Kurdistan and the United Kingdom‚ also marking aspects of differences and similarities between both of system. Main Body: Kurdistan‚ also known as the Kurdistan Region or Southern Kurdistan‚ is an autonomous region of northeastern Iraq (1). It ’s still part of Iraq but they have many differences in Languages‚ clothes‚ culture and education system. So comparing the Kurdistan ’s educational system with British educational showed some similarity and differences in some side. Both English and Kurdish
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are Sunni and Shia‚ Sunni is the most dominant in Middle Eastern countries except in Iran which is made up of 89% Shi’a. Islam in Iraq is made up of Shia 60%-65% and Sunni 32%-37%. Ethnicity The three main groups in the Middle East are the Arabs‚ Turks and Iranians. There are‚ in addition‚ smaller numbers of Kurds‚ who are scattered across Turkey‚ Iran‚ and Iraq; Jews (of varied ethnic origin)‚ who live chiefly in Israel; Pakistanis; Armenians; and Greeks‚ who live mainly on the island nation
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The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)‚ is best defined as an oil company which is located in Vienna‚ Australia. It was established in Baghdad in 1960 to coordinate the petroleum production and export policies of its members. Iran‚ Iraq‚ Kuwait‚ Saudi Arabia‚ and Venezuela were the original members. Qatar joined in 1961 followed by Indonesia and Libya in 1962. Abu Dhabi in 1967 joined which later transferred to the United Arab Emirates in 1974. Algeria joined in 1967 as well as Nigeria
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relations between Iran and Iraq for centuries‚ erupting in violence right up to 1974. In 1975‚ during an OPEC meeting in Algeria‚ the two countries signed the Algiers Agreement; Iraq agreed to observe Iran’s definition of the border along the Shatt al-Arab‚ an important shipping channel that emptied into the Persian Gulf. In return‚ the shah of Iran stopped arming and supporting the Kurds of northern Iraq in their rebellion. Positions of Iran and Iraq: After 1968‚ Iraq was ruled by President al-Bakr
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has been host to thousands of U.S. marines stationed in and around Camp Doha. The alleged reason for this is to combat the apparent threat of aggression from Iraq. According to the Department of Defense‚ U.S. military presence in Kuwait is necessary to “maintain security and stability in the Gulf Region.” During the next four years‚ Iraq did several things to provoke the U.S. troops in Kuwait into mobilization‚ including challenging U.S. flights over Iraqi territory in 1992‚ pressuring the Kuwaiti
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What I thought would be a relaxing day for me as an American Army Soldier at Camp Warhorse in Baqubah‚ Iraq proved to be untrue. It was the morning of May 28th 2003 after a "normal night" consisting of a somewhat manageable sleep schedule despite the frequent mortar attacks on our camp. Emerging from my Colman tent I started my daily routine‚ shaving my face using the drivers side mirror of my humvee to see myself‚ and using my canteen cup to rinse my shaver. After cleaning up I ate cold chicken
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earliest times Iraq was known as Mesopotamia the land between the rivers for it embraces a large part of the human plains of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers". One of American military’s highest value was Mr.Hussein. His main role in the trouble world of Iraqi politics came. The role of religion in authority has marked now that the process of writing a new constitution. In conclusion‚ in the 1900’s‚ immediately as power was coming‚ Saddam Hussein hushed all political in Iraq and changed
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unstable markets in other countries. Now they are faced with the decision whether to enter the oil-rich Kurdistan region of Iraq‚ knowing there are great risks associated with it. If they decide to enter Kurdistan‚ can they do it without facing the same problems as they did in Sudan? Analysis Talisman’s interest in pursuing oil exploration in the Kurdistan region of Iraq has been shaped by many factors. First being that Kurdistan is estimated to have 39 million barrels of oil reserves. Second‚
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played a significant role in organizing the international community of thirty-two nations against an aggressive Iraq who violated international law by annexing Kuwait‚ which is also known as the first Persian Gulf War (Gulf Wars‚ 2005). The United States led the coalition of nations and on January 18th of 1991‚ began an enormous air war to destroy Iraq’s forces and military infrastructure. Iraq retaliated by launching missiles at
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How does geography continue to define and influence the people across the globe? What is geography? It is the study of the land we lived and the relationships between human and their environments; both the physical features of the Earth (such as landform or resources exploring) and the human societies developed across it can be explained through geography; it is also a study to examine how human culture interacts with the natural environment‚ and the impact of the locations and places on people
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