Why So Many Foreigners Join Jihadists? Wang Zixuan 201201228 Mon 13:30 The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) is a jihadist group based on al-Qaeda in Iraq‚ formed in April 2013. It has become one of the main jihadist groups fighting government forces in Syria and Iraq. Its leader is Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi‚ who joined the rebellion that erupted in Iraq after the US-led invasion in 2003. Its original aim was to establish a caliphate in the Sunni-majority regions of
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I recently spoke to a high-ranking Indian diplomat about the future of Indo-Japan relations in light of Shinzo Abe’s return to the premiership. The response was unwavering: India places “great importance” on its relationship with Japan and wants it to go “higher and higher.” With Abe at the helm‚ the time is ripe for this relationship to advance. Abe is known to be staunchly pro-Indian. Not only did he describe strengthening bilateral ties as extremely important to Japan’s interests in his 2006
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It is often believed by the everyday public that politics‚ both local and national and yes even global‚ is better off hiding nothing from the public. ‘Achieve more by working together’‚ is the message proclaimed by parties the world over‚ parties who are on contrasting sides of the political spectrum‚ which try and portray the same message. In this essay I will try and give a balanced view as to how global politics may be better off with leaks with examples‚ but also try and show how sometimes
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Cited: 1. Blakemore‚ Colin. “Darwin Understood the Need for Animal Tests.” Timesonline.co.uk. The Times‚ 12 February. 2009. Web. 11 November. 2009. 4. Lewis‚ John. “Statement of John E. Lewis: Deputy Assistant Director Counterterrorism Division‚ Federal Bureau of Investigation Before the Senate Judiciary Committee May 18‚ 2004.” Federal Bureau Of Investigation. 18 May. 2004. Web. 15 November. 2009. Macmillan Reference USA‚ 2002. Science Resource Center. Gale. 11 November 2009
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Terrorism is an act of violence‚ usually done in the public sphere‚ which is used to incite fear in a population in order to coerce change in public opinion or a government’s position on an issue. In many parts of the world‚ groups wage war with their countries‚ either to separate from the government or to overthrow it entirely. Sometimes these people are treated unfairly by their government‚ and their struggles are justified. Other times‚ these groups use violence against both military and civilian
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Barack Obama Speech Notes Paragraph 1: President Obama begins his speech in a direct‚ strong manner‚ emphasizing the importance of the issue at hand; the immediacy of his statement conveys a serious tone. His use of words such as “terrorist” and “murder of thousands of innocent men‚ women‚ and children” (loaded language) support the rightness of the President’s actions‚ as well as appeal to the emotions of his audience (emotional appeal‚ pathos). Paragraph 2: President Obama provides background/context
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U.S Foreign Aid to Africa Some people speak against U.S foreign aid being sent to Africa for humanitarian reasons. Others speak out in favor of such actions. All of us have seen the news tickers with vital headlines about “people being devastated by droughts in Zimbabwe and unhygienic water in Sudan”‚ but what is their government doing about it. Personally‚ I’ve asked myself several founded inquiries about where is this foreign aid going to and what are some of the achievements being made. I’ve
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NAVAL WAR COLLEGE Newport‚ RI Theater Security Decision Making (TSDM) TSDM Week 19: Midterm Exam. By Chime Benjamin M LT‚ SC‚ USN A Midterm paper submitted to the Faculty of the Naval War College The concepts/topics to be discussed include; Deterrence and diplomacy‚ Global Challenges‚ and Economic Tool of power. The contents of this paper reflect my own personal views and are not necessarily endorsed by the Naval War College or the Department of the Navy. Executive
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Concepts of Terrorism Analysis of the rise‚ decline‚ trends and risk December‚ 2008 Deliverable 5‚ Workpackage 3 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction........................................................................................................................ 4 PART A. .................................................................................................................................. 5 1. TERRORISM RISE AND FALL: ROOT AND TRIGGER CAUSES AND CAUSES FOR DECLINE
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DATA MINING IN HOMELAND SECURITY Abstract Data Mining is an analytical process that primarily involves searching through vast amounts of data to spot useful‚ but initially undiscovered‚ patterns. The data mining process typically involves three major stepsexploration‚ model building and validation and finally‚ deployment. Data mining is used in numerous applications‚ particularly business related endeavors such as market segmentation‚ customer churn‚ fraud detection‚ direct marketing‚ interactive
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