Introduction Saddam Hussein was the President of Iraq from 1979 to 2003 and during his time in office was responsible for a tumultuous period in Iraqi history. For the purposes of analysis of his leadership style with respect to a Situational model‚ three areas of his career will be looked at separately; his rise to presidency from Vice-President‚ during the Iran-Iraq War and post invasion of Kuwait. Situational model of leadership A widely recognised situational model is the model developed
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The middle east has been at the centre of involvement for great powers for centuries. Its people have been subjected to conquest‚ colonization‚ and regime change. The Ottoman Empire‚ European powers and the United States have each impacted the region. The combination of their actions created the modern states of the Middle East as we know them today. This argues that the current social and political situation in the region is a direct consequence of these various powers. The Ottoman Empire was facing
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violent storm blowing its destructive winds from the shores of Syria to the shores of Europe. A storm that begun its path of fury 36 years ago with the Soviet invasion to Afghanistan. It is 1979 and the soviets have just ordered an operation code named "Storm-333". An operation that in which Soviet Special Forces toppled the Afghan government in just 43 minutes‚ but has started a war that will last a decade. Within this trajectory‚ the Soviet invasion of‚ and subsequent war with Afghanistan (1979-1989)
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Usama bin Laden and His Selection Of Terrorism Usama bin Laden‚ born in 1957‚ comes from a wealthy Saudi Arabian family that owns a multinational construction business. He used his inherited wealth to finance Afghan forces fighting the Soviet Union ’s occupation of Afghanistan in the 1980 ’s. After the 1991 Gulf War‚ he was distressed that Saudi Arabia allowed U.S. forces to remain in the Arabian Peninsula. To advance his agenda of expelling the U.S. from the Islamic world‚ he worked with
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Introduction In 2011 a wave of anti-government demonstrations and protests hit the countries in the Middle East. The western media called these protests the Arab Spring. The term ‘spring’ refers to protests that arise from one country‚ with other countries holding similar protests in an almost same span of time. The main reason behind the Arab Spring was the growing resentment and hatred towards the mostly dictatorial regimes. The cost of living was soaring high‚ there was massive police brutality
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The Fertile Crescent‚ the area spanning from the iran-iraq border Lebanon‚ Israel‚ Jordan and turkey (McKay‚ p.16) and was believed to be the home of some of the earliest civilizations in known history (McKay‚ p.34).Out of these civilizations‚ the city of Uruk is considered one of the most important civilizations in Mesopotamia at the time (Mark‚ Definition). Believed to have been founded by the king Enmerkar sometime around 4500 BCE (Mark‚ Definition)‚ this great city was a pioneer for many things
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relationships with the south‚ in the hopes of a mutually beneficial agreement that would keep in power for longer. close relations with ruling families of the south began to weaken as the Persian plutocracy began to feel alienated from the Abbasids. Future generations of the Abbasids were unable to sustain the magnitude of their empire and were forced to accelerate the breakup of their empire by conceding territories to better placed royal families like the Fatmadids of Egypt8. In the south‚ Abbasid
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The Syrian Civilian Conflicts The Syrian conflicts have been occurring since the 15th of March 2011‚ as a secular revolt against autocracy. It turned out to be more than just a conflict that would be resolved with war. Some claiming it started of with only peaceful demonstrations then it evolved in to a continuous matter of disasters. While others claimed that they were more than just ‘peaceful demonstrations’. Obviously each discourse has their reasons for believing the truth they want to believe
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the reform movement and set out to govern according to strict religious principles. Arabs lost their control of Islamic government which was opened to all Muslims. The ‘Abbasids created a new capital in Baghdad‚ a recognition of the new importance of Iraq and Persia in the new government. The ‘Abbasids claimed absolute rights of government based on the righteousness of their claims to power. The caliphs created a centralized bureaucracy on the model of the eastern empires. Slave soldiers replaced the
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Al-Khalil ibn Ahmed Al-Farahidi: an Arabic Language Genius Al-Khalil’s was born in Oman and grew up in Basra‚ Iraq (718-786 A.D). He was fond of study and research; he was one of the earliest Arab lexicographer and Linguists. He stayed constantly and adhered to his scholars and teachers until he became the first teacher in Basra in Arabic language‚ grammar‚ music and Arabic prosody. His best known contributions are Kitab al-’Ayn regarded as the first dictionary (lexicon) of the Arabic Language
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