... we must ask then are: "How do reporters go about reporting the details of the war responsibly?- and "Do these reporters, by reporting these details, put ours and our Allies' troops at risk?-. In regards to the information which the government provides (such as reasons for going to war, Sadam's military capabilities, and developments during the war), the issues of "How do ... that almost all of the troop movements and locations that are reported by journalists do not endanger the lives of any of our soldiers. One exception to this would be in the case of Geraldo Rivera who, after drawing...

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... sophistication of the Iraqi weapons of mass destruction programs. But as time wore on, Iraq's intelligence services became increasingly aware and proficient at keeping the inspectors as contained as "fireflies in a bottle." But how could they hide from the inspectors? The Iraqis could really do very little to hide weapon infrastructure, however they could easily disperse documents and personnel, which ... stress of economic deterioration, while the intrusiveness of UN inspection teams would have allowed the accurate assessment of Saddam's weapons programs and prevent their reestablishme...

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... sophistication of the Iraqi weapons of mass destruction programs. But as time wore on, Iraq's intelligence services became increasingly aware and proficient at keeping the inspectors as contained as "fireflies in a bottle." But how could they hide from the inspectors? The Iraqis could really do very little to hide weapon infrastructure, however they could easily disperse documents and personnel, which ... stress of economic deterioration, while the intrusiveness of UN inspection teams would have allowed the accurate assessment of Saddam's weapons programs and prevent their reestablishme...

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... themselves into a democratic nation. This process, however, will not be simple for Iraq. This is a concept that our violent neighboring nation, the United States of America, must begin to recognize. At point in their history they experienced trouble with political transformation. In the late 1700's, the thirteen colonies of the eastern United States struggled to gain independence from Britain. After gaining ... the period of a few short years. The primary difference between the Yemenis and the Iraqis is that Yemen deposed its authoritarian government before a need arose for United Nation...

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... States and other United Nation coalition forces destroyed Iraq's industrial and war making facilities, crushed the Iraqi army, and liberated Kuwait in just forty-three days. In the darkness of Thursday, August 2, 1990, about 100,000 Iraqi troops crossed the border into their neighboring country Kuwait. When the ... Iraq and the distance the missile needs to travel. With deadly accuracy the cruise missile destroyed many targets needed to win the war. In the first few hours, dozens of Allied warplanes converged on Baghdad, striking center of Iraqi war efforts, defense ministry, presidenti...

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... are few and dangers are many. When America is not at war, the men and women of our military risk there lives every day in places where comforts are few and dangers are many. Men and women of every race, creed and color is in our military risking his or her lives for peace. Sailors aboard the USS Cole were doing their duty, standing ... won't be able to hide forever. This is an enemy that thinks its harbors are safe, but they won't be safe forever. This enemy attacked not just our people, but all freedom-loving people everywhere in the world." (President Bush, Radio Announcement) After t...

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... has meaning by itself and on a word. The last piece is syntax. Syntaxing is how the words are ordered. In English our sentences are formed in the order of subject, verb, and object. In the Kurdish language it goes object, subject, verb. So instead of saying mom feed me, they say 'مۆم ... talk about around certain people. For example it is a taboo to talk about incest in our society. The Kurds are predominantly Islam and that forms the taboo about death, which makes death something that is avoided in everyday situations, which is culture affecting language. There is another theory...

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... and service far from home. For all Americans, it has been a year of adjustment, of coming to terms with the difficult knowledge that our nation has determined enemies, and that we are not invulnerable to their attacks. Yet, in the events that have challenged us, we have also seen the character that will deliver us. We have seen the greatness of America ... rushed up flights of stairs toward peril. And we continue to see the greatness America in the care and compassion our citizens show to each other. September 11, 2001 will always be a fixed point in the life of America. The loss of so ...

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... had illegally pumped oil from the Iraqi oil field of Rumaila and otherwise conspired to reduce Iraq's essential oil income. By invading Kuwait, Iraq succeeded in surprising the entire world. The USA ended her policy of accommodating Saddam Hussein, which had existed since the Iran-Iraq war. Negative attitude toward Iraq ... planes came toward us and began firing at us, in turn, with missiles, machine guns, and rockets. I was almost killed. Death was a yard away from me. The missiles, machine guns and rockets didn't let up. One of the rockets hit and pierced our shelter, which was penetr...

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Introduction News and reality, a paradox? There are so many different news programs these days, with news from all over the world just jumping in our living rooms. In the Netherlands you have the for instance: Het NOS Journal, RTL Nieuws, Hart van Nederland, Het Jeugdjournal, Netwerk and many more. When you watched the news during the Iraq war ... , photos, two-screen, etc. - Elite, this is a subject where news seems to concentrate on. By elite I mean the people who live in the public eye, like queens, pop stars, actors, and politicians. - Genre, the news assumes that our society is fragmente...

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... members. It is obvious that a realist position must be taken against Iraq, because the pluralist position is insufficient. From a realist perspective the United States has taken action to protect our national security by declaring war on Iraq. To gain respect from other nations, one must prove that they are serious and have determination to exist ... scale. Realism is "an image of international politics that tends to hold a rather pessimistic view, emphasizing the struggle for power and influence among political units acting in a rational, unitary manner in pursuit of objectives grounde...

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... have been much tougher for the President to convince the American people that Hussein was somehow tied or responsible for the 9/11 terrorist attacks. In 2003 70% of Americans believed that Hussein was directly responsible for the 9/11 terror attacks.5 The American peoples anger was misdirected at Iraq because ... to refer to the 30 countries that would help support the war in Iraq.19 Missing from this Coalition included our closest allies including France, Germany, and Canada. Also missing from this list were any Arab countries in the region. President Bush also did not mention some of t...

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... many of which were sold as souvenirs. A few larger segments were officially donated or sold. A strong drive for reunification developed in East and West Germany in 1990. In East Germany, conservative parties supporting reunification won the elections, and the new government and the force of events proceeded to dismantle the ... . After the gulf war, military analysts believed that over 100,000 Iraqi soldiers died, while another 300,000 were wounded. According to sources in Baghdad there were also 35,000 civilian casualties. Scholars now believe that the number of Iraqi soldiers wounded a...

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... they were vital to national security. The U.S. District Court Judge ruled that Nixon must release the tapes to allow for further investigation. In 1974 Nixon released edited transcripts of the White House tapes. The conversations revealed a towering concern for punishing political opponents and darting the Watergate ... This framework, which was agreed on by all three leaders, led to a peace treaty between the two nations and was signed in Washington D.C. in 1979. Carter also signed the second Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty with the USSR. This set specific limits on the amounts and typ...

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... of the building. Firefighters tried to battle the flames from this crash on September 11. The building was evacuated, as were other federal buildings in the Capitol, including the White House. The Pentagon's workday population is about 24,000. The Pentagon, headquarters of the Department of Defense, is ... facade as a permanent reminder of the men and women who died. The Pentagon is virtually a city in itself. Approximately 23,000 employees, contribute to the planning and execution of the defense of our country. These people arrive daily from Washington, D.C. and its suburbs over approxi...

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... process leading up to it unique. One way of making Foreign Policy Decisions is the Rational Actor Model. The steps involved in making a decision using this Model are defining the problem, selecting and ranking the goals, identifying any alternatives, predicting the possible ... with officials including Jay Garner, Head of the Pentagon's Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance, and agreed to establish a democratic system in Iraq (ibid.). Finally, on the 1st of May President Bush declared all "major combat over" (http://www.pbs.org/newshour/ ... in the way of this contradict t...

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... and measure" North Vietnamese and Chinese radar. On August 2, the Maddox reported picking up radio transmissions indicating a possible attack on the ship. The Maddox radioed to the naval headquarters in Hawaii saying that to continue patrolling close to shore posed "an unacceptable risk." Headquarters" reply was that the Maddox should continue its mission when "considered prudent." Around 2:00am August 2nd ... informing them of the attacks on U.S. ships and that he had asked the Congress to pass a resolution "making it clear that our government is united in its determination to take all...

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... warfare. Mitchell advocated that different aircraft types were necessary for different types of mission. An innovative Mitchell felt that there should be troop-carrying aircraft, long-range bombers, and even in his time, he encouraged the development of ski-equipped aircraft, bombsights for more accurate bomb delivery, engine superchargers and aerial torpedoes. If Mitchell had lived longer, technologies like stealth, ... campaign's] preparation of the battlefield. When we got on his flanks and his rear, he surrendered. The defeat of the Iraqi Army was the result of the synergism between ...

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... through geographic expansion by means of economic superiority and political manipulation often involving military force (Tabb 25). The reduction of cost due to cheaper labor and an increase in the speed of communication and transportation has continually deepened this process (Tabb 13). Historically, international flows of capital and commodity trade have taken three routes, through imperialist ... of democracy to evolve and its habit of appeasing international corporations brought the beginning of a new era of economic expansion. After World War II, 3 institutions were created in an effo...

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... of Iraq. U.S. and coalition troops, confronted a regime that harbored ambitions for regional domination, hid weapons of mass destruction, and provided safe-haven and supported terrorists. Regime change in Iraq offered the opportunity to attack radical Islamism at its roots: the dismal prevalence of political repression and economic stagnation throughout the Muslim world. The establishment of a reasonably liberal ... sixty percent of the country's 25 million citizens depend on the rations, water, shelter, and medical care provided by United Nations humanitarian assistance. General Tommy ...

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... the ethnic minorities as well as a continuing struggle between Westernized intellectuals, liberals and clerical forces. The result was the establishment of an Islamic constitution that was to be vested in the Khomeini (religious leader). • Major events that occurred during the new religious system: the death of the Shah (7/4/79), Iranian militants seized the US embassy (4/11/79 ... ; Saudi and Iran were threatened by Soviet Union, so they strengthened their relationship and became more stable and positive (Iran, somehow, stopped threatening to reclaim Bahrain). Iranian Suggestions: 1. ...

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... Iraq from the Sunni. Before the Iranian revolution, the distinction between the countries was less religious than ideological. The ruling Ba'ath Party in Iraq was socialist and pro-Soviet, whereas the Iranian shah was anti-socialist and pro-Western. The Iraqi leadership became more of an ... greater danger to them than Iraq was. Although the Soviets openly supported their traditional client state, Iraq, they covertly assisted Iran in exchange for not meddling in Afghanistan. The U.S. was in a strange position throughout the war, it didn't know how to react. Policy makers definitely did n...

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... finally harnessed the military capabilities to render this problem obsolete. The fact the USA were forced into the war by the devastating attack at Pearl Harbour in December 1941, an attack on their own homeland, showed that every country is a potential target for attack. After the 11th September, the world ... the fact remains that Iraq possessing weapons of mass destruction was a risk Mr Bush and Mr Blair were not willing to take. The advances in technology in the 20th century have meant that the average citizen now has access to the lives of people all over the world. Real-Time news ...

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... economic-stimulus bill seemingly came too late. But by the summer the recovery was sputtering. A rash of corporate scandals undermined already weak investor confidence and sent equity markets into turmoil in July 2002. George Bush's projected $5.6 trillion budget surplus over ten years had almost disappeared and the country seemed set for a "double-dip" recession or the onset of deflation. To ... time, Washington's global economic policies were marked by growing readiness to accommodate protectionists at home - a trend that was partly responsible for the collapse of the World Trade Organ...

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