons and gases (Defense link). Abdul Rahman Yasin ... ...

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... . The groom's father is now the world's most wanted man, Osama bin Laden. He is known for several attacks on the world all over. He is the leader of the al Qaeda terrorist network. The attack on the USS Cole, the bombings of two American embassies in Africa, these were workings of bin Laden and the ... al Queda network. ("The CEO of Terror Inc.", U.S.News). How the World Was Before THe " Wars" Came About The U.S. was straying far from God. In my opinion, this happened so we ... is a grasping target for U.S. intelligence. The CIA has been trying to understand how the group matured into ...

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... helm. Is the occupying force, therefore, trying to communicate that Baghdad remains in dire straits mainly because of mundane administrative reasons and shortcomings? If this be the case, then why Al-Hawza's men were being asked to withdraw prematurely from their supervision of hospitals in the slums of formerly called Saddam city, now renamed as Sadr city, east of Tigris ... . Al-Hawza's came primarily to fill the administrative gaps until the administration was restored. But they too are viewed as a political threat. So, is the problem administrative or political or made ... the late...

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... -fire was declared with the Kurds in 1964, and later in March of 1975. The Baathe party was reestablished under the ruling of Al-Bakr. After massacring the Kurds one last time, Saddam Hussein declared himself as ruler when Al-Bakr resigned. Less than a year later on September of 1980, he proclaimed war on numerous neighboring nations. He began with invading Iran ... ...

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... not happy with the government as it appeared to be a puppet of the British. Finally on July 14, 1958, the Hashimite monarchy was overthrown in a coup led by Brigader Abd al Karim Qasim and Colonel Abd as Salaam Arif of the Nineteenth Brigade of the Iraqi Army (Metz 46-49). However, political unrest did not end. Although Qasim "was primarily a centrist ... committed, loyal followers into positions of power, always in support of his position, culminating in his being sworn in immediately as President upon the resignation of Iraqi President Ahma'd Hasan al-Bakr on July 16, 1979 (Farouk-Slu...

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... American attack on Iraq would likely only further turn many Middle-Eastern nations against the United States. Furthermore, there is no evidence, available to the public, that links Iraq to Al Qaeda or other terrorist organizations, neither is Iraq a military threat to neighboring countries. Also there is no undeniable evidence that Iraq is developing weapons of mass destruction. U.S. officials have admitted ... moment, the United States is already engaged in another war, the War against Terrorism. By launching a war in the Persian Gulf, the attention and resources from the military camp...

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... most damaging, awakening, and notorious attack of terrorism that the world has seen on mankind yet. This was but one of many types of terrorism that the groups known as Al-Quaeda and Hezbola use on a daily basis to harass and belittle their enemies. Other types of terrorism are guerilla warfare, remote bombing, suicide bombing, hi-jacking, biological contamination, and random ... . In addition to the poor state of our economy, the government is focusing all of its resources on the "War on Terrorism." Our fragile infrastructure is neglected. In a recent interview Al Gore gave a statement ...

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... . The particular citizens would be grouped in with the Republican party. Republicans generally tend to support Bush and usually favorably agree with his actions. With all the argued debates over war, it is almost impossible for the United States to ever agree on one solution. Many citizens are republican and support the acts and decisions George W. Bush has already made on behalf ... by the U.N. They refused entrance into many buildings and delayed inspectors many times for hours and even days. Republicans definitely think that is a sign that they are hiding something and agree with Pres...

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... more prominent leading to the point were officials could no longer move around the country. After the assassination of the mos influential pro-U.S. cleric in Iraq's Shiite heartland, Sayyid Farqad al-Qizwini, by Sadr's organization; U.S. forces went to war with the Mahdi army. These confrontation not only did it fail to eliminate Sadr's forces, but did nothing to counter other Iraq ... ...

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... the leading Arab political and military power and as the dominant power in the Middle East Gulf region. The Ira qi leadership also retains its territorial desire of the Shatt al Arab waterway and Kuwait. UN Security Council Resolution 687 calls for Iraq to eliminate all of its weapons and missiles of mass destruction and forbids it from developing, producing or ... ...

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... Saddam Hussein assumed control of the government. He immediately purged the Ba"ath party after an unsuccessful coup, killing leftist members. War between Iran and Iraq, primarily over the Shatt al Arab waterway, erupted full-scale in 1980. The eight-year war became a series of mutual attacks and stalemates, as both countries" oil production fell drastically, the death toll rose, and ... ...

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... in Iraq. He's been a my-way-or-the-highway sort of guy who does seem to appreciate policy nuances. Prior to September 11, he ridiculed at nation building. After the al Qaeda attack, he had to pay it heed, but he failed to embrace it fully in Afghanistan. After abandoning the United Nations Security Council, Bush has to court allies and ... ...

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... crashing in Pennsylvania. The tragic events caused the U.S. to begin a serious and drastic campaign against global terrorism. While this ultimately began with the 9/11 culprits "the Afghanistan Taliban and Al Qada network "Hammill notes when addressing the deconstruction of the Taliban that "Iraq, far from being a departure from the war on terrorism, was actually an extension of it."" (p.328 ... ...

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