The War in Afghanistan (2001–present) refers to the intervention by North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) and allied forces in the ongoing Afghan civil war. The war followed the September 11 attacks‚ and its public aims were to dismantle al-Qaeda and eliminate its safe haven by removing the Taliban from power. U.S. President George W. Bush demanded that the Taliban hand over Osama bin Laden and expel al-Qaeda. The Taliban requested that bin Laden leave the country‚ but declined to extradite
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eradicated the old fashioned way of doing things‚ and altered the lives of the Congo and its natives for generations to come. "To begin with‚ there was weaponry" (Hochschild 89). 19th century advancements in engineering and machining with regards to warfare technology brought upon the breech-loading rifle‚ as opposed to the "primitive muzzle loaders which were the best arms that most Congolese could obtain" (Hochschild 89). The breech-loaded rifle was the forefront of Belgian diplomacy in the Congo‚
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Cryptography is derived from the Greek words kryptos meaning “hidden” and graphien‚ meaning “to write/study”. The process of making and using codes to secure the transmission of information is called cryptography. Before modern era cryptography was synonymous to encryption but today cryptography is heavily based on mathematical theory and computer science practice. Cryptography today deals with the ways to transfer information in such a manner that no one beside the recipients can read what was actually
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A SEMINAR REPORT Submitted by PARTH PARMAR (120280725003) In fulfillment for the award of the degree Of MASTER OF ENGINEERING In TEXTILE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT L.D.COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING‚ AHMEDABAD - 15. GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY‚ AHMEDABAD. May‚ 2013 L.D.COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING TEXTILE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT 2013-2014 CERTIFICATE DATE: 21/5/2013 This is to
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The Kargil War also known as the Kargil Conflict‚ was an armed conflict between India and Pakistan that took place between May and July 1999 in the Kargil district of Kashmir and elsewhere along the Line of Control (LoC). After the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971‚ there had been a long period with relatively few direct armed conflicts involving the military forces of the two neighbors - notwithstanding the efforts of both nations to control the Siachen Glacier by establishing military outposts on the
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(pp. 196-218). New York: Oxford University Press Inc. 10. Ken‚ B.‚ & R.‚ T. (1999). Strategic Cultures in the Asia-Pacific Region. London. 11. Metz‚ S. (1994). Clausewitz Homepage. From A Wake for Clausewitz: Toward a Philosophy of 21st-Century Warfare: http://www.clausewitz.com/readings/Metz.htm 12 [ 2 ]. Carl von Clausewitz‚ On War‚ trans. and ed. Michael Howard and Peter Parat (Princeton‚ NJ‚ 1976)‚ II‚ 2‚ p. 141. [ 5 ]. Ken‚ B.‚ & R.‚ T. (1999). Strategic Cultures in the Asia-Pacific Region
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physical space limits the input/output capability; input method are small screen based keyboard or hand-writing recognition while small display screen for output. 1.22 Describe the differences between symmetric and asymmetric multitude processing? Asymmetric multiprocessing - In asymmetric multiprocessing (ASMP)‚ the operating system would typically sets aside at least one or several processors for its exclusive use‚ remainder of the processors would run user applications. As a result‚ the
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foot by five foot) oil painting painted by Italian artist Giovanni Martinelli in the early 17th century. In this painting‚ four people are eating together around a table‚ and they are interrupted by Death. Martinelli’s use of directed lighting‚ asymmetric composition‚ and the realistic representation portrays a very tangible experience of death. Martinelli’s use of direct light on the expressions and on the hand gestures of the companions show their reactions towards death coming to take one of
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Vietnam in the north‚ and the Republic of Vietnam in the south. The United States of America’s involvement in this conflict was to help contain the spread of communism. The U.S. learned many lessons from this conflict‚ from political limitations on warfare‚ gaining and losing public support‚ and fighting against a guerrilla insurgency. Also of note was the development of modern aviation platforms‚ in both fixed wing forms and especially the use of the helicopter. However‚ one overlooked part of the
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militias. Their early activities in the 1980’s had mainly focused on the Lebanese civil war acting against American and Israeli forces. This came about due to the Israeli’s occupying Lebanon for eighteen years up until 1990. Hezbollah waged an asymmetric war using guerrilla tactics such as suicide attacks against the Israeli Defense Forces. Hezbollah is regarded as being one of the first Islamic resistance groups in the Middle East to use such tactics of suicide bombing‚ assassination‚ and capturing
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